New York A 1562: Enacts the infant vision information, education and wellness program act

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A01562 Summary:

BILL NOA01562 

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SAME ASSAME AS S07235

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SPONSORTaylor

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Add Art 25 Title II-B §§2559-g - 2559-l, Pub Health L

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Enacts the Infant Vision Information, Education and Wellness Act; creates the newborn vision screening advisory committee; provides for newborn and infant vision screening; requires reporting.

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BILL NOA01562 

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01/10/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1562

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 10, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing the
 infant vision information, education and wellness program

 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 "Infant Vision Information, Education and Wellness Act".
 3 § 2. Article 25 of the public health law is amended by adding a new
 4 title II-B to read as follows:
 5 TITLE II-B
 6 INFANT VISION INFORMATION, EDUCATION AND WELLNESS PROGRAM
 7 Section 2559-g. Definitions.
 8 2559-h. Newborn vision screening advisory committee.
 9 2559-i. Newborn vision screening education and assessment.
 10 2559-j. Reporting and referral.
 11 2559-k. Confidentiality of records.
 12 2559-l. Regulatory authority.
 13 § 2559-g. Definitions. The following words and phrases, as used in
 14 this section shall have the following meanings unless the context clear-
 15 ly indicates otherwise:
 16 1. "Birth admission" shall mean the time after birth that a newborn
 17 remains in a hospital or birth center prior to discharge.
 18 2. "Child" shall mean an individual who is under twenty-one years of
 19 age.
 20 3. "Committee" shall mean the department of health's newborn vision
 21 screening advisory committee.
 22 4. "Health care facility" shall mean a hospital providing clinically
 23 related health services for obstetrical and newborn care, or a birth
 24 center. The term includes a hospital providing clinically related health
 25 services for obstetrical and newborn care, or a birth center operated by

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00406-01-5

 A. 1562 2

 1 an agency, the state or local government. The term does not include an
 2 office used primarily for private or group practice by health care prac-
 3 titioners if no reviewable clinically related health services are
 4 offered.
 5 5. "Infant" shall mean a child thirty days of age up to twenty-four
 6 months of age.
 7 6. "Newborn" shall mean a child up to and including twenty-nine days
 8 of age.
 9 7. "Parent" shall mean a natural parent, stepparent, adoptive parent,
 10 legal guardian or legal custodian of a child.
 11 8. "Program" shall mean the infant vision information, education and
 12 wellness program.
 13 § 2559-h. Newborn vision screening advisory committee. 1. Membership.
 14 The commissioner shall appoint a six-member newborn vision screening
 15 advisory committee within the department. The committee shall:
 16 (a) advise and make recommendations on issues relating to the follow-
 17 ing:
 18 (i) Program regulation and administration;
 19 (ii) Diagnostic testing;
 20 (iii) Technical support;
 21 (iv) Follow-up.
 22 (b) be comprised of members with experience with infant eye pathology,
 23 pediatric ophthalmology, optometry and common vision screening and
 24 assessment tests.
 25 2. Compensation. Members shall serve without compensation but may be
 26 reimbursed for necessary travel and other expenses in accordance with
 27 applicable law and regulations.
 28 3. Protocol. On or before June thirtieth, two thousand twenty-six, the
 29 department shall adopt the protocol developed by the American Academy of
 30 Pediatrics to optimally detect the presence of treatable causes of
 31 blindness in infants by two months of age. If a protocol