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Advocates urge Assembly to bar prenatal toxicology reports from the SCR and require informed consent
Summary
Legal and advocacy groups told the Assembly that positive prenatal or newborn toxicology results should not automatically trigger SCR reports and urged passage of an Informed Consent Act to require consent before drug testing in maternity care.
Legal advocates, medical‑ethics groups and defenders who represent parents in family court urged the Assembly to address how prenatal and newborn toxicology results are handled by hospitals and the State Central Register.
Witnesses from Legal Momentum, Bronx Defenders and the Children's Law Center described cases in which unconfirmed or non‑consensual drug tests led to SCR referrals and lengthy…
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