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Senate Bill S3474

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires information made public by the state board of professional medical conduct and health information to be published in the 8 most spoken languages

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2017-S3474 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3501
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§230 & 2997-a, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S2077
2011-2012: S1122
2013-2014: S3097
2015-2016: S1509, A6630
2019-2020: S4782, A2376
2021-2022: S5204, A3161
2023-2024: S6385
2025-2026: S4254

2017-S3474 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires information made public by the state board of professional medical conduct and health information required to be made public by the department of health to be disseminated in both written and electronic form in the 8 languages that are most spoken in the state.

2017-S3474 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3474 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3474
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 23, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- 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  information
   disseminated  to the public by the state board of professional medical
   conduct and by the department of health relating to health information

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 230 of the public health law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 20 to read as follows:
   20.  ALL  INFORMATION,  FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND DETERMINATIONS WHICH
 ARE AUTHORIZED OR REQUIRED TO  BE  DISCLOSED  TO  THE  PUBLIC  SHALL  BE
 PUBLISHED  IN  BOTH  WRITTEN  AND ELECTRONIC FORM IN THE EIGHT LANGUAGES
 WHICH ARE MOST SPOKEN IN THIS STATE.
   § 2. Section 2997-a of the public health law, as added by chapter  542
 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
   § 2997-a. Public access. 1. Nothing in this title shall abridge public
 access  to  information  currently  available  or permitted by any other
 provision or rule of law. Nothing in this title shall not authorize  the
 disclosure of otherwise confidential information, except pursuant to the
 express terms of this title.
   2. ALL INFORMATION MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE
 SHALL  BE  PROVIDED  IN  BOTH  WRITTEN  AND ELECTRONIC FORM IN THE EIGHT
 LANGUAGES WHICH ARE MOST SPOKEN IN THIS STATE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have became a law; provided that,  effective  immediately,  any
 rules  and  regulations  or  any other action necessary to implement the
 provisions of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed
 to be completed on or before such date.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05189-01-7

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