STATE OF NEW YORK
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2060--A
Cal. No. 571
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 21, 2015
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Introduced by Sens. DeFRANCISCO, MURPHY -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health --
reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee
on Finance -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first
and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered
reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to promotion of
public umbilical cord blood banking
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 article
2 43-C to read as follows:
3 ARTICLE 43-C
4 PUBLIC UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD BANKING
5 Section 4371. Public umbilical cord blood banking program.
6 § 4371. Public umbilical cord blood banking program. 1. The public
7 umbilical cord blood banking program is hereby established within the
8 department to promote public awareness of the potential benefits of
9 public umbilical cord blood banking to facilitate pre-delivery arrange-
10 ments for public banking of umbilical cord blood donations.
11 2. The department shall:
12 a. develop a public education and outreach campaign via written mate-
13 rials and brochures to promote public umbilical cord blood banking
14 awareness and education of the general public and potential umbilical
15 cord blood donors of the benefits of public umbilical cord blood bank-
16 ing; and
17 b. develop educational materials and brochures which shall be made
18 available to the general public and potential umbilical cord blood
19 donors through local departments of health; health care practitioners,
20 including obstetricians, gynecologists, pediatricians, and midwives;
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 health maintenance organizations; hospitals; clinics and walk-in medical
2 centers; and organizations serving pregnant women.
3 3. The commissioner shall accept and expend any grants, awards, or
4 other funds or appropriations as may be made available for the purposes
5 of this article, subject to limitations as to the approval of expendi-
6 tures and audit as prescribed for state funds by the state finance law.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
8 it shall have become a law; provided that effective immediately, the
9 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
10 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
11 and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
