STATE OF NEW YORK
________________________________________________________________________
8811--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
November 29, 2017
___________
Introduced by M. of A. COOK -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with
Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the HTLV-1 and
HTLV-2 viruses
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public health law is
2 amended by adding a new paragraph (o) to read as follows:
3 (o) The diagnosis, treatment and prevention of HTLV-1 and HTLV-2,
4 including information and assistance on where to find community support
5 services, support groups, respite, and care management. In instances in
6 which viral typing is possible, educational materials shall direct to
7 virus specific community support services, support groups, respite, and
8 care management as HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 are two different retroviruses with
9 differing epidemiologies and disease associations requiring specific
10 recommendations for persons infected with HTLV-1 or HTLV-2. Such materi-
11 als shall be made available to clinics that specialize in sexually tran-
12 smitted diseases, health care facilities, and department of corrections
13 and community supervision facilities. All information and materials
14 shall be maintained and updated to reflect best practice recommendations
15 and shall be culturally and linguistically appropriate for the communi-
16 ties the materials are made available to.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
18 it shall have become a law; provided that, effective immediately, the
19 addition, amendment, and/or repeal of any rules and regulations neces-
20 sary to implement the provisions of this act on its effective date are
21 authorized and directed to be completed on or before such effective
22 date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10321-02-8
