Relates to factors for consideration for applications for a license to operate a bank or storage facility

This bill updates the rules for licensing banks and storage facilities used to keep medical specimens, requiring the state health department to evaluate new criteria before granting permission. Under the new provisions, applicants must demonstrate their ability to manage temperature controls, maintain a secure chain of custody for samples, and protect patient records through administrative and technical safeguards. The law also requires regulators to assess the character and competence of the facility's owners and operators, while considering the number of similar facilities already operating in the local area. Additionally, the bill authorizes the health commissioner to create specific regulations to enforce these requirements and sets the law's official start date ninety days after it is passed.