STATE OF NEW YORK
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5606--B
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 12, 2021
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Introduced by Sens. SANDERS, BROOKS, KENNEDY, KRUEGER, MAYER, MYRIE,
RAMOS, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed
to be committed to the Committee on Health -- committee discharged,
bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring hospi-
tals distribute literature created by the commissioner to patients at
a high risk of sickle cell disease
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
2 2803-aa to read as follows:
3 § 2803-aa. Sickle cell disease information distribution. The commis-
4 sioner shall design an informational packet about sickle cell disease,
5 including screening, prevention, and treatment information. Every gener-
6 al hospital shall distribute the packet to every patient, or, if the
7 patient lacks capacity to make health care decisions, to a person who
8 has authority to make health care decisions for the patient, who is
9 suspected to be at high risk of inheriting sickle cell disease.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08518-06-1