STATE OF NEW YORK
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2253
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 25, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring hepati-
tis C virus testing of newborns
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 2500-m to read as follows:
3 § 2500-m. Hepatitis C Virus (HCV); testing of newborns. 1. In order to
4 improve the health outcomes of newborns, and to improve access to care
5 and treatment for newborns infected with or exposed to Hepatitis C Virus
6 (HCV) and their mothers, the commissioner shall establish a comprehen-
7 sive program for the testing of newborns for the presence of Hepatitis C
8 Virus (HCV) and/or the presence of antibodies to such virus.
9 2. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations governing the imple-
10 mentation of the program required pursuant to subdivision one of this
11 section, including the administration of testing, counseling, tracking,
12 disclosure of test results pursuant to section twenty-seven hundred
13 eighty-two of this chapter, follow-up reviews, and educational activ-
14 ities relating to such testing.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06583-01-3
