Assembly Bill A4199

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Establishes a state-wide database on the location and availability of medical procedures

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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-A4199 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2995-b, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A9074
2011-2012: A7534
2013-2014: A5745
2017-2018: A3429

2015-A4199 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a state-wide database providing the location and availability of medical procedures within New York state, specifying which hospitals are equipped to perform each procedure.

2015-A4199 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4199

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 29, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. McKEVITT, GRAF -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in  relation  to  establishing  a
  state-wide database on the location and availability of medical proce-
  dures

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

  Section 1. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 1 of  section  2995-b
of  the  public health law, as added by chapter 542 of the laws of 2000,
are amended and a new paragraph (d) is added to read as follows:
  (b) Statewide performance  data  comparing  utilization  and  selected
performance  measures  to  accepted norms and/or benchmarks developed by
recognized experts, which were developed pursuant to subparagraph  (iii)
of  paragraph  (a) of subdivision one of the former section twenty-eight
hundred seven-n of this chapter, as added by section  sixty  of  chapter
six  hundred  thirty-nine  of  the  laws of nineteen hundred ninety-six;
[and]
  (c) Other hospital data, if any, collected for public dissemination by
the state task force on health care quality improvement pursuant to  the
former  section twenty-eight hundred four-b of this chapter, as added by
section sixty-a of chapter six hundred thirty-nine of the laws of  nine-
teen hundred ninety-six[.]; AND
  (D)   ESTABLISH  A  STATE-WIDE  DATABASE  OF  ALL  MEDICAL  PROCEDURES
PERFORMED IN HOSPITALS IN  THE  STATE.  THE  DATABASE  SHALL  LIST  EACH
MEDICAL  PROCEDURE  AND  PROVIDE  INFORMATION  ON  WHICH  HOSPITALS  ARE
EQUIPPED TO PERFORM SUCH MEDICAL PROCEDURE.
  S 2. Section 2995-b of the public health law is amended by adding  two
new subdivisions 4 and 5 to read as follows:
  4.  ELECTRONIC  ACCESS.  THE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL PROVIDE FOR ELECTRONIC
ACCESS TO AND COPYING OF HOSPITAL REPORT  CARDS  DEVELOPED  PURSUANT  TO

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08209-01-5

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