New York Public Health Law Section 2500-F - Human immunodeficiency virus; testing of newborns.

  2500-f.  Human  immunodeficiency virus; testing of newborns.  1. In
  order to improve the health outcomes of newborns, and to improve  access
  to  care  and  treatment  for newborns infected with or exposed to human
  immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and their mothers, the  commissioner  shall
  establish  a  comprehensive  program for the testing of newborns for the
  presence  of  human  immunodeficiency  virus  and/or  the  presence   of
  antibodies to such virus.
2.   The  commissioner  shall  promulgate  regulations  governing  the
  implementation of the program required pursuant to  subdivision  one  of
  this  section,  including  the  administration  of  testing, counseling,
  tracking, disclosure of test results pursuant  to  section  twenty-seven
  hundred  eighty-two  of this chapter, follow-up reviews, and educational
  activities relating to such testing.

Last modified: February 3, 2019