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Assembly Bill A8077

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Directs hospitals, office-based surgery practices and health care providers who accept walk-in patients, who are not regularly seen by the provider, to utilize and maintain an electronic health records system

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2017-A8077 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2248
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 29-D Title 1 §2997-f-1, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S5094

2017-A8077 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs hospitals, office-based surgery practices and health care providers who accept walk-in patients, who are not regularly seen by the provider, to utilize and maintain an electronic health records system that connects to the local regional health information organization to facilitate exchange of health care information.

2017-A8077 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8077
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 25, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to electronic health
   records
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Title 1 of article 29-D of the public health law is amended
 by adding a new section 2997-f-1 to read as follows:
   §  2997-F-1.  ELECTRONIC  HEALTH  RECORDS. 1.   ALL HOSPITALS LICENSED
 UNDER ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF THIS  CHAPTER,  ALL  OFFICE-BASED  SURGERY
 PRACTICES  ACCREDITED  PURSUANT  TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-D OF THIS
 CHAPTER, AND ANY HEALTH CARE PROVIDER LICENSED PURSUANT TO  TITLE  EIGHT
 OF  THE EDUCATION LAW WHO OPERATES A PRACTICE WHICH ACCEPTS UNSCHEDULED,
 WALK-IN APPOINTMENTS FROM PATIENTS THAT ARE NOT REGULARLY  SEEN  BY  THE
 PRACTITIONER AND HAS EXTENDED HOURS OF OPERATION SHALL UTILIZE AND MAIN-
 TAIN  AN  ELECTRONIC  HEALTH  RECORD  SYSTEM  THAT CONNECTS TO THE LOCAL
 REGIONAL HEALTH INFORMATION ORGANIZATION TO FACILITATE THE  EXCHANGE  OF
 HEALTH INFORMATION.
   2.  EACH  REGIONAL  HEALTH INFORMATION ORGANIZATION SHALL ENSURE IT IS
 ACCESSIBLE AND CAPABLE OF  CONNECTING  ALL  HOSPITALS  AND  HEALTH  CARE
 PROVIDERS  UNDER  THIS  SECTION,  AND  ANY OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDER OR
 QUALIFIED HEALTH ENTITY AND  THEIR  ELECTRONIC  HEALTH  RECORD  VENDORS,
 INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED TO, PRIVATE PHYSICIAN PRACTICES AND COUNTY
 HEALTH DEPARTMENTS THAT WISH TO CONNECT TO THE REGIONAL HEALTH  INFORMA-
 TION ORGANIZATION.
   3.  HEALTH  CARE  PROVIDERS  MAY  APPLY  FOR ANY FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR
 HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ELECTRONIC HEALTH  RECORD  INFRASTRUC-
 TURE.
   4. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A PROCESS BY WHICH THE HEALTH CARE
 PROVIDERS  COVERED BY THIS SECTION MAY APPLY FOR A WAIVER FROM THE ELEC-
 TRONIC HEALTH RECORD REQUIREMENTS IMPOSED BY THIS SECTION DUE TO ECONOM-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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