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A587Assembly2017-2018 SessionSame asS2816

Test Newborns for CMV

Official title

“Requires urine polymerase chain reaction testing for cytomegalovirus of newborns with hearing impairments”

Sponsor Linda RosenthalAD-67+17 co-sponsorsAffects Health
Status
Signed by Governor
Impact
6/10
Moderate
Outcome
Signed into law

Bill progress

Signed into law

What's happening

This bill requires testing certain newborns for cytomegalovirus if a hearing impairment is detected and mandates public education on the virus.

Why it matters

  1. Early identification of cytomegalovirus (CMV) in newborns with hearing impairment could lead to timely interventions. catching CMV early may help families and doctors plan for treatment or monitoring, potentially improving developmental outcomes and reducing long-term health complications.

  2. The bill requires hospitals and care providers to inform and educate parents about CMV and its risks. , which can empower families with knowledge about transmission, prevention, and available resources, especially for pregnant women and those planning a pregnancy.

  3. Standardizing CMV testing for a specific at-risk population (newborns with hearing loss) may help public health officials better track the prevalence and impact of congenital CMV. , leading to more informed policy decisions and resource allocation for affected families.

  4. The legislation gives flexibility to update testing methods as science advances. , ensuring that the most accurate and effective diagnostic tools are used as they become available, which benefits both providers and patients.

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Test Newborns for CMV

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Linda Rosenthal

Assembly Member · Assembly District 67

History

  1. Signed chap.307
  2. Delivered to governor
  3. Returned to assembly
  4. Passed senateVote 62–0
  5. 3rd reading cal.1230
  6. Substituted for S2816B
  7. Referred to rules
  8. Delivered to senate
  9. Passed assembly
  10. Advanced to third reading cal.974
  11. Reported
  12. Reported referred to ways and means
Show 8 earlier actions
  1. Print number 587c
  2. Amend and recommit to health
  3. Print number 587b
  4. Amend and recommit to health
  5. Referred to health
  6. Print number 587a
  7. Amend (t) and recommit to health
  8. Referred to health

Companion bill

The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.

S2816Senate

Test Newborns for CMV

Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Kemp Hannon

Impact 6 · Moderate0% to pass

Full text

2 pagesUnderlined is new[Struck] is removedOfficial text on nysenate.gov ↗

STATE OF NEW YORK

587--C

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

January 9, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, ORTIZ, ZEBROWSKI, SANTABARBARA, GUNTHER, CARROLL, GALEF, NIOU, DINOWITZ, BLAKE, SEAWRIGHT, SOLAGES, HARRIS, JENNE, RAIA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BUCHWALD, ENGLE- BRIGHT, HYNDMAN, LUPARDO, McDONOUGH, NOLAN, SIMON,… Show all

Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, ORTIZ, ZEBROWSKI, SANTABARBARA, GUNTHER, CARROLL, GALEF, NIOU, DINOWITZ, BLAKE, SEAWRIGHT, SOLAGES, HARRIS, JENNE, RAIA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BUCHWALD, ENGLE- BRIGHT, HYNDMAN, LUPARDO, McDONOUGH, NOLAN, SIMON, STECK, THIELE -read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- 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 -- 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 the testing of certain newborns for cytomegalovirus and public education thereon

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 2500-a of the public health law, as amended by chapter 184 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:

(a) 1. It shall be the duty of the administrative officer or other person in charge of each institution caring for infants twenty-eight days or less of age and the person required in pursuance of the provisions of section forty-one hundred thirty of this chapter to register the birth of a child, to cause to have administered to every such infant or child in its or his care a test for:

i. phenylketonuria,

ii. homozygous sickle cell disease,

iii. hypothyroidism,

iv. branched-chain ketonuria,

v. galactosemia,

vi. homocystinuria,

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD01942-05-8

A. 587--C 2

vii. critical congenital heart defects through pulse oximetry screening, [and]

viii. with regard to any newborn infant who is identified as, or suspected of, having a hearing impairment as a result of a screening conducted pursuant to section twenty-five hundred-g of this title, cause to be administered to such infant a urine polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for cytomegalovirus, unless the parent of the infant objects thereto; provided that if the commissioner determines that another test for cytomegalovirus is diagnostically equivalent to or better than the urine polymerase chain reaction test, the commissioner may, by regulation under this section, allow or require the use of that other test, and

ix. such other diseases and conditions as may from time to time be designated by the commissioner in accordance with rules or regulations prescribed by the commissioner.

2. Testing, the recording of the results of such tests, tracking, follow-up reviews and educational activities shall be performed at such times and in such manner as may be prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations setting forth the manner in which information describing the purposes of the requirements of this section shall be disseminated to parents or a guardian of the infant tested.

§ 2. Subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public health law is amended by adding a new paragraph (o) to read as follows:

(o) For women who may become pregnant, expectant parents and parents of infants, information regarding:

(i) the incidence of cytomegalovirus;

(ii) the transmission and risks of cytomegalovirus to pregnant women and women who may become pregnant;

(iii) birth defects caused by congenital cytomegalovirus;

(iv) methods of diagnosing congenital cytomegalovirus;

(v) the available preventive measures to avoid the infection of women who are pregnant or may become pregnant; and

(vi) available methods of treating cytomegalovirus and resources available for families of children born with cytomegalovirus.

§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that section one of this act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of section one of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.

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