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Assembly Bill A9202

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the disclosure of certain health information during a declared health emergency

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2021-A9202 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §206-c, Pub Health L

2021-A9202 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the commissioner of health shall compile and simultaneously report in a timely manner to the governor, the speaker of the assembly and the temporary president of the senate, health care data related to declared health emergencies including, but not limited to, the number of cases related to such health emergency that originate in nursing, adult and residential health care facilities that are transferred to hospitals and any deaths associated with such cases; and the reason a patient was admitted or visiting a hospital, nursing, adult or residential health care facility when the patient tested positive for or was affected by the declared health emergency; makes related provisions.

2021-A9202 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9202
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 9, 2022
                                ___________
 
 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 the disclosure of
   certain health information during a declared health emergency
 
   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
 206-c to read as follows:
   § 206-C. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN HEALTH INFORMATION  DURING  A  DECLARED
 HEALTH  EMERGENCY. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL COMPILE AND REPORT IN A TIMELY
 MANNER SIMULTANEOUSLY TO THE GOVERNOR, THE SPEAKER OF THE  ASSEMBLY  AND
 THE  TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  SENATE,  HEALTH CARE DATA RELATED TO
 DECLARED HEALTH EMERGENCIES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE NUMBER OF
 CASES RELATED TO SUCH HEALTH EMERGENCY THAT ORIGINATE IN NURSING,  ADULT
 AND RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES THAT ARE TRANSFERRED TO HOSPITALS
 AND  ANY  DEATHS  ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH CASES; NUMBER OF CASES RELATED TO
 SUCH HEALTH EMERGENCY THAT ORIGINATE IN  HOSPITALS  AND  TRANSFERRED  TO
 NURSING,  ADULT  OR  RESIDENTIAL  HEALTH  CARE FACILITIES AND ANY DEATHS
 ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH CASES; AND THE REASON A  PATIENT  WAS  ADMITTED  OR
 VISITING  A HOSPITAL, NURSING, ADULT OR RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY
 WHEN THE PATIENT TESTED POSITIVE FOR OR WAS  AFFECTED  BY  THE  DECLARED
 HEALTH  EMERGENCY. ALL SUCH INFORMATION SHALL INCLUDE NEW AND CUMULATIVE
 DATA. ALL PERSONALLY  IDENTIFIABLE  HEALTH  INFORMATION  SHALL  BE  KEPT
 CONFIDENTIAL. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ALSO UPDATE THE SAME INFORMATION ON
 THE  DEPARTMENT'S  WEBSITE  THAT  IS DOWNLOADABLE IN SPREADSHEET FORMAT,
 ORGANIZED ACCORDING TO COUNTY AND DATE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13592-03-2

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