Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jul 01, 2021 |
signed chap.199 |
Jun 24, 2021 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 07, 2021 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.732 substituted for s5944a |
May 10, 2021 |
referred to health delivered to senate passed assembly |
May 06, 2021 |
advanced to third reading cal.329 |
May 04, 2021 |
reported |
Apr 15, 2021 |
print number 6671a |
Apr 15, 2021 |
amend and recommit to health |
Mar 25, 2021 |
referred to health |
Assembly Bill A6671A
Signed By Governor2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
PAULIN
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
Bill Amendments
2021-A6671 - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S5944
- Law Section:
- Public Health
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§2 & 3, Chap 74 of 2020
2021-A6671 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6671 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 25, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend chapter 74 of the laws of 2020 relating to directing the department of health to convene a work group on rare diseases, in relation to the deadline to submit a report on rare diseases and to the effectiveness thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Sections 2 and 3 of chapter 74 of the laws of 2020 relating to directing the department of health to convene a work group on rare diseases, are amended to read as follows: § 2. The department of health, in collaboration with the department of financial services, shall convene a workgroup of individuals with exper- tise in rare diseases, including physicians, nurses and other health care professionals with experience researching, diagnosing or treating rare diseases; members of the scientific community engaged in rare disease research; representatives from the health insurance industry; individuals who have a rare disease or caregivers of a person with a rare disease; and representatives of rare disease patient organizations. The workgroup's focus shall include, but not be limited to: identifying best practices that could improve the awareness of rare diseases and referral of people with potential rare diseases to specialists and eval- uating barriers to treatment, including financial barriers on access to care. The department of health shall prepare a written report summariz- ing opinions and recommendations from the workgroup which includes a list of existing, publicly accessible resources on research, diagnosis, treatment, coverage options and education relating to rare diseases. This report shall be submitted to the governor, speaker of the assembly and temporary president of the senate no later than [two] THREE years following the effective date of this act and shall be posted on the department of health's website. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
co-Sponsors
Charles Barron
Sandy Galef
Aileen Gunther
2021-A6671A (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S5944
- Law Section:
- Public Health
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§2 & 3, Chap 74 of 2020
2021-A6671A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6671--A 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 25, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend chapter 74 of the laws of 2020 relating to directing the department of health to convene a work group on rare diseases, in relation to the deadline to submit a report on rare diseases and to the effectiveness thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Sections 2 and 3 of chapter 74 of the laws of 2020 relating to directing the department of health to convene a work group on rare diseases, are amended to read as follows: § 2. The department of health, in collaboration with the department of financial services, shall convene a workgroup of individuals with exper- tise in rare diseases, including physicians, nurses and other health care professionals with experience researching, diagnosing or treating rare diseases; members of the scientific community engaged in rare disease research; representatives from the health insurance industry; individuals who have a rare disease or caregivers of a person with a rare disease; and representatives of rare disease patient organizations. The workgroup's focus shall include, but not be limited to: identifying best practices that could improve the awareness of rare diseases and referral of people with potential rare diseases to specialists and eval- uating barriers to treatment, including financial barriers on access to care. The department of health shall prepare a written report summariz- ing opinions and recommendations from the workgroup which includes a list of existing, publicly accessible resources on research, diagnosis, treatment, coverage options and education relating to rare diseases. The workgroup shall convene no later than December twentieth, two thousand twenty-one and this report shall be submitted to the governor, speaker of the assembly and temporary president of the senate no later than EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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