Senate Bill S158

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires general hospitals to develop and implement policies that assure equitable and consistent access to outpatient services as part of their community service plans

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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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2017-S158 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6194
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2803-l, add §2805-z, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S7558
2015-2016: S382, A7370
2019-2020: S469, A2395
2021-2022: A5989

2017-S158 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires general hospitals to develop and implement policies that assure equitable and consistent access to outpatient services as part of their community service plans.

2017-S158 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S158 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    158
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- 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  equitable  and
   consistent access to outpatient care services

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs (iii) and  (iv)  of  subdivision  2  of  section
 2803-l  of  the public health law, as amended by chapter 639 of the laws
 of 1996, are amended and a  new  paragraph  (v)  is  added  to  read  as
 follows:
   (iii)  demonstrate the hospital's operational and financial commitment
 to meeting community health care needs, to provide charity care services
 and to improve access to health care services by the underserved; [and]
   (iv) prepare and make available to the public a statement showing on a
 combined basis a summary of the financial resources of the hospital  and
 related corporations and the allocation of available resources to hospi-
 tal   purposes  including  the  provision  of  free  or  reduced  charge
 services[.]; AND
   (V) DEMONSTRATE THE HOSPITAL'S COMMITMENT TO ENSURING QUALITY CARE AND
 CONTINUITY OF CARE WITHIN ALL TREATMENT SETTINGS FOR ALL  PATIENT  POPU-
 LATIONS,  INCLUDING  PERSONS  COVERED  BY MEDICAID AND THE UNINSURED, IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIVE-Z OF
 THIS ARTICLE.
   § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new  section  2805-z
 to read as follows:
   §  2805-Z. ACCESS TO OUTPATIENT SERVICES. EVERY GENERAL HOSPITAL SHALL
 ESTABLISH POLICIES THAT ASSURE EQUITABLE AND CONSISTENT ACCESS TO OUTPA-
 TIENT CARE SERVICES THAT MAY BE PROVIDED OR ARRANGED  BY  SUCH  HOSPITAL
 THROUGH  HOSPITAL-AFFILIATED  OUTPATIENT  DEPARTMENTS,  CLINICS, FACULTY
 PRACTICE PLANS OR PRIVATE PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, REGARDLESS OF A PATIENT'S
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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