S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3862
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 28, 2009
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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.
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