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NY A 5956

in committee

Creates a public umbilical cord blood banking program

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Creates a public umbilical cord blood banking program within the department of health to promote public awareness of the potential benefits of public cord banking, to promote research into the uses of cord blood, and to facilitate pre-delivery arrangements for public banking of cord blood donations.

Introduced
Status date
Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO HEALTH
Bill type
bill
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Sponsors

  • Michael J. Fitzpatrickprimary

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Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-25

    REFERRED TO HEALTH

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO HEALTH

    referral-committee

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