Bill Text: NY A03429 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a state-wide database providing the location and availability of medical procedures within New York state, specifying which hospitals are equipped to perform each procedure.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-27 - referred to health [A03429 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A03429-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3429
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 27, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. McKEVITT, GRAF -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Health
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in  relation  to  establishing  a
          state-wide database on the location and availability of medical proce-
          dures
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 1 of  section  2995-b
     2  of  the  public health law, as added by chapter 542 of the laws of 2000,
     3  are amended and a new paragraph (d) is added to read as follows:
     4    (b) Statewide performance  data  comparing  utilization  and  selected
     5  performance  measures  to  accepted norms and/or benchmarks developed by
     6  recognized experts, which were developed pursuant to subparagraph  (iii)
     7  of  paragraph  (a) of subdivision one of the former section twenty-eight
     8  hundred seven-n of this chapter, as added by section  sixty  of  chapter
     9  six  hundred  thirty-nine  of  the  laws of nineteen hundred ninety-six;
    10  [and]
    11    (c) Other hospital data, if any, collected for public dissemination by
    12  the state task force on health care quality improvement pursuant to  the
    13  former  section twenty-eight hundred four-b of this chapter, as added by
    14  section sixty-a of chapter six hundred thirty-nine of the laws of  nine-
    15  teen hundred ninety-six[.]; and
    16    (d)   Establish  a  state-wide  database  of  all  medical  procedures
    17  performed in hospitals in  the  state.  The  database  shall  list  each
    18  medical  procedure  and  provide  information  on  which  hospitals  are
    19  equipped to perform such medical procedure.
    20    § 2. Section 2995-b of the public health law is amended by adding  two
    21  new subdivisions 4 and 5 to read as follows:
    22    4.  Electronic  access.  The  department  shall provide for electronic
    23  access to and copying of hospital report  cards  developed  pursuant  to
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  this  section  and  make  such information available on the department's
     2  website.
     3    5.  Rules  and  regulations. The department shall promulgate any rules
     4  and regulations necessary for the implementation of such database estab-
     5  lished pursuant to paragraph (d) of subdivision one of this section.
     6    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.