Assembly Bill A2296

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes the "health care information management act"

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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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2021-A2296 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 8-A §§820 - 823, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A7652
2017-2018: A948
2019-2020: A2981
2023-2024: A2272

2021-A2296 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing the "health care information management act"; requires an annual report by the commissioner to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly.

2021-A2296 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2296
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. SIMON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ASHBY,
   COOK, DAVILA, DINOWITZ, J. RIVERA -- read once  and  referred  to  the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  health law, in relation to enacting the
   health care information management act

   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
 8-A to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 8-A
                                HEALTH CARE
                        INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ACT
 SECTION 820. SHORT TITLE.
         821. COMPILATION OF DATA.
         822. PRESENTATION OF DATA.
         823. ANNUAL REPORT.
   § 820. SHORT TITLE. THIS ACT SHALL BE KNOWN AND MAY BE  CITED  AS  THE
 "HEALTH CARE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ACT".
   § 821. COMPILATION OF DATA. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH RULES AND
 REGULATIONS  REQUIRING  EVERY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOSPITAL, AS DEFINED IN
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED ONE OF THIS CHAPTER,  IN
 CONJUNCTION  WITH  EMERGENCY  AND OTHER MEDICAL SERVICES, TO COMPILE THE
 FOLLOWING AND SUBMIT SUCH DATA IN A FORM USEABLE FOR SUCH  PURPOSES  AND
 TALLIED BY CENSUS TRACT, ANNUALLY TO THE DEPARTMENT:
   1.  WITH  REGARD TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES: (A) THE LENGTH OF TIME
 BETWEEN EACH INDIVIDUAL'S CALL TO 911 AND SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S  ARRIVAL  AT
 THE EMERGENCY ROOM;
   (B)  THE LENGTH OF TIME BETWEEN, BUT NOT LIMITED TO ARRIVAL AND ADMIS-
 SION AT SUCH HOSPITAL REGARDLESS OF METHOD OF ARRIVAL, WHICH MAY INCLUDE
 BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO WALK-INS AND ARRIVAL VIA AMBULANCE;

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01044-01-1
              

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