Assembly Bill A7338

Vetoed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to newborn screening for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency

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Current Bill Status Via S6542 - Vetoed by Governor

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A7338 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6542
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2500-a, Pub Health L

2023-A7338 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes limitations on newborn screening for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency.

2023-A7338 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7338
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to newborn screening
   for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Paragraph  (j)  of subdivision 1 of section 2500-a of the
 public health law, as amended by chapter 70 of  the  laws  of  2022,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (j) Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency [using a quantitative
 enzymatic  test  or  other  diagnostic  test in cases where: the newborn
 infant presents with hemolytic anemia, hemolytic jaundice, or  early-on-
 set  increasing  neonatal  jaundice,  that is, jaundice (bilirubin level
 greater than fortieth percentile for age in hours) persisting beyond the
 day of birth through the week after birth; the newborn infant  has  been
 admitted to the hospital for jaundice following birth; or the biological
 parent  of the newborn infant indicates a family, racial, or ethnic risk
 of  glucose-6-phosphate  dehydrogenase  deficiency,   including   having
 significant African, Asian, Mediterranean, or Middle Eastern ancestry].
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10869-02-3

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