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Senate Bill S4626
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D) 15th Senate District
2011-S4626 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A6253
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add ยง2803-t, Pub Health L
2011-S4626 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Enacts the "medical malpractice savings act"; directs the commissioner of health to promulgate rules and regulations requiring all facilities with obstetrical programs to establish and implement a comprehensive obstetrics program to reduce medical errors and improve patient outcomes.
2011-S4626 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4626 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to enacting the "medical malpractice savings act" PURPOSE: To reduce instances of medical malpractice in hospitals in order to improve patient care and reduce medical malpractice costs. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 titles the bill the "medical malpractice savings act." Section 2 presents the legislative findings. Section 3 amends the public health law by adding a new section 2803-T requiring the state health commissioner to promulgate rules requiring all facilities with obstetrical programs to implement an obstetrics safety program that in order to reduce medical errors. Facilities will be required to report results of the program including deaths, injuries and malpractice costs to the commissioner and the information will be made available to the governor and legislator in an annual report. Section 4 provides that the act shall take effect immediately provided
2011-S4626 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4626 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 13, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KLEIN -- 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 enacting the "medical malpractice savings act" THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "medical malpractice savings act". S 2. Legislative findings. From 2003 to 2009, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center implemented a comprehensive obstetric patient safety program in order to reduce medical errors and improve patient care. To evaluate its effect on compensation payments and sentinel events, data was gathered on medical malpractice compen- sation payments and sentinel events retrospectively from 2003, when the program was initiated, through 2009. Average yearly medical malpractice compensation payments decreased from $27,591,610 between 2003-2006 to $2,550,136 between 2007-2009, while sentinel events decreased from 5 in 2000 to none in 2008 and 2009. Clearly, instituting a comprehensive obstetric patient safety program increases patient safety and decreases medical malpractice compensation payments. The success of the New York- Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center comprehensive obstet- ric patient safety program should be replicated throughout the state under the direction and guidance of the department of health. S 3. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2803-t to read as follows: S 2803-T. COMPREHENSIVE OBSTETRIC PATIENT SAFETY PROGRAMS. 1. THE COMMISSIONER, DRAWING ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE OBSTETRICS SAFETY PROGRAM IMPLEMENTED BY NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL/WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER AS DESCRIBED IN THE FEBRUARY 2011 ISSUE OF THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY, SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS REQUIRING ALL FACILITIES WITH OBSTETRICAL PROGRAMS LICENSED UNDER THIS EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10066-02-1
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