Assembly Bill A5216

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Enacts the "medical consumer 'right to know' act"

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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-A5216 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2995-a, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A5264

2011-A5216 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "medical consumer 'right to know' act"; directs the department of health to annually publish a list of health care providers with 5 or more medical malpractice judgments, awards and/or settlements during the most recent 10 years.

2011-A5216 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5216

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 14, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. LANCMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health  law,  in  relation  to  enacting  the
  "medical consumer 'right to know' act"

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

  Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
the "medical consumer 'right to know' act".
  S  2.  Section  2995-a of the public health law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 1-b to read as follows:
  1-B. IN ADDITION TO  THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS
SECTION,  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH A LIST, IN A FORMAT THAT SHALL
BE AVAILABLE FOR DISSEMINATION TO THE PUBLIC, OF  LICENSEES  SUBJECT  TO
THE  AUTHORITY  OF  THE OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL CONDUCT, WHO HAVE
FIVE OR MORE MEDICAL MALPRACTICE JUDGMENTS,  AWARDS  AND/OR  SETTLEMENTS
WITHIN  THE  MOST  RECENT  TEN  YEARS  IN WHICH PAYMENT WAS AWARDED TO A
COMPLAINING PARTY. SUCH LIST SHALL BE ANNUALLY PUBLISHED  ON  OR  BEFORE
JANUARY FIRST.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04134-02-1

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