Bill Text: NY A09091 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires patients to undergo counseling prior to prostate cancer surgery concerning the option of reconstructive surgery following such procedures.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-17 - referred to health [A09091 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A09091-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9091

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 17, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. SCHMITT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring patients
          to undergo counseling prior to prostate cancer surgery

          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  2803-z to read as follows:
     3    § 2803-z. Hospital care for prostate cancer patients. 1. When a gener-
     4  al hospital provides surgery for prostate cancer, inpatient  care  shall
     5  be  offered  for  a  period  as determined by the attending physician in
     6  consultation with the patient to be medically appropriate. For  purposes
     7  of  this  section,  "reconstructive"  or "reconstruction" shall refer to
     8  post-prostatectomy reconstruction in  regards  to  urinary  leakage  and
     9  erectile dysfunction.
    10    2.  Every  general  hospital  that  offers surgery for prostate cancer
    11  shall provide information to the patient concerning the option of recon-
    12  structive surgery following such procedures, including the  availability
    13  of   coverage   for  reconstructive  surgery,  in  accordance  with  the
    14  provisions of sections three thousand two hundred sixteen,  three  thou-
    15  sand two hundred twenty-one and four thousand three hundred three of the
    16  insurance  law and applicable provisions of federal law. The information
    17  shall be provided to the patient in writing and in advance of  obtaining
    18  consent  to  the  surgical  procedure.  The  information  provided shall
    19  include at least the following:
    20    (a) a description of the various reconstructive options and the advan-
    21  tages and disadvantages of each;
    22    (b) a description of the provisions assuring coverage  by  public  and
    23  private  insurance  plans of the costs related to reconstructive surgery
    24  under federal and state law;
    25    (c) a description of how a patient  may  access  reconstructive  care,
    26  including the potential of transferring care to a facility that provides
    27  reconstructive   care   or   choosing  to  pursue  reconstruction  after

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11319-03-0
        A. 9091                             2

     1  completion  of  prostate  cancer  surgery  and  chemo/radiotherapy,   if
     2  warranted; and
     3    (d) such other information as may be required by the commissioner.
     4    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
     5  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
     6  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
     7  this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
     8  on or before such effective date.