S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3379
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 29, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BAILEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed 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
 CENTERS, MOBILE CARE UNITS, SURGI-CENTERS, AND URGENT CARE CENTERS;  AND
 CLINICS AND ORGANIZATIONS SERVING PREGNANT WOMEN;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD07524-01-1

 S. 3379                             2
 
   (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.