Assembly Bill A3862

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides for the division of parole to disclose certain confidential HIV information to the appropriate public health officer for the purpose of informing contacts

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A3862 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2782, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A4988

2009-A3862 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the division of parole shall disclose certain confidential HIV related information to the appropriate public health officer for purposes of informing contacts.

2009-A3862 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3862

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 28, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. MAYERSOHN, ESPAILLAT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
  of A. BUTLER, DESTITO, GALEF, HOOPER, PHEFFER, P. RIVERA -- read  once
  and referred to the Committee on Health

AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to directing employ-
  ees and agents of the division of parole to disclose to the  appropri-
  ate  public  health  officer  certain  HIV related information for the
  purpose of informing contacts

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  (l)  of  subdivision  1 of section 2782 of the
public health law, as added by chapter 584  of  the  laws  of  1988,  is
amended to read as follows:
  (l)  an employee or agent of the division of parole[,]; (1) in accord-
ance with paragraph (a)  of  subdivision  two  of  section  twenty-seven
hundred  eighty-six of this article, to the extent the employee or agent
is authorized to access records containing such information in order  to
carry  out  the  division's functions, powers and duties with respect to
the protected individual, pursuant to section two  hundred  fifty-nine-a
of the executive law; AND
  (2)  SHALL  DISCLOSE  SUCH CONFIDENTIAL HIV RELATED INFORMATION TO THE
APPROPRIATE PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICER FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING THE  DISCLO-
SURE TO A CONTACT OR CONTACTS AS SUCH IS DEFINED BY SECTION TWENTY-SEVEN
HUNDRED  EIGHTY  OF  THIS  ARTICLE.  SUCH  DISCLOSURE SHALL BE DONE IN A
MANNER CONSISTENT WITH CONSIDERATIONS AND PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN SUBDI-
VISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION;
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04513-01-9

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