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                                   5236
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 7, 2017
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DINOWITZ, PAULIN, ROSENTHAL, JAFFEE, CRESPO,
   GALEF, WEPRIN, MOYA, HOOPER, BLAKE, JOHNS -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.
   of A. COOK, ENGLEBRIGHT, MONTESANO, ORTIZ -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring primary
   care physicians to post certain information detailing how  parents  or
   guardians  of  infants and children can subscribe to the United States
   consumer product safety commission's e-mail subscription lists
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Article 25 of the public health law is amended by adding a
 new title 9 to read as follows:
                                 TITLE IX
                      RECALL SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION
 SECTION 2599-E. PHYSICIAN POSTING OF RECALL SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION.
   § 2599-E. PHYSICIAN POSTING OF RECALL SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION.  1. AS
 USED IN  THIS  SECTION,  "PRIMARY  CARE  PHYSICIAN"  MEANS  A  PHYSICIAN
 SPECIALIST  IN THE FIELD OF FAMILY PRACTICE, GENERAL PEDIATRICS, PRIMARY
 CARE INTERNAL MEDICINE OR PRIMARY CARE OBSTETRICS  AND  GYNECOLOGY,  WHO
 PROVIDES COORDINATED PRIMARY CARE SERVICES.
   2.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL REQUIRE THAT EVERY PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN
 POST IN A PLACE OR PLACES, CLEARLY VISIBLE TO ALL PERSONS,  ADJACENT  TO
 OR  NEAR THE LOCATION SUCH PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN HAS DESIGNATED FOR THE
 RECEIPT OF PAYMENT,  AN  INFORMATIONAL  NOTICE.  SUCH  NOTICE  SHALL  BE
 DESIGNED  BY THE COMMISSIONER IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE
 AND SHALL CONTAIN INFORMATION DETAILING  HOW  PARENTS  OR  GUARDIANS  OF
 INFANTS AND CHILDREN CAN SUBSCRIBE TO THE UNITED STATES CONSUMER PRODUCT
 SAFETY  COMMISSION'S E-MAIL SUBSCRIPTION LISTS TO RECEIVE CONSUMER PROD-
 UCT RECALL AND SAFETY NEWS BY E-MAIL FROM  THE  UNITED  STATES  CONSUMER
 PRODUCT  SAFETY COMMISSION AND SUCH OTHER MATERIAL AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE
 BY THE COMMISSIONER. SUCH NOTICE SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO PRIMARY CARE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD03558-01-7

 A. 5236                             2
 
 PHYSICIANS BY THE DEPARTMENT ON ITS WEBSITE AND  SHALL  BE  PROVIDED  IN
 ENGLISH,  AS  WELL  AS  IN  THE  SIX  LANGUAGES  OTHER THAN ENGLISH MOST
 FREQUENTLY SPOKEN IN THE STATE ACCORDING TO THE  LATEST  AVAILABLE  DATA
 FROM  THE  UNITED  STATES  CENSUS BUREAU AND UPON REQUEST FROM A PRIMARY
 CARE PHYSICIAN, ANY OTHER LANGUAGE SPOKEN BY  A  SIGNIFICANT  NUMBER  OF
 PEOPLE  WITHIN  THE  COMMUNITY SERVED BY SUCH PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN.  A
 PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN SHALL POST SUCH NOTICE  IN  ENGLISH  AND  IN  ANY
 OTHER LANGUAGE SPOKEN BY SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF PEOPLE WITHIN THE COMMU-
 NITY HE OR SHE SERVES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
 ly,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation
 necessary for the implementation of this act on its  effective  date  is
 authorized  and directed to be made and completed by the commissioner of
 health on or before such effective date.