Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jul 15, 2010 |
signed chap.220 |
Jul 09, 2010 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 22, 2010 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.269 substituted for a11240 |
Jun 14, 2010 |
referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jun 07, 2010 |
advanced to third reading |
Jun 03, 2010 |
2nd report cal. |
Jun 02, 2010 |
1st report cal.699 |
May 14, 2010 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S7827
Signed By Governor2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2009-S7827 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A11240
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§2500-g & 2168, Pub Health L
2009-S7827 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7827 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the public health law, in relation to newborn hearing screening results PURPOSE : This bill would help increase newborn infant hearing screening rates and improve the completeness and accuracy of newborn infant hearing screening data by requiring hospitals and other health care providers that administer or perform newborn infant hearing screenings to report results and other data to the Department of Health (DOH) through a statewide information system and authorizing access to such results and data by certain users for specified purposes. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 of the bill would amend Public Health Law (PHL) § 2500-g to require hospitals and clinics to report individual newborn infant hearing screening results and other data to DOH. If the facility is not reasonably able to administer a hearing screening prior to a newborn infant's discharge, the facility would be required to provide a referral for the newborn infant to receive such hearing screening after discharge. In addition, the facility would be required to report to DOH that the newborn infant was not screened prior to discharge. The bill would also require reporting by practitioners who perform hearing screenings upon newborn infants, other than hearing screenings administered by an Article 28 facility prior to a newborn infant's discharge from such facility, or upon
2009-S7827 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7827 I N S E N A T E May 14, 2010 ___________ Introduced by Sen. DUANE -- (at request of the Department of Health) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to newborn hearing screening results THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 2500-g of the public health law, as added by chap- ter 585 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows: S 2500-g. Newborn INFANT hearing screening. 1. The commissioner shall, within the amounts appropriated therefor, and in consultation with health care providers or their representatives, establish a program to screen newborn infants for hearing problems. This program shall incorpo- rate consensus medical guidelines and protocols, reflecting the most cost-effective methods for detecting hearing problems as early as possi- ble in an infant's life. The program shall provide for follow-up screen- ing including referrals for screening or care. Such program shall also provide for the reimbursement of health care providers performing such services under the program. 2. It shall be the duty of the administrative officer[,] or other designated person[,] at each [institution] FACILITY LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER caring for newborn infants, to either administer [such a program or] A HEARING SCREENING UPON EACH SUCH NEWBORN INFANT OR, IF THE FACILITY IS NOT REASONABLY ABLE TO SCREEN A NEWBORN INFANT PRIOR TO DISCHARGE, provide a referral for the [patient] NEWBORN INFANT to obtain the service following discharge. FACILITIES SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION THAT ADMINISTER A NEWBORN INFANT HEARING SCREENING SHALL REPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT IN A MANNER AND FORMAT REQUIRED BY THE COMMISSIONER: (A) THE RESULTS OF EACH NEWBORN INFANT HEARING SCREENING PERFORMED; (B) INSTANCES IN WHICH A NEWBORN INFANT HEARING SCREENING IS NOT PERFORMED ON A NEWBORN INFANT BEFORE SUCH INFANT IS DISCHARGED FROM THE FACILITY; AND EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15707-04-0
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