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NY S06867
Bill
Status
5/19/2021
Primary Sponsor
John Mannion
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AI Summary
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Health care practitioners who order Down syndrome screening tests must provide up-to-date, evidence-based information to pregnant women or parents if test results are positive.
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Required information must include expected physical, developmental, educational, and psychosocial outcomes; life expectancy; clinical course description; intellectual and functional development; and available treatment options.
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Health care practitioners must provide contact information for nonprofit organizations offering Down syndrome support services, including hotlines, resource centers, and national and local organizations.
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The state commissioner must prepare written information for health care practitioners, post it on the department website, and ensure materials are culturally and linguistically appropriate for all recipients.
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The act takes effect 120 days after becoming law, with authority for implementing rules and regulations to be completed by the effective date.
Legislative Description
Requires health care practitioners to provide up-to-date and evidence-based information on Down syndrome to pregnant women and parents of infants who test positive for Down syndrome in a written or alternative format at the time a Down syndrome screening test has been ordered.
Last Action
REFERRED TO DISABILITIES
1/5/2022