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Assembly Bill A2707

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides for the establishment of a task force on medical record confidentiality by the commissioner of health

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2009-A2707 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Health

2009-A2707 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the establishment of a task force on medical record confidentiality by the commissioner of health; such task force shall review issues related to the disposition or transference of medical records when a health care practitioner closes, sells or otherwise disposes of his or her practice or when a health care practitioner dies or abandons his or her practice; the task force shall report thereon to the legislature and the commissioner of health by April 1, 2011 and shall recommend appropriate regulatory or legislative action.

2009-A2707 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2707

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 21, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. GANTT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CHRISTEN-
  SEN,  McENENY, WEINSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on
  Health

AN ACT to establish a  task  force  on  medical  record  confidentiality
  relating  to  the  disposition  or  transference of medical records in
  certain cases

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. The commissioner of health shall establish a task force on
medical record confidentiality, to review issues related to the disposi-
tion or transference of medical records when a health care  practitioner
closes,  sells  or  otherwise  disposes of his or her practice or when a
health care practitioner dies or abandons his or her practice.  Appoint-
ments  to  the  task  force  shall  be  made  as  follows: seven members
appointed by the commissioner of health; two members  appointed  by  the
speaker  of  the assembly; two members appointed by the temporary presi-
dent of the senate; one member appointed by the minority leader  of  the
assembly; and one member appointed by the minority leader of the senate.
The  task force shall consist of individuals with expertise or knowledge
of medical records and confidentiality issues and shall include individ-
uals representing health care practitioners and health  care  consumers.
The  task  force  shall review issues including, but not limited to, the
following:
  a. the appropriateness of requiring notification  of  patients  before
medical  records are transferred or disposed of, including the form that
notification should take and any limitations  on  notification  require-
ments;
  b.  the  confidentiality of medical records when a health care practi-
tioner's practice is sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, includ-
ing requirements of obtaining consent from patients;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05638-01-9

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