Legislation

* § 2016. Duty to report. 1. Every physician, nurse practitioner,
physician assistant and general hospital that diagnoses or is treating a
patient diagnosed with FTD disorder shall give notice no later than one
hundred eighty days of every case of FTD disorders coming under their
care, to the department, in a format to be determined by the
commissioner, except as otherwise provided in this article.

2. All patients diagnosed with FTD disorders shall be provided written
and verbal notice regarding the collection of information and patient
data on FTD disorders. Patients who do not wish to participate in the
collection of data shall affirmatively opt-out in writing after ample
opportunity to review such notice, provided that, the mere incidence of
a patient with an FTD disorder shall be the sole required information
for the registry under section two thousand seventeen of this article
for any patient who chooses not to participate.

* NB Effective January 14, 2026