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Assembly Bill A128

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioner of health to notify patients upon the revocation, annulment, suspension or surrender of a license for medical misconduct

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2019-A128 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §230, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A576
2011-2012: A94
2013-2014: A1676
2015-2016: A1663
2017-2018: A134
2021-2022: A1119

2019-A128 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of health to notify certain patients of record of a physician upon the revocation, annulment, suspension, or surrender of a physician's license for medical misconduct which is not of a minor or technical nature; provides for necessary access to records and for promulgation of rules and regulations.

2019-A128 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    128
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to notice to patient,
   in  the  event  of revocation, annulment, suspension or surrender of a
   medical license following professional  medical  conduct  disciplinary
   proceedings
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 230 of the public health law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 20 to read as follows:
   20. UPON THE REVOCATION,  ANNULMENT,  SUSPENSION  OR  SURRENDER  OF  A
 MEDICAL  LICENSE PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION  FOR PROFES-
 SIONAL MISCONDUCT THAT IS NOT  OF  A  MINOR  OR  TECHNICAL  NATURE,  THE
 COMMISSIONER  SHALL NOTIFY THE PATIENTS OF RECORD OF THE LICENSEE OF THE
 FACT OF SUCH REVOCATION, ANNULMENT, SUSPENSION OR SURRENDER. SUCH NOTICE
 SHALL BE SENT BY FIRST CLASS MAIL TO  ALL  PATIENTS  WHO  HAVE  RECEIVED
 MEDICAL  SERVICES FROM THE LICENSEE WITHIN THE YEAR PRECEDING SUCH REVO-
 CATION, ANNULMENT, SUSPENSION OR SURRENDER.  SUCH NOTICE SHALL  BE  SENT
 TO  ALL  PATIENTS  WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE ISSUANCE DATE OF SUCH FINAL
 ORDER TO REVOKE, ANNUL OR SUSPEND A  LICENSEE'S  LICENSE,  OR  UPON  THE
 SURRENDER  OF  A LICENSEE'S LICENSE, FOR PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT THAT IS
 NOT OF A MINOR OR TECHNICAL NATURE.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL HAVE  ACCESS
 TO  ANY  RECORDS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE SUCH RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  AS
 MAY BE NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it  shall have become a law; provided that the commissioner of health is
 authorized to promulgate any rules and regulations necessary  to  imple-
 ment this act on or before its effective date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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