| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to health |
| Jun 14, 2017 |
print number 5344a |
| Jun 14, 2017 |
amend (t) and recommit to health |
| Mar 22, 2017 |
referred to health |
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Senate Bill S5344A
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Relates to incorporating additional information in the physician profile, and streamlining reporting requirements
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(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
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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
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2017-S5344 - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8319
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §2995-a, Pub Health L
- Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
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A8237
2017-S5344 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5344
TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to incorporating
additional information in the physician profile and streamlining
reporting requirements; and to amend the education law, in relation to
requiring health care practitioners to provide and the state education
department to collect information about the practice of their
professions and in relation to providing practitioners with
information on enrolling in the New York state donate life registry
for organ, eye and tissue donations
PURPOSE :
This bill would: (1) incorporate additional information into the
Department of Health's (DOH) Physician Profile, without causing
additional undue reporting burden on physicians, to ensure that
information is available, accurate, up-to-date and accessible to
consumers; (2) facilitate the ability of DOH to collect and make
available information about health care practitioners; and (3) promote
to health care practitioners the opportunity to enroll in the New York
State Donate Life Registry (NYSDLR) for organ, eye and tissue
donations as a means of increasing the number of registrants and
highlighting the critical need for organ donation.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 of the bill would amend Public Health Law (PHL) § 2995-a(1) to provide additional data elements to be reported to the Physician Profile, including hours of operation of the licensee's primary practice setting, availability of assistive technology, whether the licensee is accepting new patients, the physician's website and social media accounts, and workforce research and planning information. Section 2 of the bill would add a new PHL § 2995-a(1-b) to permit a physician to designate a person to maintain and update his or her profile information on the physician's behalf. Section 3 of the bill would amend PHL § 2995-a(4) to provide clarification on when a physician is required to update his or her profile information. Section 4 of the bill would amend PM, § 2995-a(6) to make certain data elements optional to report and publish on the Physician Profile. Section 5 of the bill would amend Education Law § 6524 to require physicians to report information as part of their registration and re-registration with the State Education Department (SED), which would be shared with DOH. SED also would provide the website address of the NYSDLR. Section 6 of the bill would amend Education Law § 6541 to require physician assistants to report information as part of their registration and re-registration with SED, which would be shared with DOH. SED also would provide information for enrolling in the NYSDLR. Section 7 of the bill would amend Education Law § 6548 to require specialist assistants to report information as part of their registration and re-registration with SED, which would be shared with DOH. SED also would provide information for enrolling in the NYSDLR. Section 8 of the bill would amend Education Law § 6554 to require chiropractors to report information as part of their registration and re-registration with SED, which would be shared with DOH. SED also would provide information for enrolling in the NYSDLR. Section 9 of the bill would amend Education Law § 6604 to require dentists to report information as part of their registration and re-registration with SED, which would be shared with DOH. SED also would provide information for enrolling in the NYSDLR. Section 10 of the bill would amend Education Law § 6608-b to require certified dental assistants to report information as part of their registration and re-registration with SED, which would be shared with DOH. SED also would provide information for enrolling in the NYSDLR. Section 11 of the bill would amend Education Law § 6609 to require dental hygienists to report information as part of their registration and re-registration with SED, which would be shared with DOH. SED also would provide information for enrolling in the NYSDLR. Section 12 of the bill would amend Education Law § 6632 to require perfusionists to report information as part of their registration and re-registration with SED, which would be shared with DOH. SED also would provide information for enrolling in the NYSDLR. Section 13 of the bill would amend Education Law § 6734 to require physical therapists to report information as part of their registration and re-registration with SED, which would be shared with DOH. SED also would provide information for enrolling in the NYSDLR. Section 14 of the bill would amend Education Law § 6740 to require physical therapist assistants to report information as part of their registration and re-registration with SED, which would be shared with DOH. SED also would provide information for enrolling in the NYSDLR. Section 15 of the bill would amend Education Law § 6805 to require pharmacists to report information as part of their registration and re-registration with SED, which would be shared with DOH. SED also would provide information for enrolling in the NYSDLR. Section 16 of the bill would amend Education Law § 6905 to require registered professional nurses to report information as part of their registration and re-registration with SED, which would be shared with DOH. SED also would provide information for enrolling in the NYSDLR. Section 17 of the bill would amend Education Law § 6906 to require licensed practical nurses to report information as part of their registration and re-registration with SED, which would be shared with DOH. Section 18 of the bill would amend Education Law § 6955 to require midwives to report information as part of their registration and re-registration with SED, which would be shared with DOH. SED also would provide information for enrolling in the NYSDLR. Section 19 of the bill would amend Education Law § 7004 to require podiatrists to report information as part of their registration and re-registration with SED, which would be shared with DOH. SED also would provide information for enrolling in the NYSDLR. Section 20 of the bill would amend Education Law § 7104 to require optometrists to report information as part of their registration and re-registration with SED, which would be shared with DOH. SED also would provide information for enrolling in the NYSDLR. Section 21 of the bill would amend Education Law § 7124 to require ophthalmic dispensers to report information as part of their registration and re-registration with SED, which would be shared with DOH. Section 22 of the bill would amend Education Law § 7603 to require psychologists to report information as part of their registration and re-registration with SED, which would be shared with DOH and the Office of Mental Health (OMH). SED also would provide information for enrolling in the NYSDLR. Sections 23 and 24 of the bill would amend Education Law § 7704 to require licensed master social workers and licensed clinical social workers to report information as part of their registration and re- registration with SED, which would be shared with DOH, OMH, the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) and any other state agency as appropriate. SED also would provide information for enrolling in the NYSDLR. Section 25 of the bill would amend Education Law § 7904 to require occupational therapists to report information as part of their registration and re-registration with SED, which would be shared with DOH. SED also would provide information for enrolling in the NYSDLR. Section 26 of the bill would amend Education Law § 7904-a to require occupational therapy assistants to report information as part of their registration and re-registration with SED, which would be shared with DOH. SED also would provide information for enrolling in the NYSDLR. Section 27 of the bill would amend Education Law § 8004 to require certified dietitians and certified nutritionists to report information as part of their registration and re-registration with SED, which would be shared with DOH. SED also would provide information for enrolling in the NYSDLR. Section 28 of the bill would amend Education Law § 8206 to require speech-language pathologists and audiologists to report information as part of their registration and re-registration with SED, which would be shared with DOH. SED also would provide information for enrolling in the NYSDLR. Section 29 of the bill would amend Education Law § 8214 to require acupuncturists to report information as part of their registration and re-registration with SED, which would be shared with DOH. SED also would provide information for enrolling in the NYSDLR. Section 30 of the bill would amend Education Law § 8402 to require licensed mental health counselors to report information as part of their registration and re-registration with SED, which would be shared with DOH and OMH. SED also would provide information for enrolling in the NYSDLR. Section 31 of the bill would amend Education Law § 8403 to require licensed marriage and family therapists to report information as part of their registration and re-registration with SED, which would be shared with DOH and OMH. SED also would provide information for enrolling in the NYSDLR. Section 32 of the bill would amend Education Law § 8404 to require creative arts therapists to report information as part of their registration and re-registration with SED, which would be shared with DOH and OMH. SED also would provide information for enrolling in the NYSDLR. Section 33 of the bill would amend Education Law § 8405 to require licensed psychoanalysts to report information as part of their registration and re-registration with SED, which would be shared with DOH and OMH. SED also would provide information for enrolling in the NYSDLR. Section 34 of the bill would amend Education Law § 8504 to require respiratory therapists to report information as part of their registration and re-registration with SED, which would be shared with DOH. SED also would provide information for enrolling in the NYSDLR. Section 35 of the bill would amend Education Law § 8510 to require respiratory therapy technicians to report information as part of their registration and re-registration with SED, which would be shared with DOH. SED also would provide information for enrolling in the NYSDLR. Sections 36 and 37 of the bill would amend Education Law § 8605 to require clinical laboratory technologists and cytotechnologists to report information as part of their registration and re-registration with SED, which would be shared with DOH. SED also would provide information for enrolling in the NYSDLR. Section 38 of the bill would amend Education Law § 8606 to require clinical laboratory technicians to report information as part of their registration and re-registration with SED, which would be shared with DOH. SED also would provide information for enrolling in the NYSDLR. Section 39 of the bill would amend Education Law § 8606-a to require histological technicians to report information as part of their registration and re-registration with SED, which would be shared with DOH. SED also would provide information for enrolling in the NYSDLR. Section 40 of the bill would amend Education Law § 8705 to require professional medical physicists to report information as part of their registration and re-registration with SED, which would be shared with DOH. SED also would provide information for enrolling in the NYSDLR. Sections 41 and 42 of the bill would amend Education Law § 8804 to require certified behavioral analyst assistants and licensed behavior analysts to report information as part of their registration and re-registration with SED, which would be shared with DOH. SED also would provide information for enrolling in the NYSDLR. Section 43 of the bill would amend Education Law § 8852 to require pathologists' assistants to report information as part of their registration and re-registration with SED, which would be shared with DOH. SED also would provide information for enrolling in the NYSDLR. Section 44 provides that the bill would take effect 180 days after enactment. JUSTIFICATION : Established in 2000 by the New York Patient Health Information and Quality Improvement Act (PHL § 2995, et seq.), the Physician Profile is a publicly available, online resource, providing information about individual New York State licensed physicians. The Physician Profile (Profile) is one of DOH's most popular sites, averaging more than 100,000 unique Internet Protocol address visits per month. Chapter 57 of the Laws of 2015 amended PHL § 2995-a to require that DOH study the feasibility of incorporating health plan reporting requirements regarding health plan network participation to the Profile, without imposing extra burden on physicians, to ensure that the information is available, accurate, up-to-date, and accessible to consumers. DOH engaged a wide range of stakeholders to acquire input on how the Profile could be improved to ensure its continued value to the public and others. This proposal results from DOH's study. This bill would codify a number of the suggestions made by the stakeholders, including: (1) improving reporting to the Profile by linking the Profile and the licensure/registration process and allowing physicians to authorize designees to maintain and update his or her profile; (2) requiring information be reported to the Profile that is important to consumers, such as hours of operation, whether the physician is accepting new patients, and the availability of assistive technology; (3) inclusion of a listing of health plan networks in which physicians participate in since determining which physicians accept what health insurance product was a critical factor in considering who to select as a care provider; and (4) requiring additional information be reported by physicians for the sole purpose of workforce research and planning to help reduce redundant reporting and data collection, as well as improving the ability to monitor physician workforce trends and inform policymakers as they develop and implement initiatives to ensure that physician supply can meet demand. This bill also would facilitate the ability of DOH to collect and make available information about health care practitioners. Currently, DOH collects data on a small number of professions through voluntary surveys administered as part of professional license renewal. However, the rates of responses vary, and information is not sought from all health care practitioners. This bill would require health care practitioners, other than physicians, to report information, such as the settings where they practice, to the SED as part of their registration and re-registration requirements. SED would collect this information and provide it to DOH and any other applicable state agency, which would use the information to inform policies and programs related to the health care workforce and also make de-identified, aggregate information available to the public on its website. A model for this proposal is found in Education Law § 6902(3)(e), enacted as part of the 2014-15 budget (Chapter 56 of the Laws of 2014, Part D) which provides that information will be collected by the SED from nurse practitioners (NPs) as part of their triennial registration and used by DOH to get a better picture of NPs and their impact on access to care. This information, in de-identified form, will be made available on the DOH website. This bill also would require SED, upon registration and re-registration of health care practitioners, to provide such practitioners with the website address of the NYSDLR so that they can consider registration. Organ transplantation is a standard treatment for end-stage heart, liver and kidney disease, but the demand for donated organs far exceeds the supply. In New York, an individual who is at least 18 years old may make a gift, effective upon death, of any part of his or her body (including organs, tissues and eyes) for the purpose of transplantation or medical research. Enrolling in the NYSDLR, established pursuant to PHL § 4310, is one means of providing legal consent to organ, eye and tissue donation. It is anticipated that making this information available to health care practitioners will not only encourage them to register themselves, but also prompt them to promote the registration opportunity to their patients. This has the potential to help boost New York's registration rates, which are among the lowest in the nation. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY : This is a new bill. FISCAL IMPLICATIONS : None. EFFECTIVE DATE : 180 days, succeeding enactment.
2017-S5344 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5344
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
March 22, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. HANNON -- (at request of the Department of Health) --
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 incorporating
additional information in the physician profile and streamlining
reporting requirements; and to amend the education law, in relation to
requiring health care practitioners to provide and the state education
department to collect information about the practice of their
professions and in relation to providing practitioners with informa-
tion on enrolling in the New York state donate life registry for
organ, eye and tissue donations
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2995-a of the public health law,
as added by chapter 542 of the laws of 2000, paragraph (h) as amended by
section 1 of part A of chapter 57 of the laws of 2015, is amended to
read as follows:
1. The department shall collect the following information and create
individual profiles on licensees subject to the authority of the office
of professional medical conduct, in a format that shall be available for
dissemination to the public:
(a) a statement of any criminal convictions (as defined by section
1.20 of the criminal procedure law) within the most recent ten years,
under the laws of New York state or any other jurisdiction, for offenses
specified by regulations of the department;
(b) a statement of any action (other than an action that remains
confidential) taken against the licensee pursuant to section two hundred
thirty of this chapter or any similar action taken by any other state or
licensing entity, within the most recent ten years;
(c) a statement of any current limitation of the licensee to a speci-
fied area, type, scope or condition of practice;
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10164-02-7 S. 5344 2 (d) a statement of any loss or involuntary restriction of hospital privileges or a failure to renew professional privileges at hospitals within the last ten years, for reasons related to the quality of patient care delivered or to be delivered by the physician where procedural due process has been afforded, exhausted, or waived, or the resignation from or removal of medical staff membership or restriction of privileges at a hospital taken in lieu of a pending disciplinary case related to the quality of patient care delivered or to be delivered by the physician (notwithstanding paragraph (a) of subdivision three of section twenty- eight hundred three-e of this chapter, as added by chapter eight hundred sixty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred eighty); (e) (i) a statement indicating the number of medical malpractice court judgments and arbitration awards within the most recent ten years in which a payment is awarded to a complaining party (notwithstanding subsection (f) of section three hundred fifteen of the insurance law); and (ii) a statement indicating all malpractice settlements within the most recent ten years in which payment is awarded to a complaining party (notwithstanding subsection (f) of section three hundred fifteen of the insurance law), (A) if the total number of settlements exceeds two; or (B) if the commissioner determines any such settlement could be rele- vant to patient decisionmaking concerning health care quality. The statement shall include the following: "Settlement payments will appear in this profile only if the total number of settlements made within the past ten years exceeds two, or if the commissioner of health determines a settlement to be relevant to patient decisionmaking. Settlement of a claim may occur for a variety of reasons, which do not necessarily reflect negatively on the professional competence or conduct of the physician. A payment in settlement of a medical malpractice action or claim does not necessarily mean that a medical malpractice has occurred." The commissioner may supplement such statement as may be appropriate. (iii) judgments, awards and settlements shall be reported in graduated categories indicating the level of significance, date and place of the judgment, award or settlement. Information concerning medical malprac- tice judgments, awards and settlements shall be put in context by comparing an individual licensee's medical malpractice settlements to the experience of other physicians in New York state within the same board specialty. Pending malpractice claims shall not be disclosed to the public under this section. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the board from investigating or disciplining a licensee on the basis of medical malpractice claims that are pending; (f) name of medical schools attended and date of graduations; (g) graduate medical education; (h) current specialty board certification and date of certification; (i) dates admitted to practice in New York state; (j) names of hospitals where the licensee has practice privileges; (k) appointments to medical school faculties and indication as to whether a licensee has had a responsibility for graduate medical educa- tion within the most recent ten years; (l) information regarding publications in peer reviewed medical liter- ature within the most recent ten years; (m) information regarding professional or community service activities or awards; S. 5344 3 (n) (i) the location of the licensee's primary practice setting iden- tified as such; [and] (ii) [the names of any licensed physicians with whom the licensee shares a group practice, as defined in subdivision five of section two hundred thirty-eight of this chapter] HOURS OF OPERATION OF THE LICENSEE'S PRIMARY PRACTICE SETTING; (III) AVAILABILITY OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY AT THE LICENSEE'S PRIMARY PRACTICE SETTING; AND (IV) WHETHER THE LICENSEE IS ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS; (o) the identification of any translating services that may be avail- able at the licensee's primary practice location; (p) whether the licensee participates in the medicaid or medicare program or any other state or federally financed health insurance program; [and] (q) health care plans with which the licensee has contracts, employ- ment, or other affiliation[.]; (R) PHYSICIAN'S WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS; (S) THE NAMES OF ANY LICENSED PHYSICIANS WITH WHOM THE LICENSEE SHARES A GROUP PRACTICE, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER; AND (T) WORKFORCE RESEARCH AND PLANNING INFORMATION AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER. § 2. Section 2995-a of the public health law is amended by adding a new subdivision 1-b to read as follows: 1-B. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A PHYSICIAN LICENSED AND REGIS- TERED TO PRACTICE IN THIS STATE MAY AUTHORIZE A DESIGNEE TO MAINTAIN AND UPDATE HIS OR HER PROFILE INFORMATION ON THE PHYSICIAN'S BEHALF, PROVIDED THAT: (A) THE DESIGNEE SO AUTHORIZED IS EMPLOYED BY THE PHYSI- CIAN; (B) THE PHYSICIAN REMAINS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT INFORMA- TION PROVIDED FOR THE PROFILE BY THE DESIGNEE IS ACCURATE; AND (C) LIABILITY PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF THIS SECTION REMAINS WITH THE PHYSICIAN. § 3. Subdivision 4 of section 2995-a of the public health law, as amended by section 3 of part A of chapter 57 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows: 4. Each physician shall periodically report to the department on forms and in the time and manner required by the commissioner any other infor- mation as is required by the department for the development of profiles under this section which is not otherwise reasonably obtainable. In addition to such periodic reports and providing the same information, each physician shall update his or her profile information within the six months prior to [the expiration date of such physician's registra- tion period] SUBMISSION OF THE RE-REGISTRATION APPLICATION, as a condi- tion of registration renewal [under article one hundred thirty-one] PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR of the education law. Except for optional information provided AND INFORMATION REQUIRED UNDER PARAGRAPH (T) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, physicians shall noti- fy the department of any change in the profile information within thirty days of such change. § 4. Subdivision 6 of section 2995-a of the public health law, as added by chapter 542 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows: 6. A physician may elect to have his or her profile omit certain information provided pursuant to paragraphs (K), (l), (m), [(n) and (q)] (R), AND (S) of subdivision one of this section. INFORMATION PROVIDED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (T) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE OMITTED FROM A PHYSICIAN'S PROFILE. In collecting information for such S. 5344 4 profiles and disseminating the same, the department shall inform physi- cians that they may choose not to provide such information required pursuant to paragraphs (K), (l), (m), [(n) and (q)] (R), AND (S) of subdivision one of this section. § 5. Section 6524 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 12 to read as follows: (12) IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDITION OF EACH BIENNIAL REGISTRA- TION, EACH PHYSICIAN SHALL PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS NECES- SARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEEDED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE PHYSICIAN PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH BIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPART- MENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY. § 6. Section 6541 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows: 4. IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDITION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRA- TION, EACH PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT SHALL PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED- ED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTI- FIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY. § 7. Section 6548 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows: 4. IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDITION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRA- TION, EACH SPECIALIST ASSISTANT SHALL PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED- ED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE SPECIALIST ASSISTANT PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTI- FIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY. S. 5344 5 § 8. Subdivisions 7 and 8 of section 6554 of the education law, subdi- vision 7 as added by chapter 987 of the laws of 1971 and subdivision 8 as amended by chapter 62 of the laws of 1989, are amended and a new subdivision 9 is added to read as follows: (7) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart- ment; [and] (8) Fees: pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars to the depart- ment for admission to a department conducted examination and for an initial license, a fee of eighty-five dollars for each reexamination, a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring admission to a department conducted examination, and a fee of one hundred fifty-five dollars for each triennial registration peri- od[.]; AND (9) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI- TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED- ED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE CHIROPRACTOR PRACTICES AND OTHER INFOR- MATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY. § 9. Subdivisions 7 and 8 of section 6604 of the education law, subdi- vision 7 as added by chapter 987 of the laws of 1971 and subdivision 8 as amended by chapter 62 of the laws of 1989, are amended and a new subdivision 9 is added to read as follows: (7) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart- ment; [and] (8) Fees: pay a fee of two hundred twenty dollars to the department for admission to a department conducted examination and for an initial license, a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for each reexamination, a fee of one hundred thirty-five dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring admission to a department conducted examination, and a fee of two hundred ten dollars for each triennial registration period[.]; AND (9) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI- TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED- ED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE DENTIST PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPART- MENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY. S. 5344 6 § 10. Subdivisions 4 and 5 of section 6608-b of the education law, subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 300 of the laws of 2006 and subdivi- sion 5 as amended by chapter 565 of the laws of 1995, are amended and a new subdivision 6 is added to read as follows: (4) Education and experience: (A) have received a high school diploma, or its equivalent, and (B) have successfully completed, in accordance with the commissioner's regulations, (i) an approved one-year course of study in dental assisting in a degree-granting institution or a board of cooperative educational services program which includes at least two hundred hours of clinical experience, or an equivalent approved course of study in dental assisting in a non-degree granting institution which shall not be a professional association or professional organization or (ii) an alternate course of study in dental assisting acceptable to the department which shall be provided by a degree-granting institution or a board of cooperative educational services program which includes at least one thousand hours of relevant work experience; [and] (5) Examination: pass an examination given by an organization which administers examinations for certifying dental assistants and which is acceptable to the department[.]; AND (6) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI- TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED- ED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE CERTIFIED DENTAL ASSISTANT PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTI- FIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNC- TION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY. § 11. Subdivisions 7 and 8 of section 6609 of the education law, subdivision 7 as added by chapter 987 of the laws of 1971 and subdivi- sion 8 as amended by chapter 62 of the laws of 1989, are amended and a new subdivision 9 is added to read as follows: (7) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart- ment; [and] (8) Fees: pay a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars to the department for admission to a department conducted examination and for an initial license, a fee of fifty dollars for each reexamination, a fee of seventy dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring admission to a department conducted examination, and a fee of fifty dollars for each triennial registration period[.]; AND (9) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI- TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED- ED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE DENTAL HYGIENIST PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTI- S. 5344 7 FIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNC- TION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY. § 12. Subdivision 6 of section 6632 of the education law, as added by chapter 409 of the laws of 2013, is amended and a new subdivision 7 is added to read as follows: 6. [Fee] FEE: pay a fee determined by the department for an initial license and for each triennial registration period[.]; AND 7. INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI- TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED- ED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE LICENSED PERFUSIONIST PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTI- FIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY. § 13. Subdivisions f and g of section 6734 of the education law, subdivision f as added by chapter 618 of the laws of 1980 and subdivi- sion g as amended by chapter 62 of the laws of 1989, are amended and a new subdivision h is added to read as follows: f. Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart- ment; [and] g. Fees: pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars to the depart- ment for admission to a department conducted examination and for an initial license; a fee of eighty-five dollars for each reexamination; a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring admission to a department conducted examination; and a fee of one hundred fifty-five dollars for each triennial registration peri- od[.]; AND H. INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI- TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED- ED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE PHYSICAL THERAPIST PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTI- FIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY. § 14. Subdivision g of section 6740 of the education law, as amended by chapter 62 of the laws of 1989, is amended and a new subdivision h is added to read as follows: S. 5344 8 g. Fees: pay a fee for an initial certificate of forty-five dollars, and for the biennial registration period ending December thirty-first, nineteen hundred eighty-two a fee of twenty dollars and a fee of fifty dollars for each triennial registration period[.]; AND H. INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI- TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED- ED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPART- MENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTA- TION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSUL- TATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY. § 15. Paragraphs 7 and 8 of subdivision 1 of section 6805 of the education law, paragraph 7 as added by chapter 987 of the laws of 1971 and paragraph 8 as amended by chapter 62 of the laws of 1989, are amended and a new paragraph 9 is added to read as follows: (7) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart- ment; [and] (8) Fees: pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars to the depart- ment for admission to a department conducted examination and for an initial license, a fee of eighty-five dollars for each re-examination, a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring admission to a department conducted examination, and a fee of one hundred fifty-five dollars for each triennial registration peri- od[.]; AND (9) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI- TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED- ED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE PHARMACIST PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMA- TION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY. § 16. Subdivisions 7 and 8 of section 6905 of the education law, subdivision 7 as amended by chapter 994 of the laws of 1971 and such section as renumbered by chapter 50 of the laws of 1972, and subdivision 8 as amended by chapter 62 of the laws of 1989, are amended and a new subdivision 9 is added to read as follows: (7) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart- ment; [and] (8) Fees: pay a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars to the department for admission to a department conducted examination and for an initial S. 5344 9 license, a fee of forty-five dollars for each reexamination, a fee of seventy dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring admis- sion to a department conducted examination, and a fee of fifty dollars for each triennial registration period[.]; AND (9) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI- TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED- ED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE PRACTICES, WHETHER THE REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE IS CERTIFIED TO PRACTICE AS A CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST UNDER SECTION SIXTY-NINE HUNDRED ELEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE, AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDI- TIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPART- MENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY. § 17. Subdivisions 7 and 8 of section 6906 of the education law, subdivision 7 as amended by chapter 330 of the laws of 1981 and subdivi- sion 8 as amended by chapter 62 of the laws of 1989, are amended and a new subdivision 8-a is added to read as follows: (7) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart- ment; [and] (8) Fees: pay a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars to the department for admission to a department conducted examination and for an initial license, a fee of forty-five dollars for each reexamination, a fee of seventy dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring admis- sion to a department conducted examination, and a fee of fifty dollars for each triennial registration period[.]; AND (8-A) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDITION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEEDED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDI- TIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPART- MENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY. § 18. Section 6955 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows: 8. INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI- TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED- ED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION S. 5344 10 AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE MIDWIFE PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPART- MENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPART- MENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY. § 19. Section 7004 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows: (10) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDITION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEEDED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE PODIATRIST PRACTICES, WHETHER THE PODIATRIST HAS BEEN ISSUED A PRIVILEGE TO PERFORM PODIATRIC STANDARD ANKLE SURGERY PURSUANT TO SECTION SEVEN THOUSAND NINE OF THIS ARTICLE, AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDI- TIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPART- MENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY. § 20. Subdivisions 7 and 8 of section 7104 of the education law, subdivision 7 as added by chapter 987 of the laws of 1971 and subdivi- sion 8 as amended by chapter 517 of the laws of 1995, are amended and a new subdivision 9 is added to read as follows: (7) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart- ment; [and] (8) Fees: pay a fee of two hundred twenty dollars to the department for admission to a department conducted examination and for an initial license, a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for each reexamination, a fee of one hundred thirty-five dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring admission to a department conducted examination, and a fee of two hundred ten dollars for each triennial registration period, and for additional authorization for the purpose of utilizing diagnostic pharmaceutical agents, a fee of sixty dollars[.]; AND (9) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI- TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED- ED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE OPTOMETRIST PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMA- TION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN S. 5344 11 THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY. § 21. Paragraphs 7 and 8 of subdivision a of section 7124 of the education law, paragraph 7 as amended by chapter 475 of the laws of 1973 and paragraph 8 as amended by chapter 62 of the laws of 1989, are amended and a new paragraph 9 is added to read as follows: (7) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart- ment; [and] (8) Fees: pay a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars to the department for admission to a department conducted examination and for an initial license, a fee of forty-five dollars for each reexamination, a fee of fifty dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring admission to a department conducted examination, and a fee of fifty dollars for each triennial registration period[.]; AND (9) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI- TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED- ED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE OPHTHALMIC DISPENSER PRACTICES, WHETHER THE OPHTHALMIC DISPENSER IS PERMITTED TO FIT CONTACT LENSES, AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTI- FIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNC- TION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY. § 22. Subdivisions 7 and 8 of section 7603 of the education law, subdivision 7 as added by chapter 987 of the laws of 1971 and subdivi- sion 8 as amended by chapter 62 of the laws of 1989, are amended and a new subdivision 9 is added to read as follows: (7) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart- ment; [and] (8) Fees: pay a fee of one hundred seventy dollars to the department for admission to a department conducted examination and for an initial license, a fee of eighty-five dollars for each reexamination, a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring admission to a department conducted examination, and a fee of one hundred fifty-five dollars for each triennial registration period[.]; AND (9) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI- TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEEDED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE PSYCHOLOGIST PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL S. 5344 12 REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY. § 23. Paragraphs (f) and (g) of subdivision 1 of section 7704 of the education law, paragraph (f) as added by chapter 420 of the laws of 2002 and paragraph (g) as amended by section 2 of part J of chapter 57 of the laws of 2005, are amended and a new paragraph (h) is added to read as follows: (f) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart- ment; [and] (g) Fees: pay a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars to the department for an initial license, and a fee of one hundred fifty-five dollars for each triennial registration period. An additional surcharge in the amount of five dollars shall be paid with each triennial registration fee and shall be used for the marketing and evaluation of the regents licensed social worker loan forgiveness program established by section six hundred five of this chapter[.]; AND (H) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI- TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES AND ANY OTHER STATE AGENCY AS APPROPRIATE, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES AND ANY OTHER STATE AGENCY AS APPROPRIATE TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEEDED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUD- ING, BUT NOT LIMITED, TO THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE LICENSED MASTER SOCIAL WORKER PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES AND ANY OTHER STATE AGENCY AS APPROPRIATE, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES AND ANY OTHER STATE AGENCY AS APPROPRIATE, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDI- TIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPART- MENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY. § 24. Paragraphs (f) and (g) of subdivision 2 of section 7704 of the education law, paragraph (f) as added by chapter 420 of the laws of 2002 and paragraph (g) as amended by chapter 230 of the laws of 2004, are amended and a new paragraph (h) is added to read as follows: (f) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart- ment; [and] (g) Fees: pay a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars to the department for an initial license and a fee of one hundred fifty-five dollars for each triennial registration period[.]; AND (H) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI- TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES AND ANY OTHER STATE AGENCY AS APPROPRIATE, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, THE OFFICE S. 5344 13 OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES AND ANY OTHER STATE AGENCY AS APPROPRIATE TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEEDED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUD- ING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES AND ANY OTHER STATE AGENCY AS APPROPRIATE, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, THE OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES AND ANY OTHER STATE AGENCY AS APPROPRIATE, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDI- TIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPART- MENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY. § 25. Section 7904 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows: (9) IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDITION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRA- TION, THE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST SHALL PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEEDED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDI- TIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPART- MENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY. § 26. Subdivisions (f) and (g) of section 7904-a of the education law, as added by chapter 470 of the laws of 2015, are amended and a new subdivision (h) is added to read as follows: (f) pay a fee for an initial license and a fee for each triennial registration period that shall be one-half of the fee for initial license and for each triennial registration period established for occu- pational therapists; [and] (g) except as otherwise provided by subdivision two of section seven- ty-nine hundred seven of this article, pass an examination acceptable to the department[.]; AND (H) IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDITION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRA- TION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTA- TION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEEDED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSISTANT PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMA- TION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE S. 5344 14 DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY. § 27. Subdivision 5 of section 8004 of the education law, as added by chapter 635 of the laws of 1991, is amended and a new subdivision 6 is added to read as follows: 5. Be at least eighteen years of age[.]; AND 6. IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDITION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRA- TION, THE CERTIFIED DIETITIAN OR CERTIFIED NUTRITIONIST SHALL PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEEDED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE CERTIFIED DIETITIAN OR CERTIFIED NUTRITIONIST PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS RELE- VANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPART- MENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY. § 28. Subdivisions 6 and 7 of section 8206 of the education law, subdivision 6 as amended by chapter 43 of the laws of 1983 and subdivi- sion 7 as amended by chapter 62 of the laws of 1989, are amended and a new subdivision 8 is added to read as follows: (6) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart- ment; [and] (7) Fees: pay a fee of one hundred forty dollars to the department for admission to a department conducted examination and for an initial license, a fee of seventy dollars for each reexamination, a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring admission to a department conducted examination, and a fee of one hundred fifty-five dollars for each triennial registration period[.]; AND (8) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI- TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED- ED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST OR AUDIOLO- GIST PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDI- TIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPART- MENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY. § 29. Subdivision 8 of section 8214 of the education law, as added by chapter 772 of the laws of 1990, is amended and a new subdivision 9 is added to read as follows: (8) Registration: if a license is granted, register triennially with the department, including present home and business address and such other pertinent information as the department requires[.]; AND S. 5344 15 (9) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI- TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED- ED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE ACUPUNCTURIST PRACTICES AND OTHER INFOR- MATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY. § 30. Paragraphs (f) and (g) of subdivision 3 of section 8402 of the education law, paragraph (f) as added by chapter 676 of the laws of 2002 and paragraph (g) as amended by chapter 210 of the laws of 2004, are amended and a new paragraph (h) is added to read as follows: (f) Character: Be of good moral character as determined by the depart- ment; [and] (g) Fees: Pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars for an initial license and a fee of one hundred seventy dollars for each triennial registration period[.]; AND (H) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI- TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEEDED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTA- TION WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY. § 31. Paragraphs (f) and (g) of subdivision 3 of section 8403 of the education law, paragraph (f) as added by chapter 676 of the laws of 2002 and paragraph (g) as amended by chapter 210 of the laws of 2004, are amended and a new paragraph (h) is added to read as follows: (f) Character: Be of good moral character as determined by the depart- ment; [and] (g) Fees: Pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars for an initial license and a fee of one hundred seventy dollars for each triennial registration period[.]; AND (H) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI- TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEEDED S. 5344 16 SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE LICENSED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST PRAC- TICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSUL- TATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY. § 32. Paragraphs (f) and (g) of subdivision 3 of section 8404 of the education law, paragraph (f) as added by chapter 676 of the laws of 2002 and paragraph (g) as amended by chapter 210 of the laws of 2004, are amended and a new paragraph (h) is added to read as follows: (f) Character: Be of good moral character as determined by the depart- ment; [and] (g) Fees: Pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars for an initial license and a fee of one hundred seventy dollars for each triennial registration period[.]; AND (H) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI- TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE OFFICE OF METAL HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEEDED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE CREATIVE ARTS THERAPIST PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPART- MENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY. § 33. Paragraphs (f) and (g) of subdivision 3 of section 8405 of the education law, paragraph (f) as added by chapter 676 of the laws of 2002 and paragraph (g) as amended by chapter 210 of the laws of 2004, are amended and a new paragraph (h) is added to read as follows: (f) Character: Be of good moral character as determined by the depart- ment; [and] (g) Fees: Pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars for an initial license and a fee of one hundred seventy dollars for each triennial registration period[.]; AND (H) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI- TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEEDED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE LICENSED PSYCHOANALYST PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT S. 5344 17 OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPART- MENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY. § 34. Subdivisions 6 and 7 of section 8504 of the education law, as added by chapter 817 of the laws of 1992, are amended and a new subdivi- sion 8 is added to read as follows: 6. Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart- ment; [and] 7. Fees: pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars to the depart- ment for admission to a department conducted examination and for an initial license; a fee of eighty-five dollars for each re-examination; a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring admission to a department conducted examination and a fee of one hundred fifty-five dollars for each triennial registration period commencing on and after June first, nineteen hundred ninety-three[.]; AND 8. INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI- TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED- ED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE RESPIRATORY THERAPIST PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTI- FIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY. § 35. Subdivisions 6 and 7 of section 8510 of the education law, as added by chapter 817 of the laws of 1992, are amended and a new subdivi- sion 8 is added to read as follows: 6. Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart- ment; [and] 7. Fees: pay a fee of ninety dollars to the department for admission to a department conducted examination and for an initial license; a fee of sixty dollars for each re-examination; a fee of fifty dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring admission to a department conducted examination and a fee of ninety dollars for each triennial registration period commencing on and after June first, nineteen hundred ninety-three[.]; AND 8. INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI- TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED- ED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE RESPIRATORY THERAPY TECHNICIAN PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPART- MENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTA- S. 5344 18 TION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSUL- TATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY. § 36. Paragraphs (e) and (f) of subdivision 1 of section 8605 of the education law, as added by chapter 755 of the laws of 2004, are amended and a new paragraph (g) is added to read as follows: (e) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart- ment; [and] (f) Fees: pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars for an initial license and a fee of one hundred seventy dollars for each triennial registration period[.]; AND (G) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI- TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED- ED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGIST PRAC- TICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDI- TIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPART- MENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY. § 37. Paragraphs (e) and (f) of subdivision 2 of section 8605 of the education law, as added by chapter 755 of the laws of 2004, are amended and a new paragraph (g) is added to read as follows: (e) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart- ment; [and] (f) Fees: pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars for an initial license and a fee of one hundred seventy dollars for each triennial registration period[.]; AND (G) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI- TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED- ED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE CYTOTECHNOLOGIST PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTI- FIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY. § 38. Subdivisions 5 and 6 of section 8606 of the education law, as added by chapter 755 of the laws of 2004, are amended and a new subdivi- sion 7 is added to read as follows: S. 5344 19 5. Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart- ment; [and] 6. Fees: pay a fee of one hundred twenty-five dollars for an initial certification and a fee of one hundred twenty dollars for each triennial registration period[.]; AND 7. INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI- TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED- ED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIAN PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPART- MENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTA- TION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSUL- TATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY. § 39. Subdivisions 5 and 6 of section 8606-a of the education law, as added by chapter 204 of the laws of 2008, are amended and a new subdivi- sion 7 is added to read as follows: 5. Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart- ment; [and] 6. Fees: pay a fee of one hundred twenty-five dollars for an initial certification and a fee of one hundred twenty dollars for each triennial registration period[.]; AND 7. INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI- TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED- ED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE HISTOLOGICAL TECHNICIAN PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTI- FIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY. § 40. Subdivision 6 of section 8705 of the education law, as added by chapter 495 of the laws of 2001, is amended and a new subdivision 7 is added to read as follows: 6. Fee: pay a fee of three hundred dollars to the department for admission to a department conducted examination for licensure, a fee of one hundred fifty dollars for licensure with special competency in the first specialty and twenty-five dollars for each additional specialty, and a fee of three hundred dollars for each biennial registration peri- od[.]; AND 7. INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI- TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS S. 5344 20 NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED- ED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL PHYSICIST PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPART- MENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTA- TION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSUL- TATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY. § 41. Paragraphs (f) and (g) of subdivision 1 of section 8804 of the education law, as added by chapter 554 of the laws of 2013, are amended and a new paragraph (h) is added to read as follows: (f) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart- ment and submit an attestation of moral character; [and] (g) Fee: pay a fee of one hundred fifty dollars for an initial license and a fee of seventy-five dollars for each triennial registration peri- od[.]; AND (H) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI- TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED- ED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE CERTIFIED BEHAVIORAL ANALYST ASSISTANT PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDI- TIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPART- MENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY. § 42. Paragraphs (f) and (g) of subdivision 2 of section 8804 of the education law, as added by chapter 554 of the laws of 2013, are amended and a new paragraph (h) is added to read as follows: (f) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the depart- ment and submit an attestation of moral character; [and] (g) Fee: pay a fee of two hundred dollars for an initial license and a fee of one hundred dollars for each triennial registration period[.]; AND (H) INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI- TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT, SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEED- ED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE LICENSED BEHAVIOR ANALYST PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTI- FIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN S. 5344 21 THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY. § 43. Section 8852 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 7 to read as follows: 7. INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION: IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND AS A CONDI- TION OF EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLECT AND A PATHOLOGIST ASSISTANT SHALL PROVIDE SUCH INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO EVALUATE ACCESS TO NEEDED SERVICES IN THIS STATE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE LOCATION AND TYPE OF SETTING WHEREIN THE PATHOLOGISTS' ASSISTANT PRACTICES AND OTHER INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEEMS RELEVANT. THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL MAKE SUCH DATA AVAILABLE IN AGGREGATE, DE-IDENTIFIED FORM ON A PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE. ADDI- TIONALLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH EACH TRIENNIAL REGISTRATION, THE DEPART- MENT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, SHALL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON REGISTERING IN THE DONATE LIFE REGISTRY FOR ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATION, INCLUDING THE WEBSITE ADDRESS FOR SUCH REGISTRY. § 44. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law; provided, however, that section forty-three of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as section one of chapter 497 of the laws of 2016, takes effect.
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2017-S5344A (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8319
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §2995-a, Pub Health L
- Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
-
A8237
2017-S5344A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5344A
TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the public health law, in relation
to incorporating additional information in the physician profile and
streamlining reporting requirements
PURPOSE :
This bill would incorporate additional information into the Department
of Health's (DOH) Physician Profile, without causing additional undue
reporting burden on physicians, to ensure that information is
available, accurate, up-to-date and accessible to consumers.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Section 1 of the bill would amend Public Health Law (PHL) § 2995-a(1)
to revise and include additional data elements to be reported to the
Physician Profile. Specifically, this would: (1) move the field
related to the names of other physicians sharing a group practice out
of PHL § 2995-a(1)(n) into a new PHL § 2995-a(1)(s); (2) add to PHL §
2995-a(1)(n) three new fields for hours of operation of the primary
practice setting, availability of assistive technology at the primary
practice setting, and whether the licensee is accepting new patients;
(3) revise PHL § 2995-a(1)(q) to specify that the reporting of
information about the health plans with which a physician participates
will not be the physician's responsibility, but will be included by
DOH using information submitted to DOH by health plans and other sources; (4) add a new PHL § 2995-a(1)(r) to include a field for the physician's website and social media accounts; and (5) add a new PHL § 2995-a(1)(t) to require workforce research and planning information, as determined by the Commissioner of Health. Section 2 of the bill would add a new subdivision 1-b to PHL § 2995-a to permit a physician to designate a person to maintain and update profile information on the physician's behalf. Section 3 of the bill would amend PHL § 2995-a(4) to provide clarification on when a physician is required to update his or her profile information. In addition, workforce information in new PHL § 2995- a(1)(t) would not be updated every time it changes - rather, it would be updated along with all other profile information prior to re-registration. Section 4 of the bill would amend PHL § 2995-a(6) to clarify which data elements are optional for physicians to report and optional to publish on the Physician Profile. Specifically, the amendment would: (1) add a reference to PHL § 2995-a(1)(k), an existing field related to a physician's appointments to medical faculties and responsibilities for graduate medical education, making this an optional field; (2) remove the reference to PHL § 2995-a(1)(n), which includes an existing field for the location of the primary practice setting and the other three new fields noted above (hours of operation, availability of assistive technology, and whether new patients are being accepted), to provide that these are not optional fields; (3) remove the reference to PHL § 2995-a(1)(q) related to health plan participation so this would no longer be an optional field (but, as noted above, DOH will provide this information rather than the physician); (4) add a reference to PHL § 2995-a(1)(r), the new field for the website and social media accounts, making this optional; (5) add a reference to PHL § 2995-a(1)(s), the field related to the names of other physicians sharing a group practice which was previously in PHL § 2995-a(1)(n), to maintain this as an optional field; and (6) provide that the workforce information field in new PHL § 2995-a(1)(t) shall be omitted from the public profile. Section 5 provides that the bill would take effect 180 days after enactment. JUSTIFICATION : Established in 2000 by the New York Patient Health Information and Quality Improvement Act (PHL § 2995, et seq.), the Physician Profile is a publicly available, online resource, providing information about individual New York State licensed physicians. The Physician Profile (Profile) is one of DOH's most popular sites, averaging more than 100,000 unique Internet Protocol address visits per month. Chapter 57 of the Laws of 2015 amended PHL § 2995-a to require that DOH study the feasibility of incorporating health plan reporting requirements regarding health plan network participation to the Profile, without imposing extra burden on physicians, to ensure that the information is available, accurate, up-to-date, and accessible to consumers. DOH engaged a wide range of stakeholders to acquire input on how the Profile could be improved to ensure its continued value to the public and others. This proposal results from DOH's study. This bill would codify a number of the suggestions made by the stakeholders, including: (1) improving reporting to the Profile by linking the Profile and the licensure/registration process and allowing physicians to authorize designees to maintain and update his or her profile; (2) requiring information be reported to the Profile that is important to consumers, such as hours of operation, whether the physician is accepting new patients, and the availability of assistive technology; (3) inclusion of a listing of health plan networks in which physicians participate since determining which physicians accept what health insurance product is a critical factor in considering who to select as a care provider; and (4) requiring additional information be reported by physicians for the sole purpose of workforce research and planning to help reduce redundant reporting and data collection, as well as improving the ability to monitor physician workforce trends and inform policymakers as they develop and implement initiatives to ensure that physician supply can meet demand. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY : This is a new bill. FISCAL IMPLICATIONS : None. EFFECTIVE DATE : 180 days, succeeding enactment.
2017-S5344A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5344--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
March 22, 2017
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Introduced by Sens. HANNON, AVELLA, BOYLE -- (at request of the Depart-
ment of Health) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to
be committed to the Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to incorporating
additional information in the physician profile and streamlining
reporting requirements
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2995-a of the public health law,
as added by chapter 542 of the laws of 2000, paragraph (h) as amended by
section 1 of part A of chapter 57 of the laws of 2015, is amended to
read as follows:
1. The department shall collect the following information and create
individual profiles on licensees subject to the authority of the office
of professional medical conduct, in a format that shall be available for
dissemination to the public:
(a) a statement of any criminal convictions (as defined by section
1.20 of the criminal procedure law) within the most recent ten years,
under the laws of New York state or any other jurisdiction, for offenses
specified by regulations of the department;
(b) a statement of any action (other than an action that remains
confidential) taken against the licensee pursuant to section two hundred
thirty of this chapter or any similar action taken by any other state or
licensing entity, within the most recent ten years;
(c) a statement of any current limitation of the licensee to a speci-
fied area, type, scope or condition of practice;
(d) a statement of any loss or involuntary restriction of hospital
privileges or a failure to renew professional privileges at hospitals
within the last ten years, for reasons related to the quality of patient
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10164-03-7 S. 5344--A 2 care delivered or to be delivered by the physician where procedural due process has been afforded, exhausted, or waived, or the resignation from or removal of medical staff membership or restriction of privileges at a hospital taken in lieu of a pending disciplinary case related to the quality of patient care delivered or to be delivered by the physician (notwithstanding paragraph (a) of subdivision three of section twenty- eight hundred three-e of this chapter, as added by chapter eight hundred sixty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred eighty); (e) (i) a statement indicating the number of medical malpractice court judgments and arbitration awards within the most recent ten years in which a payment is awarded to a complaining party (notwithstanding subsection (f) of section three hundred fifteen of the insurance law); and (ii) a statement indicating all malpractice settlements within the most recent ten years in which payment is awarded to a complaining party (notwithstanding subsection (f) of section three hundred fifteen of the insurance law), (A) if the total number of settlements exceeds two; or (B) if the commissioner determines any such settlement could be rele- vant to patient decisionmaking concerning health care quality. The statement shall include the following: "Settlement payments will appear in this profile only if the total number of settlements made within the past ten years exceeds two, or if the commissioner of health determines a settlement to be relevant to patient decisionmaking. Settlement of a claim may occur for a variety of reasons, which do not necessarily reflect negatively on the professional competence or conduct of the physician. A payment in settlement of a medical malpractice action or claim does not necessarily mean that a medical malpractice has occurred." The commissioner may supplement such statement as may be appropriate. (iii) judgments, awards and settlements shall be reported in graduated categories indicating the level of significance, date and place of the judgment, award or settlement. Information concerning medical malprac- tice judgments, awards and settlements shall be put in context by comparing an individual licensee's medical malpractice settlements to the experience of other physicians in New York state within the same board specialty. Pending malpractice claims shall not be disclosed to the public under this section. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the board from investigating or disciplining a licensee on the basis of medical malpractice claims that are pending; (f) name of medical schools attended and date of graduations; (g) graduate medical education; (h) current specialty board certification and date of certification; (i) dates admitted to practice in New York state; (j) names of hospitals where the licensee has practice privileges; (k) appointments to medical school faculties and indication as to whether a licensee has had a responsibility for graduate medical educa- tion within the most recent ten years; (l) information regarding publications in peer reviewed medical liter- ature within the most recent ten years; (m) information regarding professional or community service activities or awards; (n) (i) the location of the licensee's primary practice setting iden- tified as such; [and] (ii) [the names of any licensed physicians with whom the licensee shares a group practice, as defined in subdivision five of section two S. 5344--A 3 hundred thirty-eight of this chapter] HOURS OF OPERATION OF THE LICENSEE'S PRIMARY PRACTICE SETTING; (III) AVAILABILITY OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY AT THE LICENSEE'S PRIMARY PRACTICE SETTING; AND (IV) WHETHER THE LICENSEE IS ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS; (o) the identification of any translating services that may be avail- able at the licensee's primary practice location; (p) whether the licensee participates in the medicaid or medicare program or any other state or federally financed health insurance program; [and] (q) health care plans with which the licensee has contracts, employ- ment, or other affiliation[.] PROVIDED THAT THE REPORTING OF SUCH INFOR- MATION SHALL NOT BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PHYSICIAN, BUT SHALL BE INCLUDED AND UPDATED BY THE DEPARTMENT UTILIZING PROVIDER NETWORK PARTICIPATION INFORMATION, OR OTHER RELIABLE SOURCES OF INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY HEALTH CARE PLANS; (R) PHYSICIAN'S WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS; (S) THE NAMES OF ANY LICENSED PHYSICIANS WITH WHOM THE LICENSEE SHARES A GROUP PRACTICE, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER; AND (T) WORKFORCE RESEARCH AND PLANNING INFORMATION AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER. § 2. Section 2995-a of the public health law is amended by adding a new subdivision 1-b to read as follows: 1-B. (A) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A PHYSICIAN LICENSED AND REGISTERED TO PRACTICE IN THIS STATE MAY AUTHORIZE A DESIGNEE TO REGIS- TER, TRANSMIT, ENTER OR UPDATE INFORMATION ON HIS OR HER BEHALF, PROVIDED THAT: (I) THE DESIGNEE SO AUTHORIZED IS EMPLOYED BY THE PHYSICIAN OR THE SAME PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE OR IS UNDER CONTRACT WITH SUCH PRACTICE; (II) THE PHYSICIAN TAKES REASONABLE STEPS TO ENSURE THAT SUCH DESIGNEE IS SUFFICIENTLY COMPETENT IN THE PROFILE REQUIREMENTS; (III) THE PHYSICIAN REMAINS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THE ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED AND FOR ANY FAILURE TO PROVIDE ACCURATE INFOR- MATION; AND (IV) THE PHYSICIAN SHALL NOTIFY THE DEPARTMENT UPON TERMINATING THE AUTHORIZATION OF ANY DESIGNEE, IN A MANNER DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT. (B) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL GRANT ACCESS TO THE PROFILE IN A REASONABLY PROMPT MANNER TO DESIGNEES AUTHORIZED BY PHYSICIANS AND ESTABLISH A MECHANISM TO PREVENT DESIGNEES TERMINATED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (IV) OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION FROM ACCESSING THE PROFILE IN A REASONABLY PROMPT MANNER FOLLOWING NOTIFICATION OF TERMINATION. § 3. Subdivision 4 of section 2995-a of the public health law, as amended by section 3 of part A of chapter 57 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows: 4. Each physician shall periodically report to the department on forms and in the time and manner required by the commissioner any other infor- mation as is required by the department for the development of profiles under this section which is not otherwise reasonably obtainable. In addition to such periodic reports and providing the same information, each physician shall update his or her profile information within the six months prior to [the expiration date of such physician's registra- tion period] SUBMISSION OF THE RE-REGISTRATION APPLICATION, as a condi- tion of registration renewal [under article one hundred thirty-one] PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR of the education law. Except for optional information provided AND INFORMATION REQUIRED UNDER S. 5344--A 4 PARAGRAPH (T) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, physicians shall noti- fy the department of any change in the profile information within thirty days of such change. § 4. Subdivision 6 of section 2995-a of the public health law, as added by chapter 542 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows: 6. A physician may elect to have his or her profile omit certain information provided pursuant to paragraphs (K), (l), (m), [(n) and (q)] (R), AND (S) of subdivision one of this section. INFORMATION PROVIDED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (T) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE OMITTED FROM A PHYSICIAN'S PROFILE. In collecting information for such profiles and disseminating the same, the department shall inform physi- cians that they may choose not to provide such information required pursuant to paragraphs (K), (l), (m), [(n) and (q)] (R), AND (S) of subdivision one of this section. § 5. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law.
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