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Assembly Bill A157

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes the category of "qualified group practice" for medical, dental and podiatric practices that comply with certain standards

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2021-A157 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1589
Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2998-f, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A8556, S6080
2017-2018: A2734, S3662
2019-2020: A1164, S1801
2023-2024: S3450
2025-2026: S1916

2021-A157 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the category of "qualified group practice" for medical, dental and podiatric practices that comply with certain standards and authorizes such practices to operate a malpractice prevention program.

2021-A157 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    157
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED,  ABINANTI, BYRNE -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Codes
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  qualified  group
   practices
 
   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  section
 2998-f to read as follows:
   §  2998-F.  QUALIFIED  GROUP  PRACTICE.  1.  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF THIS
 SECTION, "QUALIFIED GROUP PRACTICE" MEANS A MEDICAL, DENTAL OR PODIATRIC
 GROUP PRACTICE OR OTHER LAWFUL COMBINATION OF SUCH HEALTH  CARE  PRACTI-
 TIONERS,  LICENSED OR CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION
 LAW, THAT MEETS THE STANDARDS SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPHS (A) THROUGH (H) OF
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIVE-J OF THIS  CHAPTER,
 OTHER THAN THE GOVERNING BOARD REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH PARAGRAPH (A).
   2.  A  QUALIFIED  GROUP  PRACTICE MAY OPERATE A MALPRACTICE PREVENTION
 PROGRAM INDEPENDENTLY, OR  THROUGH  AN  OTHERWISE  LAWFUL  COLLABORATIVE
 ARRANGEMENT  WITH  A  HOSPITAL  OR ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION PROGRAM
 OPERATED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIVE-J OR  TWENTY-NINE
 HUNDRED NINETY-NINE-R OF THIS CHAPTER, IN WHICH CASE THE QUALIFIED GROUP
 PRACTICE  AND  THE  HOSPITAL  OR ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION MAY SHARE
 CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION WITH EACH OTHER FOR PURPOSES OF  SUCH  PRACTICE
 WITHOUT WAIVING CONFIDENTIALITY WITH RESPECT TO OTHERS.
   3.  A  QUALIFIED  GROUP  PRACTICE  SHALL BE DEEMED A HOSPITAL, AND ITS
 MALPRACTICE PREVENTION PROGRAM SHALL BE DEEMED  A  MEDICAL,  DENTAL  AND
 PODIATRIC  MALPRACTICE  PREVENTION PROGRAM, FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUBDIVI-
 SION TWO OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED  FIVE-J,  SUBDIVISION  FOUR  OF
 SECTION  TWENTY-EIGHT  HUNDRED  FIVE-K  AND SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED
 FIVE-M OF THIS CHAPTER, AND  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF  SECTION  SIXTY-FIVE
 HUNDRED  TWENTY-SEVEN OF THE EDUCATION LAW. SUCH PROVISIONS OF LAW SHALL
 APPLY TO ITS INFORMATION, RECORDS, DOCUMENTATION AND COMMITTEE  ACTIONS,
 AND TO PARTICIPANTS IN COMMITTEE PROCEEDINGS.

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