Assembly Bill A10761

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to requirements for the transfer of patient medical records in certain circumstances

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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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2011-A10761 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2215
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6530, Ed L; add §18-b, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S2188
2013-2014: S4174
2015-2016: S3398

2011-A10761 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a health care provider or facility which has determined to cease to do business or which is transferring its ownership or otherwise interrupting its services for a permanent or extended period to, at least sixty days prior to such action, notify the commissioner of health of its intent and shall provide a copy of its plan for transfer of patient records to another provider, facility or practitioner.

2011-A10761 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  10761

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 18, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Millman) --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the education law and the public health law, in relation
  to the transfer of patient medical records in certain circumstances

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  40  of section 6530 of the education law, as
added by chapter 606 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows:
  40. Failing to provide access by qualified persons to patient informa-
tion in accordance with the standards set forth  in  [section]  SECTIONS
SEVENTEEN  AND  eighteen of the public health law, SUCH SECTION EIGHTEEN
as added by chapter [497] FOUR  HUNDRED  NINETY-SEVEN  of  the  laws  of
[1986] NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX;
  S  2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 18-b to
read as follows:
  S 18-B. REQUIREMENT FOR TRANSFER OF  INFORMATION.  1.  A  HEALTH  CARE
PROVIDER,  HEALTH  CARE  FACILITY,  OR HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER, AS SUCH
TERMS ARE DEFINED IN SECTION EIGHTEEN OF THIS ARTICLE, WHICH HAS IN  ITS
POSSESSION  PATIENT INFORMATION AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SUCH SECTION,
AND WHICH HAS DETERMINED TO CEASE TO DO  BUSINESS  OR  WHICH  IS  TRANS-
FERRING  ITS  OWNERSHIP  OR  OTHERWISE  INTERRUPTING  ITS SERVICES FOR A
PERMANENT OR EXTENDED PERIOD SHALL, AT LEAST SIXTY DAYS  PRIOR  TO  SUCH
ACTION,  NOTIFY  THE COMMISSIONER OF ITS INTENT AND SHALL PROVIDE A COPY
OF ITS PLAN FOR TRANSFER OF PATIENT RECORDS TO ANOTHER PROVIDER, FACILI-
TY, PRACTITIONER OR PATIENT, AS REQUESTED OR REQUIRED PURSUANT  TO  LAW.
THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE THE FORM OF SUCH PLAN, THE REQUIREMENTS
FOR TRANSFER, AND THE MANNER OF REQUIRED NOTIFICATION.
  2.  IF  THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH SHALL DETERMINE THAT THE FAILURE OF
ANY SUCH HEALTH CARE PROVIDER, HEALTH  CARE  FACILITY,  OR  HEALTH  CARE
PRACTITIONER  TO  TIMELY  RELEASE  MEDICAL  RECORDS PURSUANT TO SECTIONS
SEVENTEEN OR EIGHTEEN OF THIS TITLE, SUCH SECTION EIGHTEEN AS  ADDED  BY
CHAPTER FOUR HUNDRED NINETY-SEVEN OF THE LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHT-
Y-SIX,  SHALL  HAVE  CAUSED  OR  MAY CAUSE A THREAT TO THE HEALTH OF THE
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE THE SUBJECT OF SUCH RECORDS, BECAUSE MORE  THAN  SIX

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

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