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Allows clinical labs to provide biological data analysis services
In Assembly Committee · Health · Sponsor Linda Rosenthal
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Title of bill
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to clinical laboratories and biological data analysis
Purpose or general idea of bill
To allow a person to request directly a laboratory service to obtain his or her own genetic data and to allow the analysis of that data by an entity which specializes in biological data analysis services.
Summary of specific provisions
This bill adds two paragraphs to section 576-b of the public health law.
The first additional paragraph allows a clinical laboratory to perform clinical laboratory services upon the request of the person on whom the service is to be performed for personal genomics or biological data collection.
The second addition allows the clinical laboratory to send the results of its clinical laboratory services to an entity for biological data analysis services when directed by the person requesting such service.
Justification
Increased information about a person's genetic makeup allows people to make more and better informed decisions regarding everything from their lifestyle to whether or not to seek professional medical assistance. This bill expands upon the existing authority of individuals, without a doctor's order, to obtain laboratory tests and results for HIV, pregnancy, cholesterol, triglycerides, the use of illicit drugs, colon cancer, glucose levels, vaginal pH, and the onset of menopause.
More information regarding an individual's personal biological data is a positive development and this bill facilitates the gather of such information in the direct-to-consumer tests that would be allowed by this bill. Thirty-eight states in the United States current allow some direct-to-consumer testing, recognizing an individual's right to obtain information about himself or herself.
Further, this bill provides for an entity which specializes in biological data analysis to receive biological data from the laboratory and translate such data so that a layperson can understand it.
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EFFECTIVE DATE : This act shall take effect immediately.
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