Senate Bill S5344

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to incorporating additional information in the physician profile, and streamlining reporting requirements

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

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2017-S5344 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2995-a, Pub Health L; amd Ed L, generally

2017-S5344 - Summary

Relates to incorporating additional information in the physician profile, and streamlining reporting requirements.

2017-S5344 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5344 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5344
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 22, 2017
                                ___________
 
 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.
              

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2017-S5344A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2995-a, Pub Health L; amd Ed L, generally

2017-S5344A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to incorporating additional information in the physician profile, and streamlining reporting requirements.

2017-S5344A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5344A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5344--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 22, 2017
                                ___________
 
 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.
              

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