Bill Text: NY A09117 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to prohibiting fees to be charged to agencies for copies of certain clinical records.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-11-28 - signed chap.453 [A09117 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A09117-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9117
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 28, 2016
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  O'DONNELL  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Mental Health
        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to prohibiting  fees
          to be charged to agencies for copies of certain clinical records
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph 17 of subdivision (c) of  section  33.13  of  the
     2  mental  hygiene  law,  as  added  by chapter 247 of the laws of 2015, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    17. to the agency designated by the governor pursuant  to  subdivision
     5  (b)  of section 558 of the executive law to provide protection and advo-
     6  cacy services and administer  the  protection  and  advocacy  system  as
     7  provided  for  by  federal law. Such agency shall not be charged any fee
     8  for copies of records obtained from a facility under this article.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13858-01-6