Legislation

* § 2899-q. Reporting. 1. The commissioner shall annually review a
sample of the records maintained under sections twenty-eight hundred
ninety-nine-j and twenty-eight hundred ninety-nine-p of this article.
The commissioner shall adopt regulations establishing reporting
requirements for physicians taking action under this article to
determine utilization and compliance with this article. The information
collected under this subdivision shall not constitute a public record
available for public inspection and shall be confidential and collected
and maintained in a manner that protects the privacy of the patient, the
patient's family, and any health care provider acting in connection with
such patient under this article, except that such information may be
disclosed to a governmental agency as authorized or required by law
relating to professional discipline, protection of public health or law
enforcement.

2. The commissioner shall prepare a report annually containing
relevant data regarding utilization and compliance with this article and
shall send such report to the legislature, and post such report on the
department's website.

* NB Effective August 5, 2026