Bill Text: NY S00261 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 261 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides that a patient who is eighteen years of age or older shall have the right to request a report of any laboratory results of tests performed on such person.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S00261 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S00261-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          261
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 5, 2011
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by Sens. MAZIARZ, ALESI, DeFRANCISCO, GRIFFO, HANNON, LIBOUS
         -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
         the Committee on Health
       AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to permitting  direct
         access to laboratory results
         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  576-d to read as follows:
    3    S 576-D. DIRECT PATIENT ACCESS TO LABORATORY RESULTS. A PATIENT WHO IS
    4  EIGHTEEN  YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO REQUEST A REPORT
    5  OF ANY LABORATORY RESULTS OF TESTS PERFORMED ON SUCH PERSON.  NOTHING IN
    6  THIS SECTION SHALL AUTHORIZE A CLINICAL  LABORATORY  TO  ENGAGE  IN  THE
    7  PRACTICE  OF  ANY HEALTH CARE PROFESSION UNDER TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCA-
    8  TION LAW. THE REPORT ISSUED TO A PERSON PURSUANT TO THIS  SECTION  SHALL
    9  CONTAIN  A  CLEAR  STATEMENT,  PRESENTED  IN  A PROMINENT MANNER, TO THE
   10  EFFECT THAT THE REPORT SHOULD NOT BE VIEWED AS MEDICAL ADVICE AND IS NOT
   11  MEANT TO REPLACE DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH A PHYSICIAN OR  OTHER  HEALTH
   12  CARE PRACTITIONER.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   14  it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
   15  ly,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation
   16  necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective  date  are
   17  authorized  and  directed  to  be  made  and completed on or before such
   18  effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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