Assembly Actions -
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Aug 25, 2021 |
referred to health |
Assembly Bill A8217
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ROSENTHAL L
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Judy Griffin
Rebecca Seawright
Jo Anne Simon
Albert A. Stirpe
2021-A8217 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add Art 21 Title 9 §2185, Pub Health L
- Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
-
A1518
2021-A8217 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8217 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y August 25, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring report- ing of positive cytomegalovirus test results THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Article 21 of the public health law is amended by adding a new title 9 to read as follows: TITLE IX CYTOMEGALOVIRUS SECTION 2185. CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DUTY TO REPORT. § 2185. CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DUTY TO REPORT. 1. UPON NOTICE TO A LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE ELECTRONIC CLINICAL LABORATORIES REPORTING SYSTEM THAT A NEWBORN HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR CYTOMEGALOVIRUS, THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT SHALL IMMEDIATELY CONTACT THE PEDIATRICIAN OF RECORD FOR SUCH NEWBORN AND NOTIFY SUCH PEDIATRICIAN OF THE POSITIVE RESULT. IF SUCH PEDIATRICIAN CANNOT BE NOTIFIED, THEN THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT SHALL CONTACT THE CHIEF OF NEWBORN SERVICES AT THE HOSPITAL IN WHICH THE NEWBORN WAS BORN. IF SUCH CHIEF OF NEWBORN SERVICES CANNOT BE CONTACTED, THEN THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT SHALL CONTACT THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR AT THE HOSPITAL IN WHICH THE NEWBORN WAS BORN. 2. THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT SHALL SIMULTANEOUSLY CONTACT THE PARENT OF ANY NEWBORN WITH A POSITIVE TEST RESULT FOR CYTOMEGALOVIRUS TO INFORM THEM THAT THE NEWBORN HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR CYTOMEGALOVIRUS. 3. IF THE POSITIVE TEST WAS FROM A SALIVA SPECIMEN, A POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION URINE TEST AS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED-A OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL BE ADMINISTERED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, PROVIDED THAT THE NEWBORN IS NO MORE THAN THREE WEEKS IN AGE, TO CONFIRM THE TEST RESULT. 4. IF A URINE TEST ADMINISTERED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION CONFIRMS THAT THE RESULTS ARE POSITIVE, THE LOCAL HEALTH EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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