Senate Bill S6546

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes the "health care information management act"

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee


  • 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-S6546 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2272
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 8-A §§820 - 823, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A7652
2017-2018: A948
2019-2020: A2981
2021-2022: A2296

2023-S6546 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing the "health care information management act"; requires an annual report by the commissioner to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly.

2023-S6546 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6546 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6546
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 26, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SALAZAR -- 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  enacting  the
   health care information management act
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  article
 8-A to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 8-A
                                HEALTH CARE
                        INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ACT
 SECTION 820. SHORT TITLE.
         821. COMPILATION OF DATA.
         822. PRESENTATION OF DATA.
         823. ANNUAL REPORT.
   §  820.  SHORT  TITLE. THIS ACT SHALL BE KNOWN AND MAY BE CITED AS THE
 "HEALTH CARE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ACT".
   § 821. COMPILATION OF DATA. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH RULES AND
 REGULATIONS REQUIRING EVERY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOSPITAL, AS  DEFINED  IN
 SUBDIVISION  ONE OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED ONE OF THIS CHAPTER, IN
 CONJUNCTION WITH EMERGENCY AND OTHER MEDICAL SERVICES,  TO  COMPILE  THE
 FOLLOWING  AND  SUBMIT SUCH DATA IN A FORM USEABLE FOR SUCH PURPOSES AND
 TALLIED BY CENSUS TRACT, ANNUALLY TO THE DEPARTMENT:
   1. WITH REGARD TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES: (A) THE LENGTH  OF  TIME
 BETWEEN  EACH  INDIVIDUAL'S CALL TO 911 AND SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S ARRIVAL AT
 THE EMERGENCY ROOM;
   (B) THE LENGTH OF TIME BETWEEN, BUT NOT LIMITED TO ARRIVAL AND  ADMIS-
 SION AT SUCH HOSPITAL REGARDLESS OF METHOD OF ARRIVAL, WHICH MAY INCLUDE
 BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO WALK-INS AND ARRIVAL VIA AMBULANCE;
   (C)  THE  NUMBER OF PATIENTS TREATED AND RELEASED WITHOUT ADMISSION TO
 SUCH HOSPITAL;

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03252-01-3
              

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