Bill Text: NY A10221 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to extending certain provisions of the public health law and the social services law.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-13 - substituted by s8093a [A10221 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A10221-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10221--A IN ASSEMBLY March 26, 2018 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, D'URSO -- (at request of the Depart- ment of Health) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend chapter 426 of the laws of 1983, amending the public health law relating to professional misconduct proceedings, in relation to the effectiveness of certain provisions thereof; to amend chapter 582 of the laws of 1984, amending the public health law relat- ing to regulating activities of physicians, in relation to the effec- tiveness of certain provisions thereof; to amend the public health law, in relation to extending the demonstration period in certain physician committees; to amend chapter 57 of the laws of 2015, amend- ing the social services law and other laws relating to energy audits and/or disaster preparedness reviews of residential healthcare facili- ties by the commissioner, in relation to the effectiveness of certain provisions thereof; to amend chapter 81 of the laws of 1995, amending the public health law and other laws relating to medical reimbursement and welfare reform, in relation to extending the effectiveness of certain provisions thereof; and to amend chapter 60 of the laws of 2014, amending the social services law relating to eliminating pres- criber prevails for brand name drugs with generic equivalents, in relation to the effectiveness thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 5 of chapter 426 of the laws of 1983, amending the 2 public health law relating to professional misconduct proceedings, as 3 amended by section 22 of part B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2013, is 4 amended to read as follows: 5 § 5. This act shall take effect June 1, 1983 and shall remain in full 6 force and effect until [March 31, 2018] July 1, 2023. 7 § 2. Section 5 of chapter 582 of the laws of 1984, amending the public 8 health law relating to regulating activities of physicians, as amended 9 by section 23 of part B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2013, is amended to 10 read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14386-03-8A. 10221--A 2 1 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately, provided however that the 2 provisions of this act shall remain in full force and effect until 3 [March 31, 2018] July 1, 2023 at which time the provisions of this act 4 shall be deemed to be repealed. 5 § 3. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (c) of subdivision 11 of section 6 230 of the public health law, as amended by section 5-c of part T of a 7 chapter of the laws of 2018, amending the public health law relating to 8 participation and membership in a demonstration period as proposed in 9 legislative bill numbers S. 7507-C and A. 9507-C, is amended to read as 10 follows: 11 (ii) Participation and membership during a three year demonstration 12 period in a physician committee of the Medical Society of the State of 13 New York or the New York State Osteopathic Society whose purpose is to 14 confront and refer to treatment physicians who are thought to be suffer- 15 ing from alcoholism, drug abuse, or mental illness. Such demonstration 16 period shall commence on April first, nineteen hundred eighty and termi- 17 nate on May thirty-first, nineteen hundred eighty-three. An additional 18 demonstration period shall commence on June first, nineteen hundred 19 eighty-three and terminate on March thirty-first, nineteen hundred 20 eighty-six. An additional demonstration period shall commence on April 21 first, nineteen hundred eighty-six and terminate on March thirty-first, 22 nineteen hundred eighty-nine. An additional demonstration period shall 23 commence April first, nineteen hundred eighty-nine and terminate March 24 thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-two. An additional demonstration 25 period shall commence April first, nineteen hundred ninety-two and 26 terminate March thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-five. An addi- 27 tional demonstration period shall commence on April first, nineteen 28 hundred ninety-five and terminate on March thirty-first, nineteen 29 hundred ninety-eight. An additional demonstration period shall commence 30 on April first, nineteen hundred ninety-eight and terminate on March 31 thirty-first, two thousand three. An additional demonstration period 32 shall commence on April first, two thousand three and terminate on March 33 thirty-first, two thousand thirteen. An additional demonstration period 34 shall commence April first, two thousand thirteen and terminate on March 35 thirty-first, two thousand eighteen. An additional demonstration period 36 shall commence April first, two thousand eighteen and terminate on 37 [March thirty-first] July first, two thousand twenty-three provided, 38 however, that the commissioner may prescribe requirements for the 39 continuation of such demonstration program, including periodic reviews 40 of such programs and submission of any reports and data necessary to 41 permit such reviews. During these additional periods, the provisions of 42 this subparagraph shall also apply to a physician committee of a county 43 medical society. 44 § 4. Subdivision 5 of section 60 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws 45 of 2015, amending the social services law and other laws relating to 46 energy audits and/or disaster preparedness reviews of residential 47 healthcare facilities by the commissioner, is amended to read as 48 follows: 49 5. section thirty-eight of this act shall expire and be deemed 50 repealed [March 31, 2018] July 1, 2021; 51 § 5. Subdivision 12 of section 246 of chapter 81 of the laws of 1995, 52 amending the public health law and other laws relating to medical 53 reimbursement and welfare reform, as amended by chapter 49 of the laws 54 of 2017, is amended to read as follows: 55 12. Sections one hundred five-b through one hundred five-f of this act 56 shall expire June 30, [2018] 2019.A. 10221--A 3 1 § 6. Subdivision 4-a of section 71 of part C of chapter 60 of the laws 2 of 2014, amending the social services law relating to eliminating pres- 3 criber prevails for brand name drugs with generic equivalent, as amended 4 by section 2 of part I of chapter 57 of the laws of 2017, is amended to 5 read as follows: 6 4-a. section twenty-two of this act shall take effect April 1, 2014, 7 and shall be deemed expired January 1, [2019] 2021; 8 § 7. This act shall take effect immediately; provided however, that 9 sections one, two and four of this act shall be deemed to have been in 10 full force and effect on and after March 31, 2018; and provided further, 11 that section three of this act shall take effect on the same date and in 12 the same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2018, amending the public 13 health law relating to participation and membership in a demonstration 14 period as proposed in legislative bill numbers S. 7507-C and A. 9507-C, 15 takes effect.
