Bill Text: NY A10034 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires parity in the standards of dental telehealth services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-12-15 - signed chap.328 [A10034 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A10034-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10034

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      March 4, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  requiring  parity
          in the standards of dental telehealth services

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

     1    Section 1. Section 2999-dd of the public  health  law  is  amended  by
     2  adding two new subdivisions 3 and 4 to read as follows:
     3    3.  (a)  Dental  telehealth  services shall adhere to the standards of
     4  appropriate patient care required in other dental health care  settings,
     5  including  but not limited to appropriate patient examination, taking of
     6  x-rays, and review of a patient's medical and dental history. All dental
     7  telehealth providers shall identify themselves  to  patients,  including
     8  providing  the  professional's  New York state license number. No dental
     9  telehealth provider shall attempt to waive liability for its  telehealth
    10  services in advance of delivering such telehealth services and no dental
    11  telehealth  provider  shall attempt to prevent a patient from filing any
    12  complaint with any governmental agency or authority.
    13    (b) This subdivision shall not be construed to  diminish  requirements
    14  for other telehealth services.
    15    4.  Nothing  in  this  article  shall be deemed to allow any person to
    16  provide any service for which a license, registration, certification  or
    17  other  authorization  under title eight of the education law is required
    18  and which the person does not possess.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15565-01-0