Bill > S00320

This bill prohibits health care professionals from conducting drug, cannabis, or alcohol testing or screening on pregnant or postpartum individuals and newborns, unless the individual (or the individual authorized to consent for the newborn) provides prior written and oral informed consent, and the testing or screening is within the scope of medical care. It also prohibits health care professionals from refusing to treat an individual who is pregnant or up to one year postpartum, or a newborn, due to the patient's or authorized individual's refusal to submit to such testing or screening. The bill defines key terms like "drug," "cannabis," and "drug, cannabis or alcohol test/screen," and outlines the requirements for obtaining informed consent, as well as the limited circumstances under which testing or screening can be conducted without consent in a medical emergency.

Health and Social Services

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S320