Bill Text: NY A03572 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes and directs the department of health to conduct a study on physicians and other licensed healthcare professionals reporting medical conditions that may impair the ability of a motorist to drive a motor vehicle.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to transportation [A03572 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A03572-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3572
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 29, 2019
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        Introduced  by M. of A. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Transportation
        AN ACT authorizing and directing the department of health to  conduct  a
          study  on  physicians  and  other  licensed  healthcare  professionals
          reporting medical conditions that may impair the ability of a motorist
          to drive a motor vehicle
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. The department of health, in consultation with the depart-
     2  ment of motor vehicles, division of state police, medical society of the
     3  state of New York, the nurse practitioner association of New York  state
     4  and  any other agencies or political subdivisions or parties with exper-
     5  tise it deems necessary, shall conduct a study and make  recommendations
     6  regarding physicians and other licensed healthcare professionals report-
     7  ing  medical  conditions  that  may  impair the ability of a motorist to
     8  drive a motor vehicle to the department  of  health  and  department  of
     9  motor  vehicles.  Such recommendations shall include, but not be limited
    10  to: (a) methods for licensed healthcare professionals to identify condi-
    11  tions that pose a significant risk to the  safe  operation  of  a  motor
    12  vehicle;  (b)  the use of uniform validated measures for determining the
    13  degree of impairment of the motorist; (c) a mechanism, including the use
    14  of existing mechanisms, for  healthcare  professionals  to  report  such
    15  conditions  to the department of motor vehicles while protecting patient
    16  confidentiality; and (d) the development of a professional  standard  of
    17  performance  for  physicians and other licensed healthcare professionals
    18  reporting conditions that may pose a significant risk to the safe opera-
    19  tion of a motor vehicle. The study shall  also  include  recommendations
    20  for  improving  and  expanding  use  of the department of motor vehicles
    21  medical review program regarding the reexamination of currently licensed
    22  motorists that may not be qualified to drive a motor vehicle  due  to  a
    23  chronic,  ongoing condition that may cause loss of consciousness, aware-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01995-01-9
        A. 3572                             2
     1  ness or body control and  proper  reporting  of  accidents  in  which  a
     2  medical  condition contributed to causation. The report may also include
     3  recommendations on additional mechanisms, including  without  limitation
     4  administrative  or  statutory remedies and public outreach campaigns, to
     5  increase self-reporting of medical conditions that may impair  a  motor-
     6  ist's ability to operate a motor vehicle.
     7    §  2.  The  study shall be completed and a report with any recommenda-
     8  tions, including findings and justification for the development  of  the
     9  professional  standard  of performance, shall be submitted to the gover-
    10  nor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly,
    11  the chair of the senate  transportation  committee,  the  chair  of  the
    12  assembly  transportation  committee,  the  chair  of  the  senate health
    13  committee and the chair of the assembly health committee within one year
    14  of the effective date of this act.
    15    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.