Senate Bill S6078

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting charges for certain health records needed for government benefits or programs

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions
Votes

co-Sponsors

2017-S6078 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7842
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§17 & 18, Pub Health L; amd §33.16, Ment Hyg L

2017-S6078 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to health record access for government benefits or programs; prohibits providers and facilities from charging fees for providing access to or copies of records needed by a patient for an application, claim or appeal for a government benefit or program.

2017-S6078 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6078 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6078
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the  mental  hygiene  law,  in
   relation to health record access for a government benefit or program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The first undesignated  paragraph  of  section  17  of  the
 public  health  law,  as  amended by chapter 576 of the laws of 1998, is
 amended to read as follows:
   Upon the written request of any competent patient, parent or  guardian
 of an infant, a guardian appointed pursuant to article eighty-one of the
 mental  hygiene  law,  or  conservator  of  a conservatee, an examining,
 consulting or treating physician or hospital must release  and  deliver,
 exclusive of personal notes of the said physician or hospital, copies of
 all  x-rays,  medical  records and test records including all laboratory
 tests regarding that patient to any other designated physician or hospi-
 tal provided, however, that such records concerning the treatment of  an
 infant  patient  for  venereal disease or the performance of an abortion
 operation upon such infant patient shall  not  be  released  or  in  any
 manner  be  made available to the parent or guardian of such infant, and
 provided, further, that original mammograms, rather than copies thereof,
 shall be released and delivered. Either the physician or hospital incur-
 ring the expense of providing copies of x-rays, medical records and test
 records including all laboratory tests pursuant  to  the  provisions  of
 this  section  may  impose  a reasonable charge to be paid by the person
 requesting the release and deliverance of such records as  reimbursement
 for such expenses, provided, however, that the physician or hospital may
 not  impose a charge for copying an original mammogram when the original
 has been released or delivered to any competent patient, parent or guar-
 dian of an infant, a guardian appointed pursuant to  article  eighty-one
 of  the  mental  hygiene  law,  or  a  conservator  of a conservatee and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.