Bill Text: NY A06630 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires information made public by the state board of professional medical conduct and health information required to be made public by the department of health to be disseminated in both written and electronic form in the 8 languages that are most spoken in the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to health [A06630 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A06630-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6630
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 27, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. KIM -- read once and referred to the Committee on
         Health
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  health  law, in relation to information
         disseminated to the public by the state board of professional  medical
         conduct and by the department of health relating to health information
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 230 of the public health law is amended by adding a
    2  new subdivision 20 to read as follows:
    3    20. ALL INFORMATION, FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS  AND  DETERMINATIONS  WHICH
    4  ARE  AUTHORIZED  OR  REQUIRED  TO  BE  DISCLOSED  TO THE PUBLIC SHALL BE
    5  PUBLISHED IN BOTH WRITTEN AND ELECTRONIC FORM  IN  THE  EIGHT  LANGUAGES
    6  WHICH ARE MOST SPOKEN IN THIS STATE.
    7    S  2. Section 2997-a of the public health law, as added by chapter 542
    8  of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
    9    S 2997-a. Public access. 1. Nothing in this title shall abridge public
   10  access to information currently available  or  permitted  by  any  other
   11  provision  or rule of law. Nothing in this title shall not authorize the
   12  disclosure of otherwise confidential information, except pursuant to the
   13  express terms of this title.
   14    2. ALL INFORMATION MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE
   15  SHALL BE PROVIDED IN BOTH WRITTEN  AND  ELECTRONIC  FORM  IN  THE  EIGHT
   16  LANGUAGES WHICH ARE MOST SPOKEN IN THIS STATE.
   17    S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   18  it  shall  have  became a law; provided that, effective immediately, any
   19  rules and regulations or any other action  necessary  to  implement  the
   20  provisions of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed
   21  to be completed on or before such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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