STATE OF NEW YORK
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4152--A
1999-2000 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 8, 1999
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Introduced by M. of A. GRANNIS, HOCHBERG, COLMAN, GOTTFRIED, DINOWITZ,
CONNELLY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. D. BUTLER, A. COHEN,
M. COHEN, COLTON, DIAZ, GLICK, HARENBERG, JACOBS, JOHN, LUSTER,
MARKEY, McENENY, PHEFFER, RHODD-CUMMINGS, ROBACH, TONKO, WEISENBERG --
read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- 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 to establish programs for hearing screening of newborn infants
prior to discharge
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-g to read as follows:
3 § 2500-g. Newborn hearing screening. The commissioner shall, within
4 the amounts appropriated therefor, and in consultation with health care
5 providers or their representatives, establish a program to screen
6 newborn infants for hearing problems. This program shall incorporate
7 consensus medical guidelines and protocols, reflecting the most cost-ef-
8 fective methods for detecting hearing problems as early as possible in
9 an infant's life. The program shall provide for follow-up screening
10 including referrals for screening or care. Such program shall also
11 provide for the reimbursement of health care providers performing such
12 services under the program. It shall be the duty of the administrative
13 officer, or other designated person, at each institution caring for
14 newborn infants, to either administer such a program or provide a refer-
15 ral for the patient to obtain the service following discharge.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect April 1, 2000, and any rules and regu-
17 lations necessary for the timely implementation of this act on its
18 effective date shall be promulgated on or before such date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00180-02-9
