Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Oct 25, 2023 |
signed chap.567 |
Oct 13, 2023 |
delivered to governor |
May 31, 2023 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.849 substituted for s3449 |
May 31, 2023 |
substituted by a6017 |
May 15, 2023 |
advanced to third reading |
May 10, 2023 |
2nd report cal. |
May 09, 2023 |
1st report cal.849 |
Jan 31, 2023 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S3449
Signed By Governor2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 33rd Senate District
Current Bill Status Via A6017 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2023-S3449 (ACTIVE) - Details
2023-S3449 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3449 SPONSOR: RIVERA TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to granting immunity from liability to organizations which establish physician committees PURPOSE: Grants immunity from liability to organizations which establish physi- cian committees, the purpose of which being to refer to treatment physi- cians who are thought to be suffering from addiction or mental illness. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends paragraph (g) of subdivision 11 of section 230 of the Public Health Law, pertaining to the State board for professional medical conduct. This section establishes proceedings to authorize the Medical Society of the State of New York's Committee for Physicians' Health program and adds additional statutory language to clarify that the liability protections offered in the statute for physician partic-
2023-S3449 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3449 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 31, 2023 ___________ 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. LBD06140-01-3 S. 3449 2
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