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                                  6191--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 10, 2021
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 Introduced  by  M.  of A. GALEF, L. ROSENTHAL, BURDICK, SIMON, SILLITTI,
   McMAHON, LAVINE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  MANKTELOW  --  read
   once  and referred to the Committee on Health -- committee discharged,
   bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
   committee

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring a physi-
   cian  who  treats  a minor patient with a medical condition to provide
   certain educational information to such patient's parents or guardians
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Shepherd
 Patterson law".
   § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new  section  2500-m
 to read as follows:
   §  2500-M. INFORMATION ON EDUCATION ACCOMMODATIONS FOR A MINOR PATIENT
 WITH A MEDICAL CONDITION THAT MAY CAUSE A DISABILITY.  1.  ON OR  BEFORE
 JULY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-TWO, THE DEPARTMENT, IN CONSULTATION
 WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  EDUCATION,  SHALL  DEVELOP  AN  INFORMATIONAL
 PAMPHLET  FOR PRACTITIONERS TO DISTRIBUTE TO THE PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OF
 A PATIENT UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN WITH A MEDICAL  CONDITION  THAT  MAY
 CREATE  A  DISABILITY  FOR  THE  PATIENT  AS  DEFINED UNDER SECTION FIVE
 HUNDRED FOUR OF THE  FEDERAL  REHABILITATION  ACT  OF  NINETEEN  HUNDRED
 SEVENTY-THREE.    SUCH INFORMATION SHALL INDICATE THAT SUCH MINOR MAY BE
 ENTITLED TO A FREE AND APPROPRIATE PUBLIC  EDUCATION  AS  DEFINED  UNDER
 SECTION  FIVE HUNDRED FOUR OF THE FEDERAL REHABILITATION ACT OF NINETEEN
 HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE, AS AMENDED, WHICH MAY INCLUDE ACCOMMODATIONS  FOR
 THE  DELIVERY  OF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR ELIGIBLE STUDENTS WITH DISA-
 BILITIES.  SUCH WRITTEN INFORMATION SHALL ALSO STATE  THAT  THE  PARENT,
 GUARDIAN,  OR  PERSON IN A PARENTAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PATIENT SHOULD
 CONTACT THEIR SCHOOL TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE  PATIENT
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03447-06-1
              

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 AND  THE  BENEFITS  OF SHARING POTENTIALLY LIFE-SAVING EMERGENCY MEDICAL
 INFORMATION WITH SCHOOL PERSONNEL.
   2. THE INFORMATIONAL PAMPHLET SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR USE BY PRAC-
 TITIONERS  ON  THE  DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE IN A PRINTABLE FILE, AND MAY BE
 AVAILABLE FOR  ORDER  AS  A  PRINTED  DELIVERABLE  ON  THE  DEPARTMENT'S
 WEBSITE.    THE  PAMPHLET  SHALL  BE WRITTEN IN ENGLISH AND THE SIX MOST
 COMMON NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY INDIVIDUALS  BASED  ON  THE  MOST
 RECENT FEDERAL CENSUS.
   3.  A  PRACTITIONER  MAY  PROVIDE  THE  PARENT  AND/OR GUARDIAN OF THE
 PATIENT WITH THE  INFORMATIONAL  PAMPHLET  DEVELOPED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 SECTION.
   4.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS SECTION, "PRACTITIONER" MEANS A HEALTH CARE
 PROFESSIONAL LICENSED, CERTIFIED, OR OTHERWISE  AUTHORIZED  TO  PRACTICE
 UNDER THE EDUCATION LAW, ACTING WITHIN THE SCOPE OF PRACTICE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.