New York S 690: Relates to the release of patient records by the office of mental health

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S00690 Summary:

BILL NOS00690B

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORGALLIVAN

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COSPNSRBORRELLO, FAHY, OBERACKER, ORTT, WEIK

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §4369-a, Pub Health L

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Enacts the "donor-conceived person protection act" to ensure that reproductive tissue banks, licensed by the department of health, collect and verify medical information from any donor it procures reproductive tissue from and to disseminate such information to a recipient before a recipient purchases or otherwise receives such tissue, and to donor-conceived persons, if any, when such persons turn eighteen years of age or earlier upon consent of the recipient parent or guardian; defines terms.

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BILL NOS00690B

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

05/20/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH

05/20/2025PRINT NUMBER 690A

05/28/20251ST REPORT CAL.1385

05/29/20252ND REPORT CAL.

06/04/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/13/2025COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

05/12/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH

05/12/2026PRINT NUMBER 690B

05/19/20261ST REPORT CAL.1230

05/20/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/21/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/05/2026COMMITTED TO RULES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 690--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. GALLIVAN, BORRELLO, FAHY, OBERACKER, ORTT, WEIK --
 read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
 the Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted
 to the Committee on Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing the
 "donor-conceived person protection act"

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

 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 2 the "donor-conceived person protection act".
 3 § 2. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature acknowledges
 4 the importance of parents and donor-conceived persons knowing the
 5 medical history of individuals who have donated reproductive tissue to a
 6 reproductive tissue bank for purposes of an artificial insemination or
 7 assisted reproductive technology procedure and disseminating this histo-
 8 ry information to a recipient and donor-conceived person upon request,
 9 if any.
 10 The legislature further acknowledges knowing the medical history of a
 11 donor will provide recipients with the necessary information to make
 12 informed decisions regarding the process of artificial insemination or
 13 assisted reproductive technology procedure and for donor-conceived
 14 persons to obtain essential medical information, which may reveal any
 15 relevant inheritable conditions.
 16 The legislature finds that reproductive tissue banks have a duty to
 17 collect and verify medical history information provided by donors on
 18 donor self-reported medical histories and during the donor screening

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02581-06-6

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 1 processes and to keep detailed records of such for use by recipients and
 2 donor-conceived persons, if any, prior to a procedure and in the future.
 3 § 3. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 4369-a
 4 to read as follows:
 5 § 4369-a. Donor-conceived person protection act. 1. For the purposes
 6 of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
 7 (a) "Reproductive tissue bank" means any person or facility, which
 8 procures, stores, or arranges for the storage of or distributes and/or
 9 releases reproductive tissue to an insemination/implantation site or
 10 recipient for use in artificial insemination or assisted reproductive
 11 technology procedures. Reproductive tissue banks include, but are not
 12 limited to, semen banks, oocyte donati