Bill Text: NY A09202 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that the commissioner of health shall compile and simultaneously report in a timely manner to the governor, the speaker of the assembly and the temporary president of the senate, health care data related to declared health emergencies including, but not limited to, the number of cases related to such health emergency that originate in nursing, adult and residential health care facilities that are transferred to hospitals and any deaths associated with such cases; and the reason a patient was admitted or visiting a hospital, nursing, adult or residential health care facility when the patient tested positive for or was affected by the declared health emergency; makes related provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-09 - referred to health [A09202 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A09202-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9202

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 9, 2022
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Health

        AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the disclosure of
          certain health information during a declared health emergency

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

     1    Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
     2  206-c to read as follows:
     3    § 206-c. Disclosure of certain health information  during  a  declared
     4  health  emergency. The commissioner shall compile and report in a timely
     5  manner simultaneously to the governor, the speaker of the  assembly  and
     6  the  temporary  president  of  the  senate,  health care data related to
     7  declared health emergencies including, but not limited to, the number of
     8  cases related to such health emergency that originate in nursing,  adult
     9  and residential health care facilities that are transferred to hospitals
    10  and  any  deaths  associated with such cases; number of cases related to
    11  such health emergency that originate in  hospitals  and  transferred  to
    12  nursing,  adult  or  residential  health  care facilities and any deaths
    13  associated with such cases; and the reason a  patient  was  admitted  or
    14  visiting  a hospital, nursing, adult or residential health care facility
    15  when the patient tested positive for or was  affected  by  the  declared
    16  health  emergency. All such information shall include new and cumulative
    17  data. All personally  identifiable  health  information  shall  be  kept
    18  confidential. The commissioner shall also update the same information on
    19  the  department's  website  that  is downloadable in spreadsheet format,
    20  organized according to county and date.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13592-03-2