Bill Text: NY A07807 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires that certain information be provided to patients and health care practitioners regarding sudden unexpected death in epilepsy.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-23 - advanced to third reading cal.336 [A07807 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A07807-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7807--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 23, 2019
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        Introduced  by M. of A. EPSTEIN, SEAWRIGHT, JAFFEE, SAYEGH, McDONOUGH --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Health  --  recommitted  to
          the  Committee on Health in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
          committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
          recommitted to said committee

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  health  law, in relation to information
          provided to patients regarding sudden unexpected death in epilepsy

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision 2 of section 2995 of the public health law is
     2  amended by adding two new paragraphs (f) and (g) to read as follows:
     3    (f) "Health care practitioner" shall mean a physician,  nurse  practi-
     4  tioner,  or  physician assistant licensed or certified pursuant to title
     5  eight of the education law.
     6    (g) "Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy"  shall  mean  sudden,  unex-
     7  pected  death  in  patients with epilepsy, with or without evidence of a
     8  seizure.
     9    § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2997-f-1
    10  to read as follows:
    11    § 2997-f-1. Provision of information  relating  to  sudden  unexpected
    12  death  in  epilepsy.  1.  Any health care practitioner who is treating a
    13  patient for epilepsy, who has primary responsibility for  the  treatment
    14  and  care of the patient,  shall provide such patient with the following
    15  written information:
    16    (a) current and evidence-based  information  about  sudden  unexpected
    17  death  in epilepsy risk factors and conditions that has been reviewed by
    18  one or more accredited medical experts and national  epilepsy  organiza-
    19  tions; and
    20    (b)  contact  information  for  nonprofit  organizations  that provide
    21  information and support services for epilepsy conditions.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11201-06-0
        A. 7807--A                          2

     1    2.(a) The commissioner shall provide  written  information  to  health
     2  care  practitioners  necessary  to  implement  subdivision  one  of this
     3  section, and shall post such information on the department's website.
     4    (b)  The commissioner shall ensure that such information is culturally
     5  and linguistically appropriate for all recipients.
     6    (c) Any local or national  organization  that  provides  education  or
     7  services related to epilepsy conditions may request that the commission-
     8  er include such organization's informational material and contact infor-
     9  mation  on  the  department's  website. Once such a request is made, the
    10  commissioner may add the information to the department's website at  his
    11  or her discretion.
    12    §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    13  have become a law.