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A03956 Summary:

BILL NOA03956
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORRosenthal
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §2500-a, Pub Health L
 
Requires cytomegalovirus screening for every newborn by administration of a dried blood spot or a urine polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test.
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A03956 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A3956
 
SPONSOR: Rosenthal
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring cytome- galovirus screening for every newborn   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:: To require universal screenings of newborns for cytomegalovirus.ti   SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:: Section one amends paragraph (h) of subdivision 1 of section 2500-a of the public health law. Section two establishes the effective date.   JUSTIFICATION:: Chapter 307 of the laws of 2018 requires that all newborns who fail their initial hearing screening be tested for cytomegalovirus (CMV), a common congenital viral infection and the leading non-genetic cause of deafness in children. While most CMV infections do not cause harm to adults and those infected may not show any signs or symptoms, the effects have the potential to be devastating to a newborn. There are 20,000 to 40,000 infants born with CMV and nationwide roughly 400 chil- dren die from CMV annually. Despite many infants appearing asymptomatic at birth, at least 20 percent of those with CMV will have permanent disabilities, such as hearing loss, microcephaly, intellectual deficits, and vision abnormalities. Failure of an initial hearing screening after birth is often an indica- tor of a CMV infection, however, it does not identify all newborns carrying the infection. By testing all newborns for CMV, regardless of the outcome of a hearing screening, we can quickly link them to treat- ments designed to improve hearing and developmental outcomes.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:: 2022-23: A.7997 Referred to Health; S.7659 Referred to Health 2021-22: A.10129 Referred to Health   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:: To be determined.   EFFECTIVE DATE:: This act shall take effect immediately.
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A03956 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3956
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 30, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring  cytome-
          galovirus screening for every newborn
 
          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  2500-a  of  the
     2  public  health  law,  as  amended by chapter 730 of the laws of 2021, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    (h) [With regard to any  newborn  infant  who  is  identified  as,  or
     5  suspected  of,  having  a  hearing impairment as a result of a screening
     6  conducted pursuant to section  twenty-five  hundred-g  of  this  title,]
     7  Cytomegalovirus  using a nucleic acid-based test, such as a dried blood-
     8  spot, or a urine polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test [for cytomegalovi-
     9  rus, unless the parent of the infant objects thereto]; provided that  if
    10  the  commissioner  determines  that  another test for cytomegalovirus is
    11  diagnostically equivalent to or better than [the] a  nucleic  acid-based
    12  test or a urine polymerase chain reaction test, the commissioner may, by
    13  regulation  under  this  section, allow or require the use of that other
    14  test.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    16  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
    17  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    18  tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
    19  completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05264-02-5
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