Bill Text: NY A03175 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes certain health care professionals licensed to practice in other jurisdictions to practice in this state in connection with Double H Ranch.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to higher education [A03175 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A03175-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         3175--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 2, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. SIMPSON, DeSTEFANO -- read once and referred to
          the Committee  on  Higher  Education  --  committee  discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee

        AN ACT to authorize certain health care professionals licensed to  prac-
          tice  in  other  jurisdictions to practice in this state in connection
          with Double H Ranch; and providing for the repeal of  such  provisions
          upon expiration thereof

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

     1    Section 1. 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of  law,  any
     2  person who is licensed or certified to practice as a physician in anoth-
     3  er state or territory, who is in good standing in such state or territo-
     4  ry,  and  who  has  a written agreement to provide medical services with
     5  Double H Ranch in the town of Lake Luzerne,  may  provide  such  profes-
     6  sional services to children and staff without being licensed to practice
     7  pursuant  to  the  provisions of title eight of the education law.  Such
     8  services shall be provided only between June  13,  2023  and  August  8,
     9  2023.
    10    2.  Any person practicing as a physician in New York state pursuant to
    11  this act shall be subject to the personal and subject  matter  jurisdic-
    12  tion  and  disciplinary and regulatory authority of the board of regents
    13  and the state board for professional medical conduct established  pursu-
    14  ant  to  section two hundred thirty of the public health law as if he or
    15  she is a licensee and as if the exemption pursuant  to  this  act  is  a
    16  license.  Such  individual  shall  comply  with applicable provisions of
    17  title eight of the education law, the public health law,  the  rules  of
    18  the  board  of regents, the state board for professional medical conduct
    19  established pursuant to section two hundred thirty of the public  health
    20  law,  and  the  regulations  of  the  commissioner  of education and the

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  commissioner of health, relating to professional  misconduct,  discipli-
     2  nary proceedings and penalties for professional misconduct.
     3    §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
     4  deemed repealed one year after such date.