Assembly Bill A2316B

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires facilities to perform pulse oximetry screening on newborns

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A2316 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S270
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2500-a, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A7941, S6726

2013-A2316 - Summary

Requires facilities to perform pulse oximetry screening on newborns.

2013-A2316 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2316

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 14, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER, ZEBROWSKI, CERETTO, McDONOUGH -- Multi-
  Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, AUBRY, CROUCH,  LUPARDO,  McLAUGHLIN,
  RAIA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health

AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring facili-
  ties to perform pulse oximetry screening on newborns

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Legislative intent.   Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are
structural abnormalities of the heart that are present  at  birth;  CHDs
range in severity from simple problems such as holes between chambers of
the  heart, to severe malformations, such as the complete absence of one
or more chambers or valves; some critical  CHDs  can  cause  severe  and
life-threatening  symptoms  which  require intervention within the first
days of life.
  According to the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services'
Advisory Committee on Heritable  Disorders  in  Newborns  and  Children,
congenital  heart  disease  affects approximately seven to nine of every
1,000 live births in the United States and Europe. The  federal  Centers
for  Disease Control and Prevention states that CHD is the leading cause
of infant death due to birth defects.
  Current methods for detecting CHDs generally include  prenatal  ultra-
sound  screening  and  repeated  clinical  examinations;  while prenatal
ultrasound screenings can detect some major  congenital  heart  defects,
these  screenings,  alone, identify less than half of all CHD cases, and
critical CHD cases  are  often  missed  during  routine  clinical  exams
performed prior to a newborn's discharge from a birthing facility.
  Pulse oximetry is a non-invasive test that estimates the percentage of
hemoglobin  in  blood that is saturated with oxygen. When performed on a
newborn a minimum of 24 hours after birth, pulse oximetry  screening  is
often  more effective at detecting critical, life-threatening CHDs which
otherwise go undetected by  current  screening  methods.  Newborns  with

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01366-01-3
              

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multi-Sponsors

2013-A2316A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S270
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2500-a, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A7941, S6726

2013-A2316A - Summary

Requires facilities to perform pulse oximetry screening on newborns.

2013-A2316A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 2316--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 14, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. GUNTHER, ZEBROWSKI, CERETTO, McDONOUGH, JAFFEE,
  SIMOTAS, MILLMAN, TENNEY, MARKEY,  MAISEL,  LAVINE,  STEC,  SEPULVEDA,
  ROBERTS,  PAULIN,  QUART,  BRONSON,  STECK, ESPINAL, SKOUFIS, KELLNER,
  BROOK-KRASNY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO, AUBRY, BARCLAY,
  BLANKENBUSH, BRENNAN, CLARK, COLTON, COOK, CROUCH,  CURRAN,  DINOWITZ,
  DUPREY,   FARRELL,  FINCH,  HEVESI,  LUPARDO,  McLAUGHLIN,  MONTESANO,
  O'DONNELL,  PALMESANO,  PERRY,  RAIA,  RIVERA,  ROBINSON,  SIMANOWITZ,
  WALTER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- commit-
  tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
  mitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring  facili-
  ties  to screen newborns for critical congenital heart defects through
  pulse oximetry screening

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Legislative intent.   Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are
structural abnormalities of the heart that are present  at  birth;  CHDs
range in severity from simple problems such as holes between chambers of
the  heart, to severe malformations, such as the complete absence of one
or more chambers or valves; critical CHDs (CCHDs) are a subset  of  CHDs
that  cause  severe  and  life-threatening symptoms which require inter-
vention within the first days, weeks or months of life.
  According to the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services'
Advisory Committee on Heritable  Disorders  in  Newborns  and  Children,
congenital  heart  disease  affects approximately seven to nine of every
1,000 live births in the United States and Europe. The  federal  Centers
for  Disease Control and Prevention states that CHD is the leading cause
of infant death due to birth defects and that about forty-eight  hundred
babies born each year have one of seven CCHDs.
  Current  methods  for detecting CHDs generally include prenatal ultra-
sound screening  and  repeated  clinical  examinations;  while  prenatal

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01366-04-3
              

co-Sponsors

multi-Sponsors

2013-A2316B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S270
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2500-a, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A7941, S6726

2013-A2316B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires facilities to perform pulse oximetry screening on newborns.

2013-A2316B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 2316--B

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 14, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. GUNTHER, ZEBROWSKI, CERETTO, McDONOUGH, JAFFEE,
  SIMOTAS, MILLMAN, TENNEY, MARKEY,  MAISEL,  LAVINE,  STEC,  SEPULVEDA,
  ROBERTS,  PAULIN,  QUART,  BRONSON,  STECK, ESPINAL, SKOUFIS, KELLNER,
  BROOK-KRASNY, GABRYSZAK, ABINANTI, LENTOL,  BENEDETTO  --  Multi-Spon-
  sored  by  --  M. of A.  ARROYO, AUBRY, BARCLAY, BLANKENBUSH, BRENNAN,
  BUCHWALD, CLARK,  COLTON,  COOK,  CRESPO,  CROUCH,  CURRAN,  DINOWITZ,
  DUPREY,  FARRELL, FINCH, FITZPATRICK, HEVESI, HOOPER, P. LOPEZ, LUPAR-
  DO,  LUPINACCI,  McDONALD,  McLAUGHLIN,   MONTESANO,   MOSLEY,   OAKS,
  O'DONNELL,  PALMESANO, PERRY, RAIA, RIVERA, ROBINSON, RODRIGUEZ, SIMA-
  NOWITZ, WALTER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health --
  committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
  recommitted  to  said  committee -- again reported from said committee
  with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to  said
  committee

AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring facili-
  ties to screen newborns for critical congenital heart defects  through
  pulse oximetry screening

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Legislative intent.   Congenital heart defects  (CHDs)  are
structural  abnormalities  of  the heart that are present at birth; CHDs
range in severity from simple problems such as holes between chambers of
the heart, to severe malformations, such as the complete absence of  one
or  more  chambers or valves; critical CHDs (CCHDs) are a subset of CHDs
that cause severe and life-threatening  symptoms  which  require  inter-
vention within the first days, weeks or months of life.
  According to the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services'
Advisory  Committee  on  Heritable  Disorders  in Newborns and Children,
congenital heart disease affects approximately seven to  nine  of  every
1,000  live  births in the United States and Europe. The federal Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention states that CHD is the leading  cause

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01366-12-3
              

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