Assembly Bill A1220

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to utilization review agents access to electronic medical records

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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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2023-A1220 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2803, 4902 & 4905, Pub Health L; amd §31.04, Ment Hyg L; amd §§4902 & 4905, Ins L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A10403

2023-A1220 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires certain medical records to be made available when requested by utilization review agents.

2023-A1220 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1220
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LUNSFORD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the public health law, the mental hygiene law and the
   insurance law, in relation to  utilization  review  agents  access  to
   electronic medical records
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 2803 of the public health law is amended by  adding
 a new subdivision 14 to read as follows:
   14.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL REQUIRE EVERY GENERAL HOSPITAL AND EVERY
 CLINIC LICENSED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE TO ADOPT  A  PROCESS  BY  WHICH
 ACCESS  TO ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS ARE PROVIDED TO UTILIZATION REVIEW
 AGENTS FOR PURPOSES OF ARTICLE FORTY-NINE OF THIS  CHAPTER  AND  ARTICLE
 FORTY-NINE OF THE INSURANCE LAW. NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL PROHIBIT
 A  HEALTH  CARE  PLAN FROM ENTERING INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH A HEALTH CARE
 PROVIDER FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS PURSUANT  TO
 THIS SUBDIVISION.
   §  2.  Paragraph  (g)  of  subdivision 1 of section 4902 of the public
 health law, as added by chapter 705 of the laws of 1996, is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   (g)  Establishment  of  appropriate  policies and procedures to ensure
 that all applicable state and federal laws to protect the confidentiali-
 ty of individual medical records, INCLUDING ELECTRONIC MEDICAL  RECORDS,
 are followed;
   §  3.  Subdivision  7  of  section  4905  of the public health law, as
 amended by section 6 of subpart C of part AA of chapter 57 of  the  laws
 of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   7.  When  making  prospective,  concurrent  and retrospective determi-
 nations, utilization review agents shall collect only  such  information
 as  is  necessary  to  make  such  determination and shall not routinely
 require health care providers to numerically code  diagnoses  or  proce-

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01942-01-3
              

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