Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Oct 29, 2019 |
signed chap.426 |
Oct 17, 2019 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 17, 2019 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.131 substituted for a2349 |
Jun 17, 2019 |
substituted by s5367 |
Mar 14, 2019 |
advanced to third reading cal.131 |
Mar 12, 2019 |
reported |
Mar 06, 2019 |
reported referred to codes |
Jan 22, 2019 |
referred to health |
Assembly Bill A2349
Signed By Governor2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
PERRY
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S5367 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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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
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
Thomas Abinanti
2019-A2349 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A2349 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires a health care provider or facility which has determined to cease to do business or which is transferring its ownership, at least thirty days prior to such action to provide a copy of its plan for transfer of patient records to another provider, facility or practitioner.
2019-A2349 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2349 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 22, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the transfer of patient medical records upon the closure of a health care provider's office THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 18 of the public health law, as added by chapter 497 of the laws of 1986, is amended by adding a new paragraph (j) to read as follows: (J) "CEASE TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE" SHALL MEAN ANY CASE WHERE A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER WHO HAS ENGAGED IN AN ON-GOING PRACTICE OR BUSINESS WITHIN THIS STATE AS A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER, CEASES TO ENGAGE IN SUCH BUSINESS, PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT THIS TERM SHALL NOT INCLUDE A HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER WHOSE PRACTICE IS MERGED, CONSOLIDATED, COMBINED, OR ACQUIRED BY ANOTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDER AND HE OR SHE CONTINUES TO PROVIDE SERVICES INCLUDING MEDICAL CARE, DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT TO PATIENTS AS AN EMPLOYEE, CONTRACTOR, OR OWNER OF THE MERGED, CONSOL- IDATED, COMBINED, OR ACQUIRED HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. § 2. Section 18 of the public health law, as added by chapter 497 of the laws of 1986, is amended by adding a new subdivision 13 to read as follows: 13. (A) A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER WHICH HAS IN ITS POSSESSION PATIENT INFORMATION AND/OR PATIENT MEDICAL RECORDS AND WHICH HAS DETERMINED TO PERMANENTLY CEASE TO DO BUSINESS OR PRACTICE IN THIS STATE SHALL, AT LEAST THIRTY DAYS PRIOR TO SUCH ACTION, MAKE A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO NOTIFY EACH OF THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER'S CURRENT PATIENTS THAT THE OFFICE WILL BE CLOSING AND TO INFORM EACH SUCH PATIENT OF HIS OR HER RIGHT TO REQUEST THAT HIS OR HER PATIENT INFORMATION AND/OR PATIENT MEDICAL RECORDS BE SENT TO A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER, HEALTH CARE FACILITY EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06968-01-9
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