New York S 761: Relates to Down syndrome diagnosis awareness

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S00761 Summary:

BILL NOS00761 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01674

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Amd §207, Pub Health L; amd §2, Chap of 2024 (as proposed in S.593-A & A.4138-A)

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Relates to including information about Down Syndrome in the health care and wellness education and outreach program; amends the effectiveness thereof.

Go to top S00761 Actions:

BILL NOS00761 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/13/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.36

02/10/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A1674

&nbspA01674 AMEND= McMahon

&nbsp01/10/2025referred to health

&nbsp01/21/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp01/22/2025reported 

&nbsp01/22/2025rules report cal.52

&nbsp01/22/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.52

&nbsp01/28/2025passed assembly

&nbsp01/28/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp01/28/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp02/10/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S761

&nbsp02/10/20253RD READING CAL.36

&nbsp02/10/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp02/10/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp02/12/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp02/14/2025signed chap.61

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 761

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to Down syndrome
 diagnosis awareness

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (h) of subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public
 2 health law, as added by a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the
 3 public health law relating to Down syndrome diagnosis awareness, as
 4 proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 593-A and A. 4138-A, is amended
 5 to read as follows:
 6 (h)(i) [A] Down syndrome [awareness program shall be created to
 7 provide] including up-to-date and evidence-based information about Down
 8 syndrome, [in a written or alternative format to health care providers
 9 who order tests for a pregnant woman or an infant to screen for Down
 10 syndrome that shall include, but] not [be] limited to[,] the following:
 11 (1) expected physical, developmental, educational, and psychosocial
 12 outcomes;
 13 (2) life expectancy;
 14 (3) the clinical course description;
 15 (4) expected intellectual and functional development;
 16 (5) available intervention or treatment options;
 17 (6) information hotlines specific to Down syndrome;
 18 (7) relevant resource centers or clearinghouses;
 19 (8) national and local Down syndrome organizations; and
 20 (9) any other information the department deems necessary.
 21 Such information shall be provided electronically through the depart-
 22 ment's website.
 23 (ii) The commissioner shall (1) examine and utilize existing practices
 24 to ensure that the information provided under subparagraph (i) of this

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02838-01-5

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 1 paragraph is culturally and linguistically appropriate for all recipi-
 2 ents; and (2) meet [annually] with representatives from the Down
 3 syndrome community as necessary to ensure such information is current.
 4 § 2. Section 2 of a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the public
 5 health law relating to Down syndrome diagnosis awareness, as proposed in
 6 legislative bills numbers S. 593-A and A. 4138-A, is amended to read as
 7 follows:
 8 § 2. This act shall take effect [immediately] on the one hundred
 9 eightieth day after it shall have become a law.
 10 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 11 section one of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the
 12 same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the public health
 13 law relating to Down syndrome diagnosis awareness, as proposed in legis-
 14 lative bills numbers S. 593-A and A. 4138-A, takes effect.

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