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A02915 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         2915--B
 
                               2007-2008 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 19, 2007
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of A. LENTOL, AUBERTINE, DelMONTE, LIFTON, DINOWITZ,
          MAGNARELLI, CALHOUN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BACALLES,  COLE,
          CONTE,  QUINN,  RAIA  --  read  once  and referred to the Committee on
          Health -- reported and referred to the Committee  on  Rules  --  Rules
          Committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and

          recommitted to the Committee on  Rules  --  amended  by  restoring  to
          previous  print -- again reported from said committee with amendments,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the public health  law,  in  relation  to  promotion  of
          public and private 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 AND PRIVATE UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD BANKING
 
     5  Section 4371. Public and private umbilical cord blood banking program.
     6    §  4371.  Public  and private umbilical cord blood banking program. 1.

     7  The public and private cord blood banking program is hereby  established
     8  within the department to promote public awareness of the potential bene-
     9  fits  of  public or private cord blood banking, to promote research into
    10  the uses of cord blood, and to facilitate pre-delivery arrangements  for
    11  public or private banking of cord blood donations.
    12    2. The department shall:
    13    a.  develop a public education and outreach campaign via written mate-
    14  rials, brochures, the internet,  and  public  service  announcements  to
    15  promote  public or private cord blood banking awareness and education of
    16  the general public and potential cord blood donors of  the  benefits  of
    17  public or private cord blood banking;
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02892-05-7

        A. 2915--B                          2
 
     1    b.  develop  educational  materials  and brochures which shall be made
     2  available to the general public and potential cord blood donors  through
     3  local  departments  of  health;  health  care  practitioners,  including
     4  obstetricians, gynecologists, pediatricians, and midwives; health  main-
     5  tenance  organizations;  hospitals;  clinics,  walk-in  medical centers,
     6  mobile care units, surgi-centers, and urgent care centers;  and  clinics
     7  and organizations serving pregnant women;

     8    c.  coordinate  and promote professional education programs for health
     9  care providers on the benefits of public or private cord blood  banking;
    10  and
    11    d. develop criteria, pursuant to regulation, regarding the appropriate
    12  collection  and storage of cord blood for public or private banking; the
    13  identification of blood banks and the area served  by  each  such  blood
    14  bank;  the adequacy of safeguards in place at such blood banks to ensure
    15  the safe collection and  storage  of  cord  blood;  and  provisions  for
    16  arrangements  between  such blood banks and hospitals, including certif-
    17  ication of blood bank personnel,  designation  of  responsibilities  and
    18  liabilities  between  such  blood bank personnel and hospital personnel;

    19  and any other provisions necessary to ensure the safety of  the  mother,
    20  her  child,  any such personnel in attendance at the delivery and/or the
    21  cord blood collection site, and the stored cord blood; and
    22    e.  establish  a  statewide  toll-free  telephone  number  to  receive
    23  requests  for  information  and to direct potential cord blood donors to
    24  available public or private cord blood banks serving the area  in  which
    25  such potential donor resides or is planning to deliver.
    26    3.  The  commissioner  shall  accept and expend any grants, awards, or
    27  other funds or appropriations as may be made available for the  purposes
    28  of  this  article, subject to limitations as to the approval of expendi-

    29  tures and audit as prescribed for state funds by the state finance law.
    30    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    31  it shall have become a law; provided  that  effective  immediately,  the
    32  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
    33  for the implementation of this act on its effective date are  authorized
    34  and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
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