Senate Bill S1606

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Grants immunity from liability to organizations which establish physician committees the purpose of which is to refer to treatment physicians who are thought to be suffering from addiction or mental illness

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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-S1606 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A865
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §230, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S3461, A7267
2017-2018: S2245, A2703
2019-2020: S1796, A2995
2023-2024: S3449, A6017

2021-S1606 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants immunity from liability to organizations which establish physician committees the purpose of which is to confront and refer to treatment physicians who are thought to be suffering from addiction or mental illness.

2021-S1606 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S1606 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1606
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 14, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to granting  immunity
   from liability to organizations which establish physician committees
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (g) of subdivision  11  of  section  230  of  the
 public health law, as added by chapter 426 of the laws of 1983, subpara-
 graphs  (ii)  and  (iii)  as amended by chapter 606 of the laws of 1991,
 subparagraphs (v) and (vi) as added by chapter 582 of the laws of  1984,
 is amended to read as follows:
   (g) (I) Any physician committee of the Medical Society of the State of
 New  York,  the  New  York State Osteopathic Society or a county medical
 society referred to in subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (c) of this subdi-
 vision shall develop procedures in consultation with, and  approved  by,
 the commissioner [of the department of health], including but not limit-
 ed to the following:
   [(i)]  (A)  The  committee  shall  disclose at least once a month such
 information as the  director  of  the  office  of  professional  medical
 conduct  may  deem  appropriate  regarding reports received, contacts or
 investigations made and the disposition of each report, provided however
 that the committee shall not disclose any personally identifiable infor-
 mation except as provided in [subparagraph (ii)] CLAUSE (B) or [subpara-
 graph (iii)] (C) of this [paragraph] SUBPARAGRAPH.
   [(ii)] (B) The committee shall immediately report to the director  the
 name,  all information obtained and the results of any contact or inves-
 tigation regarding any physician who  is  believed  to  be  an  imminent
 danger to the public.
   [(iii)]  (C)  The  committee  shall report to the director in a timely
 fashion all information obtained regarding any physician who refuses  to
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00255-01-1
              

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