What's happening
This bill requires New York's public health law to include education and outreach programs about postnatal tissue and fluid donation.
Why it matters
Raises awareness about postnatal tissue and fluid donation. By requiring education and outreach, this bill could help more people understand what postnatal donations (such as placenta, umbilical cord blood, etc.) are, how they are collected, and their potential uses in medical treatments and research.
Could increase availability of life-saving biological materials. Enhanced outreach may lead to higher donation rates, benefiting patients who need stem cells, regenerative therapies, or treatments for certain diseases.
Empowers new parents with informed choices. The focus on education ensures that mothers and families are better equipped to make knowledgeable decisions about donating postnatal tissues and fluids, which might otherwise be discarded after childbirth.
Supports medical research and innovation. By making more people aware of donation opportunities, the bill could indirectly contribute to scientific advances, as donated postnatal materials are vital resources for research into new therapies and cures.
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Promote Postnatal Donation Awareness
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History
- Referred to ways and means
- Reported referred to ways and means
- Referred to health
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Teach Postnatal Donation Benefits
In Senate Committee · Rules · Sponsor Gustavo Rivera
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4143
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 1, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to healthcare and wellness education and outreach programs on the donation of postnatal tissue and fluids
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public health law is amended by adding a new paragraph (p) to read as follows:
(p) Postnatal donation of tissue and fluids.
§ 2. 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 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08314-01-9
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