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A08818 Summary:

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Permits out-of-state clinical laboratories located within the United States to accept specimens from New York when there are no proper labs within the state recognized by the department of health.

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BILL NOA08818 

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06/09/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8818

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 June 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. JENSEN -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to permitting certain
 out-of-state clinical laboratories to accept specimens from New York
 when there are no proper labs within the state

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

 1 Section 1. Section 572 of the public health law, as amended by chapter
 2 562 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 572. Certificates of qualification. 1. No person shall act as a
 4 director in a clinical laboratory located in or accepting specimens from
 5 New York state or in a blood bank located in or collecting, processing,
 6 storing or distributing blood products in New York state unless a valid
 7 certificate of qualification has been issued as provided in section five
 8 hundred seventy-three of this title.
 9 2. (a) The provisions of subdivision one of this section shall not
 10 apply to an out-of-state clinical laboratory, located within the United
 11 States, that accepts specimens from New York state for the purposes of
 12 conducting a clinical laboratory test that has been recognized by the
 13 department as unavailable within New York state.
 14 (b) For the purposes of this section, a clinical laboratory test shall
 15 be considered unavailable within New York state if it appears on the
 16 list of unavailable tests published on the department's website as of
 17 the date that the specimen was collected. Such list shall be created by
 18 the commissioner or their designee and updated at least biannually.
 19 § 2. Section 574 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 436
 20 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows:
 21 § 574. Permits. 1. No person shall own or operate a clinical laborato-
 22 ry located in or accepting specimens from New York state or own or oper-
 23 ate a blood bank which collects, processes, stores and/or distributes,
 24 human blood, blood derivatives or blood components, in New York state

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00480-01-5

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 1 unless a valid permit has been issued as provided in section five
 2 hundred seventy-five of this title. A permit shall be issued authorizing
 3 the performance of one or more procedures or services within one or more
 4 categories. A separate permit shall be required for each facility at
 5 which clinical laboratory tests are to be performed or at which a blood
 6 bank is to be operated, provided, however that the department may adopt
 7 regulations not inconsistent with the federal clinical laboratory
 8 improvement act of nineteen hundred eighty-eight authorizing an owner to
 9 operate more than one facility under a single permit.
 10 2. (a) The provisions of subdivision one of this section shall not
 11 apply to an out-of-state clinical laboratory, located within the United
 12 States, that accepts specimens from New York state for the purposes of
 13 conducting a clinical laboratory test that has been recognized by the
 14 department as unavailable within New York state.
 15 (b) For the purposes of this section, a clinical laboratory test shall
 16 be considered unavailable within New York state if it appears on the
 17 list of unavailable tests published on the department's website as of
 18 the date that the specimen was collected. Such list shall be created by
 19 the commissioner or their designee