Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Nov 03, 2021 |
tabled vetoed memo.52 |
Oct 22, 2021 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 08, 2021 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1591 substituted for s7109 |
Jun 08, 2021 |
substituted by a3149 |
Jun 07, 2021 |
ordered to third reading cal.1591 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jun 01, 2021 |
referred to social services |
Senate Bill S7109
Vetoed By Governor2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 19th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A3149 - Vetoed 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
- Vetoed By Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2021-S7109 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-S7109 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7109 SPONSOR: PERSAUD TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the social services law, in relation to establishing factors to be considered when a health care practitioner upon examina- tion has a different opinion from an applicant's treating health care practitioner's opinion as to an applicant's disability PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To ensure that the opinions and determinations of a public assistance applicant's treating health care practitioner are given sufficient weight when making disability determinations. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends subdivision 4 of section 332-b of the social services law, by adding a new subdivision 4-b.
2021-S7109 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7109 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 1, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to establishing factors to be considered when a health care practitioner upon exam- ination has a different opinion from an applicant's treating health care practitioner's opinion as to an applicant's disability THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 332-b of the social services law is amended by adding a new subdivision 4-b to read as follows: 4-B. IN THE EVENT THE PRACTITIONER TO WHOM THE INDIVIDUAL IS REFERRED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FOUR OR PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION ISSUES AN OPINION THAT DIFFERS FROM THE APPLICANT'S TREATING HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER'S OPINION, THE APPLICANT'S TREATING HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER'S OPINION IS GENERALLY CONTROLLING, SUBJECT TO, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: (A) THE LENGTH AND FREQUENCY OF THE TREATMENT PROVIDED, (B) CONSISTENCY OF THE OPINION WITH THE RECORD AS A WHOLE, (C) THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE OPINION IS SUPPORTED BY CONCRETE EVIDENCE, AND (D) THE PRACTITIONER'S SPECIALTY. § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01678-01-1
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