Assembly Actions -
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Jun 08, 2016 |
referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jun 07, 2016 |
ordered to third reading cal.1494 committee discharged and committed to rules reported and committed to rules |
May 31, 2016 |
print number 5789b |
May 31, 2016 |
amend and recommit to finance |
May 24, 2016 |
reported and committed to finance |
Mar 11, 2016 |
print number 5789a |
Mar 11, 2016 |
amend and recommit to health |
Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to health |
Jun 15, 2015 |
committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jun 03, 2015 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S5789B
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
Votes
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2015-S5789 - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A10436
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§206, 220 & 3614, add §§2999-ee, 2999-ff & 2999-gg, Pub Health L; add §99-z, St Fin L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2009-2010:
S3198, A11415
2011-2012: S662, A3793
2013-2014: S4023, A3330
2017-2018: A1410
2015-S5789 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5789 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to promoting the development, provision and accessibility of telehealth/telemedicine services; and to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing a New York state telehealth/telemedicine development and research grant fund PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to help promote the establishment and maintenance of a statewide telehealth/telemedicine network to serve the health care needs of New York's residents, especially those located in underserved rural, urban and suburban areas. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Amends Public Health Law section 206 to add a new subdivision (30) to ensure that the Commissioner shall be empowered to help to establish and maintain a statewide telehealth/telemedicine network and to help promote the increased use, storage, and retrieval of electronic records that can be used for such a network. Section 2: Amends Public Health Law section 220 to broaden the
2015-S5789 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5789 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 3, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sens. VALESKY, 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 promoting the development, provision and accessibility of telehealth/telemedicine services; and to amend the state finance law, in relation to estab- lishing a New York state telehealth/telemedicine development and research grant fund THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 206 of the public health law is amended by adding a new subdivision 30 to read as follows: 30. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH AND HELP TO PROMOTE THE MAINTE- NANCE OF A STATEWIDE TELEHEALTH/TELEMEDICINE NETWORK TO SERVE THE ENTIRE STATE, INCLUDING UNDERSERVED RURAL, URBAN AND SUBURBAN AREAS. IN ADDI- TION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION EIGHTEEN-A OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL HELP TO PROMOTE THE INCREASED UTILIZATION, STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL OF ELECTRONIC RECORDS, INCLUDING TELEHEALTH/TELEMEDICINE RECORDS, IMAGES, INFORMATION AND DATA, TO HELP PROMOTE THE GENERAL PUBLIC HEALTH, IMPROVE INDIVIDUAL HEALTH CARE OUTCOMES AND PROVIDE FOR A COST EFFECTIVE HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM. S 2. Section 220 of the public health law, as amended by section 7 of part N of chapter 56 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows: S 220. Public health and health planning council; appointment of members. There shall continue to be in the department a public health and health planning council to consist of the commissioner and fourteen members to be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate; provided that effective December first, two thousand ten, the membership of the council shall consist of the commissioner and twenty-four members to be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. Membership on the council shall be reflective of the diversity of the state's population including, but not limited to, EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01966-05-5
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2015-S5789A - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A10436
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§206, 220 & 3614, add §§2999-ee, 2999-ff & 2999-gg, Pub Health L; add §99-z, St Fin L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2009-2010:
S3198, A11415
2011-2012: S662, A3793
2013-2014: S4023, A3330
2017-2018: A1410
2015-S5789A - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5789A TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the public health law, in relation to promoting the development, provision and accessibility of telehealth/telemedicine services; and to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing a New York state telehealth/telemedicine development and research grant fund PURPOSE : The purpose of this bill is to help promote the establishment and maintenance of a statewide telehealth/telemedicine network to serve the health care needs of New York's residents, especially those located in underserved rural, urban and suburban areas. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1: Amends Public Health Law section 206 to add a new subdivision (30) to ensure that the Commissioner shall be empowered to help to establish and maintain a statewide telehealth/telemedicine network and to help promote the increased use, storage, and retrieval of electronic records that can be used for such a network. Section 2: Amends Public Health Law section 220 to broaden the expertise of the membership of the Public Health and Health Planning Council to include those that have expertise in
2015-S5789A - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5789--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 3, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sens. VALESKY, KLEIN, ROBACH, YOUNG -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to promoting the development, provision and accessibility of telehealth/telemedicine services; and to amend the state finance law, in relation to estab- lishing a New York state telehealth/telemedicine development and research grant fund THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 206 of the public health law is amended by adding a new subdivision 30 to read as follows: 30. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH AND HELP TO PROMOTE THE MAINTE- NANCE OF A STATEWIDE TELEHEALTH/TELEMEDICINE NETWORK TO SERVE THE ENTIRE STATE, INCLUDING UNDERSERVED RURAL, URBAN AND SUBURBAN AREAS. IN ADDI- TION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION EIGHTEEN-A OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL HELP TO PROMOTE THE INCREASED UTILIZATION, STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL OF ELECTRONIC RECORDS, INCLUDING TELEHEALTH/TELEMEDICINE RECORDS, IMAGES, INFORMATION AND DATA, TO HELP PROMOTE THE GENERAL PUBLIC HEALTH, IMPROVE INDIVIDUAL HEALTH CARE OUTCOMES AND PROVIDE FOR A COST EFFECTIVE HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM. S 2. Section 220 of the public health law, as amended by section 7 of part N of chapter 56 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows: S 220. Public health and health planning council; appointment of members. There shall continue to be in the department a public health and health planning council to consist of the commissioner and fourteen members to be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate; provided that effective December first, two thousand ten, the membership of the council shall consist of the commissioner and EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01966-06-6
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) 21st Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2015-S5789B (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A10436
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§206, 220 & 3614, add §§2999-ee, 2999-ff & 2999-gg, Pub Health L; add §99-z, St Fin L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2009-2010:
S3198, A11415
2011-2012: S662, A3793
2013-2014: S4023, A3330
2017-2018: A1410
2015-S5789B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5789B TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the public health law, in relation to promoting the development, provision and accessibility of telehealth/telemedicine services; and to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing a New York state telehealth/telemedicine development and research grant fund PURPOSE : The purpose of this bill is to help promote the establishment and maintenance of a statewide telehealth/telemedicine network to serve the health care needs of New York's residents, especially those located in underserved rural, urban and suburban areas. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1: Amends Public Health Law section 206 to add a new subdivision (30) to ensure that the Commissioner shall be empowered to help to establish and maintain a statewide telehealth/telemedicine network and to help promote the increased use, storage, and retrieval of electronic records that can be used for such a network. Section 2: Amends Public Health Law section 220 to broaden the expertise of the membership of the Public Health and Health Planning Council to include those that have expertise in
2015-S5789B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5789--B 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 3, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sens. VALESKY, KLEIN, ROBACH, YOUNG -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to promoting the development, provision and accessibility of telehealth/telemedicine services; and to amend the state finance law, in relation to estab- lishing a New York state telehealth/telemedicine development and research grant fund THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 206 of the public health law is amended by adding a new subdivision 30 to read as follows: 30. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH AND HELP TO PROMOTE THE MAINTE- NANCE OF A STATEWIDE TELEHEALTH/TELEMEDICINE NETWORK TO SERVE THE ENTIRE STATE, INCLUDING UNDERSERVED RURAL, URBAN AND SUBURBAN AREAS. IN ADDI- TION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION EIGHTEEN-A OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL HELP TO PROMOTE THE INCREASED UTILIZATION, STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL OF ELECTRONIC RECORDS, INCLUDING TELEHEALTH/TELEMEDICINE RECORDS, IMAGES, INFORMATION AND DATA, TO HELP PROMOTE THE GENERAL PUBLIC HEALTH, IMPROVE INDIVIDUAL HEALTH CARE OUTCOMES AND PROVIDE FOR A COST EFFECTIVE HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM. S 2. Section 220 of the public health law, as amended by section 7 of part N of chapter 56 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows: S 220. Public health and health planning council; appointment of members. There shall continue to be in the department a public health and health planning council to consist of the commissioner and fourteen EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01966-09-6
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