Requires the New York city commissioner of the administration of children's services to obtain an order of consent from the court before allowing experimental drug testing on children under the care and/or control of the administration of children's services.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6481
IN SENATE
January 19, 2016
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Introduced by Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
AN ACT to amend the New York city charter, in relation to experimental
medical testing of children
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 617 of the New York city charter is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision d to read as follows:
3 d. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the
4 commissioner shall be required to obtain a court order, except in emer-
5 gency or life threatening situations, granting the commissioner authori-
6 ty to consent to experimental medical testing on behalf of children
7 under the care and/or control of the administration of children's
8 services. The court, in granting such order of consent, shall consider
9 whether the experimental medical testing: (1) poses a minimal risk to
10 the child undergoing such testing; and (2) if there is a direct benefit
11 to the child undergoing such testing.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05319-02-6
