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A 6857: Includes the HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 viruses to the public health department's health care and wellness education and outreach program.
What A 6857 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to improve the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of HIV-1 and HIV-2 viruses in New York State. It adds a new paragraph to the Public Health Law to provide information and assistance on community support services, support groups, respite, and care management for individuals infected with HIV-1 or HIV-2. The bill requires educational materials to be specific to the virus type and provide culturally and linguistically appropriate information. These materials are to be made available to clinics, healthcare facilities, and correctional facilities, and updated to reflect best practice recommendations. The bill takes effect 120 days after it becomes a law, and allows for the immediate implementation of necessary rules and regulations.
Bill journey
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2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to health (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 6857
- What is the current status of A 6857?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 6857 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to health".
- Did A 6857 pass?
- Not yet. A 6857 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 6857, and where is it now?
- A 6857 was authored by Asm. Vivian E. Cook with 4 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Health.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to health |
| Mar. 14, 2025 | referred to health |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 14, 2025 · 332 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6857 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 14, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. COOK, HYNDMAN, SAYEGH, COLTON, WILLIAMS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 viruses 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 207 of the public health law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (t) to read as follows: 3 (t) The diagnosis, treatment and prevention of HTLV-1 and HTLV-2, 4 including information and assistance on where to find community support 5 services, support groups, respite, and care management. In instances in 6 which viral typing is possible, educational materials shall direct to 7 virus specific community support services, support groups, respite, and 8 care management as HTLV-1 and HTLV-2 are two different retroviruses with 9 differing epidemiologies and disease associations requiring specific 10 recommendations for persons infected with HTLV-1 or HTLV-2. Such materi- 11 als shall be made available to clinics that specialize in sexually tran- 12 smitted diseases, health care facilities, and department of corrections 13 and community supervision facilities. All information and materials 14 shall be maintained and updated to reflect best practice recommendations 15 and shall be culturally and linguistically appropriate for the communi- 16 ties the materials are made available to. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 18 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 19 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 20 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 21 completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08956-01-5
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