What's happening
This bill requires the health department to provide information about bone marrow donation and registries, and for primary care providers to share it with eligible new patients.
Why it matters
Expands public awareness and education about bone marrow donation. by requiring the health department to create accessible, comprehensive materials for both the public and healthcare providers, which could help dispel myths and encourage more people to consider registering.
Targets younger adult populations (ages 18–45) for outreach. , focusing on the demographic most likely to be eligible and effective as bone marrow donors, thus potentially increasing successful matches for patients in need.
Integrates donation information into routine healthcare interactions. , making it more likely that eligible individuals will learn about and consider joining the bone marrow registry during regular visits to their primary care provider, rather than relying solely on voluntary research or outreach campaigns.
May help address health disparities. by ensuring standardized information is provided to all new patients within the target age group, including those who might not otherwise encounter bone marrow registry campaigns or educational materials.
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Share Bone Marrow Info
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History
- Approval memo.15
- Signed chap.287
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to assembly
- Passed senateVote 60–0
- 3rd reading cal.605
- Substituted for S6705
- Referred to health
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading cal.203
- Returned to assembly
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- Died in senate
- Referred to rules
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.264
- Rules report cal.264
- Reported
- Reported referred to rules
- Reported referred to ways and means
- Print number 5370a
- Amend (t) and recommit to health
- Referred to health
Companion bill
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Promote Bone Marrow Donation
Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Brian Benjamin
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5370--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 11, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring the department of health to develop and disseminate information regarding bone marrow donor programs and authorizing physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners to provide such information to patients
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 4369 to read as follows:
§ 4369. Bone marrow registry information. 1. The commissioner, with the assistance of the transplant council, shall develop and make available information regarding bone marrow donation and registries, including but not limited to the National Marrow Donor Program "Be The Match Registry" registry and The Bone Marrow Foundation. Such information shall include, but not be limited to:
(a) the need for bone marrow donations;
(b) patient populations that would benefit from bone marrow donations;
(c) how to join the bone marrow registry; and
(d) how to acquire a free buccal swab kit from a bone marrow registry.
2. The information required by this section shall be made available to the public by the commissioner on the department's website and through other means determined by the commissioner. The information shall also be provided by the commissioner to physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners providing primary care for dissemination under subdivision three of this section.
3. Each physician, physician assistant and nurse practitioner providing primary care may inquire of new patients who are eighteen years of age or older and under forty-five years of age on their new patient
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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intake form as to whether the patient is registered with the bone marrow registry. If the patient states that he or she is not registered with the bone marrow registry, the physician, physician assistant or nurse practitioner providing primary care shall provide information developed and disseminated by the department regarding the bone marrow registry to the patient.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding the date upon which 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 date.
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