 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9606
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     March 26, 2022
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. TAPIA -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  requiring  third
          trimester syphilis testing
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2308 of the public health  law  is
     2  amended to read as follows:
     3    1. Every physician or other authorized practitioner attending pregnant
     4  [women] patients in the state shall in the case of every [woman] patient
     5  so  attended take or cause to be taken a sample of blood of such [woman]
     6  patient at the time of first examination, and submit such sample  to  an
     7  approved  laboratory  for  a  standard serological test for syphilis. In
     8  addition to testing at the time of first examination, every such  physi-
     9  cian or other authorized practitioner shall order a syphilis test during
    10  the  third trimester of pregnancy consistent with any guidance and regu-
    11  lations issued by the commissioner.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
    13  law. Effective immediately, any rules and regulations or guidance neces-
    14  sary  to  implement the provisions of this act on its effective date are
    15  authorized to be amended, repealed and/or promulgated on or before  such
    16  date.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14973-01-2
Requires third trimester syphilis testing

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