New York S 7662: Establishes a statewide youth mental health and social media campaign to promote public awareness of the impacts of social media usage on mental health

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S07662 Summary:

BILL NOS07662 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03074

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SPONSORMAY

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Add Art 21 Title 9 §2185, Pub Health L

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Requires a local health department to report positive cytomegalovirus results.

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04/25/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7662

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 25, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring report-
 ing of positive cytomegalovirus test results

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

 1 Section 1. Article 21 of the public health law is amended by adding a
 2 new title 9 to read as follows:
 3 TITLE IX
 4 CYTOMEGALOVIRUS
 5 Section 2185. Cytomegalovirus; duty to report.
 6 § 2185. Cytomegalovirus; duty to report. 1. Upon notice to a local
 7 health department through the electronic clinical laboratories reporting
 8 system that a newborn has tested positive for cytomegalovirus, the local
 9 health department shall immediately contact the pediatrician of record
 10 for such newborn and notify such pediatrician of the positive result. If
 11 such pediatrician cannot be notified, then the local health department
 12 shall contact the chief of newborn services at the hospital in which the
 13 newborn was born. If such chief of newborn services cannot be contacted,
 14 then the local health department shall contact the medical director at
 15 the hospital in which the newborn was born.
 16 2. The local health department shall simultaneously contact the parent
 17 of any newborn with a positive test result for cytomegalovirus to inform
 18 them that the newborn has tested positive for cytomegalovirus.
 19 3. If the positive test was from a saliva specimen, a polymerase chain
 20 reaction urine test as required pursuant to section twenty-five
 21 hundred-a of this chapter shall be administered as soon as possible,
 22 provided that the newborn is no more than three weeks in age, to confirm
 23 the test result.
 24 4. If a urine test administered pursuant to subdivision three of this
 25 section confirms that the results are positive, the local health

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 1 department shall immediately contact the pediatrician of record for such
 2 newborn and notify such pediatrician of the positive result. If such
 3 pediatrician cannot be notified, then the local health department shall
 4 contact the chief of newborn services at the hospital in which the
 5 newborn was born. If such chief of newborn services cannot be contacted,
 6 then the local health department shall contact the medical director at
 7 the hospital in which the newborn was born. In addition, the parent or
 8 guardian of the newborn shall be contacted no later than one week from
 9 such positive result and shall be referred to a pediatric infectious
 10 disease specialist to perform a full examination before such newborn
 11 reaches four weeks of age. Such examination shall include, but not be
 12 limited to:
 13 (a) Measurement of head circumference;
 14 (b) Head sonogram;
 15 (c) Blood tests including a complete blood count and liver function
 16 tests;
 17 (d) Eye exam by an ophthalmologist; and
 18 (e) Hearing evaluation by auditory brainstem response.
 19 5. Upon notification of a positive urine test result for cytomegalovi-
 20 rus administered pursuant to subdivisions three and four of this
 21 section, the local health department shall contact the pediatrician or
 22 hospital chief of newborn services or the hospital medical director, and
 23 the parent or guardian, to ensure the referral to a pediatric infectious
 24 disease specialist pursuant to subdivision four of this section was
 25 completed.
 26 6. The commissioner shall cause cytomegalo