Bill Text: NY A09108 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to municipal limited health care service facilities; diagnostic or treatment centers or other facilities managed and administered by a local health department for the purpose of providing limited health care services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-17 - referred to health [A09108 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A09108-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
       ________________________________________________________________________
                                         9108
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 17, 2014
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  M.  of A. PAULIN, GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Health
       AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to municipal  limited
         health care service facilities
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 2801-a of the  public  health  law  is  amended  by
    2  adding a new subdivision 17 to read as follows:
    3    17.  (A)  DIAGNOSTIC  OR TREATMENT CENTERS OR OTHER FACILITIES MANAGED
    4  AND ADMINISTERED BY A LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVID-
    5  ING LIMITED HEALTH CARE SERVICES AS DEFINED BY THE COMMISSIONER  MAY  BE
    6  OPERATED  BY  A  LOCAL  HEALTH  DEPARTMENT.    SUCH  FACILITIES SHALL BE
    7  REFERRED TO IN  THIS  SUBDIVISION  AS  "MUNICIPAL  LIMITED  HEALTH  CARE
    8  SERVICE FACILITIES".
    9    (B) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS FOR MUNICIPAL LIMIT-
   10  ED HEALTH CARE SERVICE FACILITIES, WHICH MAY BE DIFFERENT FROM THE REGU-
   11  LATIONS  OTHERWISE  APPLICABLE  TO HOSPITALS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
   12  TO: DESIGNATING OR LIMITING THE  DIAGNOSES  AND  SERVICES  THAT  MAY  BE
   13  PROVIDED;  EMPLOYEE  HEALTH REQUIREMENTS; AND REQUIREMENTS OR GUIDELINES
   14  FOR ADVERTISING AND SIGNAGE, DISCLOSURE OF OWNERSHIP INTERESTS, INFORMED
   15  CONSENT, RECORD KEEPING, REFERRAL FOR TREATMENT, CASE REPORTING  TO  THE
   16  PATIENT'S   PRIMARY   CARE  OR  OTHER  HEALTH  CARE  PROVIDERS,  DESIGN,
   17  CONSTRUCTION, FIXTURES, AND EQUIPMENT.
   18    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD14181-04-4
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