| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| May 07, 2010 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S7770
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
Actions
2009-S7770 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9537
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง22, Pub Health L
2009-S7770 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7770
TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to extending the
patient bill of rights to faculty practices and out-patient clinics
associated with hospitals
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :
To make the Patients' Bill of Rights applicable to faculty practices.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :
Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
22. Section 22. Patients rights; out-patient clinics and faculty
practices. The commissioner shall require that every out-patient
clinic and faculty practice associated with a hospital adopt and make
public an identical statement of the rights and responsibilities of
patients required to be made by hospitals pursuant to paragraph (g) of
subdivision on of section twenty-eight hundred three of this chapter.
JUSTIFICATION :
In recent years, there have been allegations against New York's
academic medical centers for their practice of steering Medicaid and
uninsured patients away from faculty practices into clinics, where
they do not receive access to the same quality of care as
privately-insured patients. The faculty practices are often located
2009-S7770 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
7770
I N S E N A T E
May 7, 2010
___________
Introduced by Sen. ESPADA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to extending the
patient bill of rights to faculty practices and out-patient clinics
associated with hospitals
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 22
to read as follows:
S 22. PATIENT RIGHTS; OUT-PATIENT CLINICS AND FACULTY PRACTICES. THE
COMMISSIONER SHALL REQUIRE THAT EVERY OUT-PATIENT CLINIC AND FACULTY
PRACTICE ASSOCIATED WITH A HOSPITAL ADOPT AND MAKE PUBLIC AN IDENTICAL
STATEMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PATIENTS REQUIRED TO BE
MADE BY HOSPITALS PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (G) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF
SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED THREE OF THIS CHAPTER.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15167-03-0
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