Assembly Bill A7267

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Grants immunity from liability to organizations which establish physician committees the purpose of which is to refer to treatment physicians who are thought to be suffering from addiction or mental illness

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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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2015-A7267 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3461
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง230, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A2703, S2245
2019-2020: A2995, S1796
2021-2022: A865, S1606
2023-2024: A6017, S3449

2015-A7267 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants immunity from liability to organizations which establish physician committees the purpose of which is to confront and refer to treatment physicians who are thought to be suffering from addiction or mental illness.

2015-A7267 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7267

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 1, 2015
                               ___________

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 granting  immunity
  from liability to organizations which establish physician committees

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (g) of subdivision  11  of  section  230  of  the
public health law, as added by chapter 426 of the laws of 1983, subpara-
graphs  (ii)  and  (iii)  as amended by chapter 606 of the laws of 1991,
subparagraphs (v) and (vi) as added by chapter 582 of the laws of  1984,
is amended to read as follows:
  (g) (I) Any physician committee of the Medical Society of the State of
New  York,  the  New  York State Osteopathic Society or a county medical
society referred to in subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (c) of this subdi-
vision shall develop procedures in consultation with, and  approved  by,
the commissioner [of the department of health], including but not limit-
ed to the following:
  [(i)]  (A)  The  committee  shall  disclose at least once a month such
information as the  director  of  the  office  of  professional  medical
conduct  may  deem  appropriate  regarding reports received, contacts or
investigations made and the disposition of each report, provided however
that the committee shall not disclose any personally identifiable infor-
mation except as provided in [subparagraph (ii)] CLAUSE (B) or [subpara-
graph (iii)] (C) of this [paragraph] SUBPARAGRAPH.
  [(ii)] (B) The committee shall immediately report to the director  the
name,  all information obtained and the results of any contact or inves-
tigation regarding any physician who  is  believed  to  be  an  imminent
danger to the public.
  [(iii)]  (C)  The  committee  shall report to the director in a timely
fashion all information obtained regarding any physician who refuses  to

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08312-04-5

              

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