Establishes a public umbilical cord blood banking program within the Department of Health to promote awareness, research, and pre-delivery.
The bill creates a public umbilical cord blood banking program within the New York State Department of Health. The program aims to promote public awareness of the benefits of public cord blood banking, support research into the uses of cord blood, and facilitate pre-delivery arrangements for public banking of cord blood donations. The Department of Health will develop educational materials, coordinate professional education programs for healthcare providers, promote research, and establish criteria for the collection and storage of umbilical cord blood.
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