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                                   5615
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 22, 2021
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 Introduced  by  M.  of A. FITZPATRICK, J. M. GIGLIO, MONTESANO, SALKA --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DeSTEFANO, MANKTELOW -- read  once  and
   referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  health law, in relation to promotion of
   public umbilical cord blood banking

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new article
 43-C to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 43-C
                    PUBLIC UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD BANKING
 SECTION 4372. PUBLIC UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD BANKING PROGRAM.
 
   § 4372. PUBLIC UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD BANKING  PROGRAM.  1.  THE  PUBLIC
 UMBILICAL  CORD  BLOOD  BANKING PROGRAM IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE
 DEPARTMENT TO PROMOTE PUBLIC AWARENESS  OF  THE  POTENTIAL  BENEFITS  OF
 PUBLIC  UMBILICAL  CORD BLOOD BANKING, TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO THE USES
 OF UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD, AND TO FACILITATE PRE-DELIVERY ARRANGEMENTS FOR
 PUBLIC BANKING OF UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD DONATIONS.
   2. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL:
   (A) DEVELOP A PUBLIC EDUCATION  AND  OUTREACH  CAMPAIGN,  VIA  WRITTEN
 MATERIALS,  BROCHURES, THE INTERNET, AND PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS TO
 PROMOTE PUBLIC UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD BANKING AWARENESS AND  EDUCATION  OF
 THE  GENERAL  PUBLIC  AND  POTENTIAL  UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD DONORS OF THE
 BENEFITS OF PUBLIC UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD BANKING;
   (B) DEVELOP EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND BROCHURES WHICH  SHALL  BE  MADE
 AVAILABLE  TO  THE  GENERAL  PUBLIC  AND  POTENTIAL UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD
 DONORS THROUGH LOCAL DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH; HEALTH  CARE  PRACTITIONERS,
 INCLUDING  OBSTETRICIANS,  GYNECOLOGISTS,  PEDIATRICIANS,  AND MIDWIVES;
 HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HOSPITALS;  CLINICS,  WALK-IN  MEDICAL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07524-01-1
              

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 CENTERS,  MOBILE CARE UNITS, SURGI-CENTERS, AND URGENT CARE CENTERS; AND
 CLINICS AND ORGANIZATIONS SERVING PREGNANT WOMEN;
   (C)  COORDINATE AND PROMOTE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR HEALTH
 CARE PROVIDERS ON THE BENEFITS OF PUBLIC UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD BANKING;
   (D) PROMOTE RESEARCH, THROUGH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNDING  SOURCES,  IN
 THE  POTENTIAL  BENEFITS  OF  UMBILICAL  CORD BLOOD AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO
 TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION AND AS A SOURCE OF STEM CELLS IN THE TREATMENT OF
 DISEASE;
   (E) DEVELOP CRITERIA, PURSUANT TO REGULATION, REGARDING THE  APPROPRI-
 ATE  COLLECTION  AND STORAGE OF UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD FOR PUBLIC BANKING;
 THE IDENTIFICATION OF BLOOD BANKS AND THE AREA SERVED BY EACH SUCH BLOOD
 BANK; THE ADEQUACY OF SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE AT SUCH BLOOD BANKS TO  ENSURE
 THE  SAFE COLLECTION AND STORAGE OF UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; AND PROVISIONS
 FOR ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN  SUCH  BLOOD  BANKS  AND  HOSPITALS,  INCLUDING
 CERTIFICATION  OF  BLOOD BANK PERSONNEL, DESIGNATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES
 AND LIABILITIES BETWEEN SUCH BLOOD BANK PERSONNEL AND  HOSPITAL  PERSON-
 NEL;  AND  ANY  OTHER  PROVISIONS  NECESSARY TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE
 MOTHER, HER CHILD, ANY SUCH PERSONNEL  IN  ATTENDANCE  AT  THE  DELIVERY
 AND/OR  THE UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD COLLECTION SITE, AND THE STORED UMBILI-
 CAL CORD BLOOD; AND
   (F) ESTABLISH  A  STATEWIDE  TOLL-FREE  TELEPHONE  NUMBER  TO  RECEIVE
 REQUESTS  FOR  INFORMATION  AND TO DIRECT POTENTIAL UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD
 DONORS TO AVAILABLE PUBLIC UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD BANKS SERVING  THE  AREA
 IN WHICH SUCH POTENTIAL DONOR RESIDES OR IS PLANNING TO DELIVER.
   3.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ACCEPT AND EXPEND ANY GRANTS, AWARDS, OR
 OTHER FUNDS OR APPROPRIATIONS AS MAY BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE  PURPOSES
 OF  THIS  ARTICLE, SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS AS TO THE APPROVAL OF EXPENDI-
 TURES AND AUDIT AS PRESCRIBED FOR STATE FUNDS BY THE STATE FINANCE LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 completed on or before such date.