Assembly Bill A9682

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Enacts Paige's law

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

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2023-A9682 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6530
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2500-a & 206, add §§2500-m & 3055, Pub Health L; add §§3001-e & 926, Ed L; amd §840, add §214-i, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S9364

2023-A9682 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts Paige's law to provide education and awareness regarding brain arteriovenous malformation and brain aneurysms, as well as information on being a potential carrier of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, thoracic aortic aneurysms, Marfan syndrome and related disorders and genetic testing for such conditions and disorders.

2023-A9682 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9682
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 3, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  FITZPATRICK,  E. BROWN, DeSTEFANO, GANDOLFO,
   J. M. GIGLIO, BENDETT, LEMONDES, McDONOUGH, MIKULIN, PALMESANO,  SMUL-
   LEN, TAGUE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public health law, the education law and the execu-
   tive law, in relation to enacting Paige's law
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 "Paige's law".
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 2500-a  of  the  public  health  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (l) to read as follows:
   (L)  HEREDITARY  HEMORRHAGIC  TELANGIECTASIA AND THORACIC AORTIC ANEU-
 RYSMS AND DISSECTIONS  THROUGH  GENE  SEQUENCING,  MARFAN  SYNDROME  AND
 RELATED DISORDERS.
   §  3.  The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2500-m
 to read as follows:
   § 2500-M. HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC TELANGIECTASIA, THORACIC AORTIC ANEU-
 RYSMS, MARFAN SYNDROME AND RELATED DISORDERS PRENATAL  SCREENING  AWARE-
 NESS.  1.  AS  USED  IN THIS SECTION, "HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER" MEANS A
 MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL THAT PROVIDES PRENATAL CARE.
   2. A HEALTH CARE  PRACTITIONER  CARING  FOR  A  PREGNANT  WOMAN  SHALL
 PROVIDE  TO  SUCH  WOMAN MATERIALS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER WHICH
 INCLUDE INFORMATION ON BEING A POTENTIAL CARRIER  OF  HEREDITARY  HEMOR-
 RHAGIC  TELANGIECTASIA,  THORACIC  AORTIC ANEURYSMS, MARFAN SYNDROME AND
 RELATED DISORDERS AND THE AVAILABILITY AND OPTIONS FOR PRENATAL  SCREEN-
 ING FOR SUCH CONDITIONS AND DISORDERS.
   §  4.  The  education law is amended by adding a new section 3001-e to
 read as follows:
   § 3001-E. BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION, BRAIN ANEURYSM AND  STROKE
 AWARENESS AND RESPONSE TRAINING. 1. (A) TEACHERS SHALL ANNUALLY COMPLETE
 A  COURSE  OR  TRAINING IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF AND RESPONSE TO A PUPIL
 EXPERIENCING A  BRAIN  ARTERIOVENOUS  MALFORMATION,  BRAIN  ANEURYSM  OR
 STROKE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06088-03-4
              

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