S8545 • 2025

Relates to newborn screening for Gaucher disease

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Sponsor: Sam Sutton
Last action: 2026-06-02
Official status: In Assembly Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Relates to newborn screening for Gaucher disease

Relates to newborn screening for Gaucher disease Requires that newborns are tested for Gaucher disease.

What This Bill Does

Relates to newborn screening for Gaucher disease Requires that newborns are tested for Gaucher disease.

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Bill History

2026-06-02 Senate
PASSED SENATE
2026-06-02 Senate
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
2026-06-02 Assembly
REFERRED TO HEALTH
2026-05-14 Senate
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2026-05-13 Senate
2ND REPORT CAL.
2026-05-12 Senate
1ST REPORT CAL.1055
2026-02-04 Senate
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
2026-01-07 Senate
REFERRED TO HEALTH
2025-10-24 Senate
REFERRED TO RULES

Official Summary Text

Relates to newborn screening for Gaucher disease
Requires that newborns are tested for Gaucher disease.

Current Bill Text

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

                                          8545

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                    October 24, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  SUTTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to newborn  screening
          for Gaucher disease

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2500-a of the public health law is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (l) to read as follows:
     3    (L) GAUCHER DISEASE.
     4    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.








         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13424-01-5