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                                      8673
                           1997-1998 Regular Sessions
                              I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                 August 3, 1997
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    Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES  -- (at request of M. of A. Arroyo,
      Stephens, Lopez, Green, John,  Weinstien,  Acampora,  Alfano,  Becker,
      Boyland, Calhoun, Casale, Espaillat, Kaufman, Klein, Manning, McEneny,
      McGee, Miller, Ortiz, Pheffer, Ravitz, Spano, Townsend, Wirth) -- read
      once and referred to the Committee on Codes
    AN  ACT  to  amend  the civil practice law and rules, in relation to the
      time within which certain actions for injury  caused  by  exposure  to
      certain substances may be commenced
      The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
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    bly, do enact as follows:
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 1    Section 1. The civil practice law and rules is amended by adding a new
 2  section 214-e to read as follows:
 3     214-e. Action to recover damages for personal injury caused  by  the
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 4  infusion  of  such blood products which result in the contraction of the
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 5  human immunodeficiency virus  (HIV)  and/or  AIDS.  Notwithstanding  any
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 6  provision  of  law to the contrary, any cause of action for an injury or
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 7  death against a proprietary manufacturer of blood products  for  damages
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 8  involving  the  infusion  of  such  blood products which resulted in the
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 9  contraction of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and/or AIDS  which
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10  is  barred as of the effective date of this section because the applica-
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11  ble period of limitation has expired is hereby revived,  and  an  action
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12  thereon  may  be  commenced  and  prosecuted  provided  such  action  is
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13  commenced within two years of the effective date of this section.    The
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14  provisions  of  this  section  shall be inapplicable to any civil action
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15  governed by the statute of limitations of another jurisdiction.
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16     2. This act shall take effect immediately.
     EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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                          [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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