Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 17, 2014 | referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly |
May 15, 2014 | advanced to third reading cal.725 |
May 13, 2014 | reported |
Apr 25, 2014 | referred to health |
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- Passed Senate
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- Delivered to Governor
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Co-Sponsors
Ellen C. Jaffee
Felix Ortiz
Amy Paulin
Rhoda Jacobs
Multi-Sponsors
Carmen E. Arroyo
James F. Brennan
Karim Camara
Vivian Cook
A9398 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S7121
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยงยง2801 & 2803, Pub Health L
- Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
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A446, S4325
A9398 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9398 I N A S S E M B L Y April 25, 2014 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to midwifery birth centers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2801 of the public health law, as separately amended by chapters 297 and 416 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows: 1. "Hospital" means a facility or institution engaged principally in providing services by or under the supervision of a physician or, in the case of a dental clinic or dental dispensary, of a dentist, OR, IN THE CASE OF A MIDWIFERY BIRTH CENTER, OF A MIDWIFE, for the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of human disease, pain, injury, deformity or physical condition, including, but not limited to, a general hospital, public health center, diagnostic center, treatment center, dental clin- ic, dental dispensary, rehabilitation center other than a facility used solely for vocational rehabilitation, nursing home, tuberculosis hospi- tal, chronic disease hospital, maternity hospital, MIDWIFERY BIRTH CENTER, lying-in-asylum, out-patient department, out-patient lodge, dispensary and a laboratory or central service facility serving one or more such institutions, but the term hospital shall not include an institution, sanitarium or other facility engaged principally in provid- ing services for the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of mental disa- bility and which is subject to the powers of visitation, examination, inspection and investigation of the department of mental hygiene except for those distinct parts of such a facility which provide hospital service. The provisions of this article shall not apply to a facility or institution engaged principally in providing services by or under the supervision of the bona fide members and adherents of a recognized reli- gious organization whose teachings include reliance on spiritual means through prayer alone for healing in the practice of the religion of such organization and where services are provided in accordance with those teachings. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.