Senate Bill S761

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to Down syndrome diagnosis awareness

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Current Bill Status - On Floor Calendar

  • 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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2025-S761 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1674
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §207, Pub Health L; amd §2, Chap of 2024 (as proposed in S.593-A & A.4138-A)

2025-S761 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to including information about Down Syndrome in the health care and wellness education and outreach program; amends the effectiveness thereof.

2025-S761 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S761 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    761
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  Down  syndrome
   diagnosis awareness

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (h) of subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public
 health law, as added by a chapter of  the  laws  of  2024  amending  the
 public  health  law  relating  to  Down syndrome diagnosis awareness, as
 proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 593-A and A. 4138-A, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (h)(i) [A] Down  syndrome  [awareness  program  shall  be  created  to
 provide]  INCLUDING up-to-date and evidence-based information about Down
 syndrome, [in a written or alternative format to health  care  providers
 who  order  tests  for  a pregnant woman or an infant to screen for Down
 syndrome that shall include, but] not [be] limited to[,] the following:
   (1) expected physical, developmental,  educational,  and  psychosocial
 outcomes;
   (2) life expectancy;
   (3) the clinical course description;
   (4) expected intellectual and functional development;
   (5) available intervention or treatment options;
   (6) information hotlines specific to Down syndrome;
   (7) relevant resource centers or clearinghouses;
   (8) national and local Down syndrome organizations; and
   (9) any other information the department deems necessary.
   SUCH  INFORMATION SHALL BE PROVIDED ELECTRONICALLY THROUGH THE DEPART-
 MENT'S WEBSITE.
   (ii) The commissioner shall (1) examine and utilize existing practices
 to ensure that the information provided under subparagraph (i)  of  this

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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