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                                   8774
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2022
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. FALL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2021 relating to directing  the
   commissioner of health to conduct a study of the delivery of ambulato-
   ry  and  other  medical  care in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in
   relation to healthcare facilities to be studied and the delivery of  a
   report

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1 of a chapter of the  laws  of  2021  relating  to
 directing  the commissioner of health to conduct a study of the delivery
 of ambulatory and other medical care in response to the COVID-19 pandem-
 ic, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 6375  and  A.  5713,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   Section  1. a. The commissioner of health shall conduct a study of the
 delivery of primary care, urgent  care,  and  commonly  used  ambulatory
 health care services in this state in response to the COVID-19 pandemic,
 including  the  current  situation  and  expected trends for the future.
 Entities to be studied  shall include [clinics operating within or spon-
 sored by pharmacies and other retail businesses (retail clinics),  ambu-
 latory  health  care offices open for extended hours without an appoint-
 ment (urgent care centers), and major ambulatory health care   practices
 (whether  in  one  location  or  multiple  locations)  whose health care
 professionals are linked directly or indirectly in an economic relation-
 ship,] THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF  HEALTH  CARE  FACILITIES  LICENSED  UNDER
 ARTICLE  TWENTY-EIGHT  OF  THE  PUBLIC  HEALTH  LAW: federally qualified
 health centers, community health centers,  general  hospital  ambulatory
 care  clinics,  and  other  [ambulatory  care]  DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT
 centers.  Entities to be studied shall not  include  ambulatory  surgery
 centers or office-based surgery practices.
   b.    The study shall examine the impact of the respective entities on
 the delivery, quality, accessibility, and cost of ambulatory health care
 in this state.  The commissioner shall make recommendations  to  improve
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 the  delivery,  quality,  accessibility,  and  cost of the full range of
 ambulatory health care services required by communities in this state.
   c.    During  the  study  the operator of [a clinic,] AN urgent care[,
 and/or such major ambulatory health care practice] CENTER  NOT  LICENSED
 UNDER  ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW shall give a 30-day
 notice to the department of health and locally elected officials  before
 a closure[,] OR relocation [or decertification].
   d.  The commissioner of health shall report and publish on the depart-
 ment of health's website, and transmit the commissioner's  findings  and
 recommendations to the governor, the speaker of the assembly, the minor-
 ity  leader  of  the assembly, the temporary president of the senate and
 the minority leader of the senate on or before [one year] TWO YEARS from
 the date this act shall take effect.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
 manner  as  a  chapter  of  the  laws  of 2021 relating to directing the
 commissioner of health to conduct a study of the delivery of  ambulatory
 and other medical care in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as proposed
 in legislative bills numbers S. 6375 and A. 5713, takes effect.