What's happening
This bill requires healthcare and wellness education and outreach programs to include information on postnatal donation of tissue and fluids.
Why it matters
Expands awareness of medical options. By requiring education on postnatal donation of tissue and fluids, the bill ensures that new parents are informed about opportunities to donate materials like umbilical cord blood, placental tissue, and other post-birth biological resources that can be used for medical treatments and research.
Supports medical research and treatment. Increased donations of postnatal tissues and fluids could lead to more resources for stem cell therapies, regenerative medicine, and other life-saving medical advancements, potentially benefiting patients with a range of health conditions.
Promotes equitable access to information. By mandating that healthcare and wellness outreach programs include this information, the bill aims to reduce disparities in knowledge and access, ensuring that diverse communities are equally informed about donation opportunities and associated benefits.
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Teach Postnatal Donation Benefits
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History
- Committed to rules
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.381
- 1st report cal.381
- Referred to women's issues
- Reported and committed to finance
- Referred to women's issues
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.
Promote Postnatal Donation Awareness
In Assembly Committee · Ways And Means · Sponsor Aileen Gunther
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4947
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 2, 2019
Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Women's Issues
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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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
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
Purpose
To encourage and establish awareness for the options for donation of postnatal tissue and fluids.
Summary of provisions
Amends Subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public health law, by adding a new paragraph (p) which would allow the department to conduct educa- tion and outreach programs that relate to donation of postnatal tissue and fluids.
Justification
Postnatal tissue and fluids include the placenta, umbilical cord, and amniotic fluid. These tissue and fluids can be used to benefit and heal patients with a variety of medical needs. Umbilical cord blood, the blood that remains in a newborn's umbilical cord after birth, is a rich source of undifferentiated biological cells. Cord blood cells, which generally do not require a perfect match, have already been used in treating over 20,000 patients for a wide range of diseases, including types of leukemia, sickle-cell anemia, immunodeficiency, marrow failure and genetic diseases that call for transplants. It is also being clin- ically tested for treatments of other disorders including Type 1 Diabetes and Cerebral Palsy as well as studies to reverse hearing loss in infants and toddlers, utilizing undifferentiated biological cells from cord blood to repair damaged inner ears.
Tissue grafts derived from birth tissue help native tissue restoration and remodeling, and provide a protective and physical barrier when applied to wounds. These tissue grafts are used to treat wounds such as diabetic foot ulcers and burn injuries.
Unfortunately, these lifesaving resources are normally discarded after birth. The State has an interest in ensuring that valuable information about the donation of postnatal tissue and fluid is made available to the public through education and outreach programs. This bill would allow the department of health to conduct such education and outreach programs.
Legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
Local fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect 120 days after it shall have become law.
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