Bill Text: NY S02621 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Authorizes the commissioner of health to award grants for graduate medical education in Lyme and tick-borne disease and to designate organizations as centers for Lyme and tick-borne disease excellence.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 12-2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-04 - referred to higher education [S02621 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S02621-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2621--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 13, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. SERINO, HELMING, JACOBS, KENNEDY, LARKIN, MARCHIONE, O'MARA, PHILLIPS, RITCHIE, VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- recom- mitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged and said bill committed to the Commit- tee on Rules -- ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to grants for gradu- ate medical education in Lyme and tick-borne disease The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Article 27-H of the public health law, as added by chapter 2 550 of the laws of 1988, is amended by adding a new section 2799 to read 3 as follows: 4 § 2799. Grants for graduate medical education in Lyme and tick-borne 5 disease. 1. (a) The commissioner is authorized, within amounts appropri- 6 ated for such purpose to make grants in support of certified fellowship 7 education programs including but not limited to, preventative medicine, 8 chronic disease, or epidemiology, to establish or expand education in 9 Lyme and tick-borne disease for graduate medical education, and to 10 increase the opportunities for trainee education in Lyme and tick-borne 11 disease. 12 (b) Grants under this subdivision for graduate medical education and 13 education in Lyme and tick-borne disease may be used for administration, 14 faculty recruitment and development, start-up costs and costs incurred 15 teaching Lyme and tick-borne disease in research-based programs or 16 patient-based care sites, including, but not limited to, personnel, 17 administration and trainee related expenses and other expenses judged 18 reasonable and necessary by the commissioner. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07103-02-8S. 2621--A 2 1 (c) Grants under this subdivision shall be awarded by the commissioner 2 through a competitive application process. In making awards, the commis- 3 sioner shall consider the extent to which the applicant: 4 (i) plans to incorporate emerging Lyme and tick-borne disease research 5 into fellowship training programs, including diagnostic procedures and 6 all medical treatment options, including the benefits and risks of each 7 option; 8 (ii) functions in collaboration with research or patient-based care, 9 or both; 10 (iii) makes complementary efforts to recruit or train qualified facul- 11 ty in Lyme and tick-borne disease education and prevention; and 12 (iv) utilizes available Lyme and tick-borne disease diagnostic and 13 treatment, and support services in the community. 14 2. The commissioner shall designate organizations, upon successful 15 application and performance, as centers for Lyme and tick-borne disease 16 excellence. Such designations shall be pursuant to an application as 17 designed by the department, and based on service, staffing and other 18 criteria as developed by the commissioner. Such centers of excellence 19 shall provide specialized Lyme and tick-borne disease care, treatment, 20 education and related services. Designation as a center for Lyme and 21 tick-borne disease excellence shall not entitle a center to enhanced 22 reimbursement, but may be utilized in outreach and other promotional 23 activities. 24 3. The commissioner may designate Lyme and tick-borne disease resource 25 centers ("resource center"). A resource center may be statewide or 26 regional, and shall act as a source of technical information and guid- 27 ance for practitioners on the latest Lyme and tick-borne disease strate- 28 gies, therapies and medications. The department may contract with not- 29 for-profit organizations or associations to establish and manage 30 resource centers. A resource center may charge a fee to defray the cost 31 of the service. 32 4. The commissioner shall prepare and submit a report to the governor 33 and the legislature, on or before February first, two thousand nineteen 34 reporting the results and evaluating the effectiveness of this section. 35 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.