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Senate Bill S5131

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishing a pilot program for the dispensing of hearing aids in the county of Westchester

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2019-S5131 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8163
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 17 §1700, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S5597, A6022
2023-2024: S2697, A2478

2019-S5131 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a pilot program for the dispensing of hearing aids in the county of Westchester.

2019-S5131 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5131 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5131
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 10, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- 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  establishing  a
   pilot  program  for  the  dispensing  of hearing aids in the county of
   Westchester; and providing for the  repeal  of  such  provisions  upon
   expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new article 17
 to read as follows:
 
                                ARTICLE 17
             DISPENSING OF HEARING AIDS; COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER
 SECTION 1700. DISPENSING OF HEARING AIDS; COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.
   § 1700. DISPENSING OF HEARING AIDS;  COUNTY  OF  WESTCHESTER.  1.  THE
 COUNTY  OF  WESTCHESTER  SHALL  ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT AN COMPREHENSIVE
 PILOT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISPENSING OF HEARING AIDS PURSUANT  TO
 THE  PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION. SUCH PILOT PROGRAM SHALL CONTINUE FOR A
 PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS
 OF TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN THAT ADDED THIS ARTICLE.
   2. AN AUDIOLOGIST OR HEARING AID DISPENSER LICENSED UNDER ARTICLE  ONE
 HUNDRED  FIFTY-NINE OF THE EDUCATION LAW EMPLOYED BY AN OTOLARYNGOLOGIST
 PRACTICING OTOLARYNGOLOGY IN THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER WHO HAS CONDUCTED
 A MEDICAL EVALUATION OF HEARING  LOSS  MAY  DISPENSE  HEARING  AIDS  FOR
 PROFIT  PROVIDED  THAT  THE OTOLARYNGOLOGIST WHO HAS CONDUCTED A MEDICAL
 EVALUATION OF HEARING LOSS PROVIDES TO THE PATIENT A LIST CONTAINING THE
 NAME AND OFFICE LOCATION OF FIVE HEARING AID DISPENSERS WITH A PLACE  OF
 BUSINESS  LOCATED  WITHIN THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER AND A WRITTEN STATE-
 MENT DISCLOSING THAT THE OTOLARYNGOLOGIST'S OFFICE WILL RECEIVE A PROFIT
 FROM THE SALE OF ANY HEARING AID DEVICE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have  become a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed 5 years after
 such date.

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