Bill Text: NY S04492 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the clinical trial access and education fund to provide grants to eligible applicants to provide certain services for patients with life-threatening or disabling conditions or diseases.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S04492 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S04492-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4492
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 24, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  DUANE, HASSELL-THOMPSON -- 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  establishing  the
         clinical trial access and education fund
         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  2424 to read as follows:
    3    S 2424. CLINICAL TRIAL ACCESS AND EDUCATION FUND. 1. DEFINITIONS.  FOR
    4  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOW-
    5  ING MEANINGS:
    6    A.  "ELIGIBLE  APPLICANT"  MEANS  (I) A MEDICAL SCHOOL THAT SPONSORS A
    7  CLINICAL TRIAL, (II) A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH  EXPERIENCE  AND
    8  EXPERTISE  WORKING  WITH  PATIENTS  WITH  LIFE-THREATENING  OR DISABLING
    9  CONDITIONS OR DISEASES, (III) A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER ORGANIZATION, ASSO-
   10  CIATION  OR  SOCIETY,  (IV)  A  GENERAL  HOSPITAL  DEFINED  IN   ARTICLE
   11  TWENTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER, (V) A COUNTY OR CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, OR
   12  (VI) A MUNICIPALITY.
   13    B.  "CLINICAL  TRIAL"  SHALL  HAVE  THE SAME MEANING AS IN SUBDIVISION
   14  TWO-B OF SECTION FORTY-NINE HUNDRED OF THIS CHAPTER.
   15    2. ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.  THERE  IS  HEREBY  ESTABLISHED  WITHIN  THE
   16  DEPARTMENT A CLINICAL TRIAL ACCESS AND EDUCATION FUND. SUBJECT TO APPRO-
   17  PRIATIONS, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS ON
   18  A  COMPETITIVE  REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL BASIS TO PROVIDE ONE OR MORE OF THE
   19  FOLLOWING SERVICES TO PATIENTS WITH LIFE-THREATENING OR DISABLING CONDI-
   20  TIONS OR DISEASES, AS SUCH  TERMS  ARE  DEFINED  IN  SECTION  FORTY-NINE
   21  HUNDRED  OF  THIS CHAPTER, TO FACILITATE ACCESS TO OR EDUCATION ON CLIN-
   22  ICAL TRIALS OF TREATMENTS FOR THE PATIENT'S CONDITION OR DISEASE:
   23    A. TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AND LODGING TO PROVIDE PATIENTS WITH ACCESS
   24  TO CLINICAL TRIALS OR OTHER RELATED TREATMENTS WHILE ENROLLED IN A CLIN-
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00367-01-9
       S. 4492                             2
    1  ICAL TRIAL OR TO ACCESS TESTING AND OTHER SERVICES TO DETERMINE  PATIENT
    2  ELIGIBILITY FOR A CLINICAL TRIAL;
    3    B.  PATIENT OUTREACH AND EDUCATION SERVICES TO EDUCATE PATIENTS, THEIR
    4  FAMILIES AND HEALTH CARE  PROVIDERS  ABOUT  THE  EXISTENCE  OF  AND  HOW
    5  PATIENTS  MAY ENROLL IN CLINICAL TRIALS, UNDER SECTION TWO HUNDRED SEVEN
    6  OF THIS CHAPTER; AND
    7    C. PATIENT NAVIGATION SERVICES TO HELP PATIENTS TO DETERMINE  IF  THEY
    8  ARE ELIGIBLE FOR CLINICAL TRIALS, TO HELP PATIENTS TO ENROLL IN CLINICAL
    9  TRIALS  AND TO ASSIST PATIENTS IN DEALING WITH INSURANCE OR OTHER ISSUES
   10  WHICH SERVE AS BARRIERS TO PATIENT ENROLLMENT IN CLINICAL TRIALS.
   11    3. APPLICATIONS. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH AN APPLICATION PROC-
   12  ESS BY WHICH ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS  MAY  APPLY  FOR  A  GRANT  UNDER  THIS
   13  SECTION.  THE APPLICATION SHALL INCLUDE:
   14    A. THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA IN WHICH THE SERVICES SHALL BE PROVIDED;
   15    B. A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED;
   16    C.  APPLICANT'S EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH PATIENTS WITH LIFE-THREATENING
   17  OR DISABLING CONDITIONS OR DISEASES;
   18    D. APPLICANT'S ABILITY TO PROVIDE PATIENT OUTREACH OR  CLINICAL  TRIAL
   19  EDUCATION  AND NAVIGATION SERVICES, OR COORDINATE OR PROVIDE TRANSPORTA-
   20  TION AND LODGING FOR PATIENTS; AND
   21    E. ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT  THE  COMMISSIONER  DEEMS  RELEVANT  AND
   22  APPROPRIATE.
   23    THE COMMISSIONER SHALL GIVE PREFERENCE TO ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS WHO HAVE
   24  EXPERIENCE  AND EXPERTISE WORKING WITH PATIENTS WITH LIFE-THREATENING OR
   25  DISABLING CONDITIONS OR DISEASES AND PROVIDING PATIENT OUTREACH,  EDUCA-
   26  TION AND HEALTH CARE NAVIGATION SERVICES.
   27    4.  REPORTS. GRANTEES SHALL FILE AN ANNUAL REPORT WITH THE COMMISSION-
   28  ER, IN SUCH FORM AND WITH SUCH INFORMATION AND DATA AS THE  COMMISSIONER
   29  PRESCRIBES  DETAILING THE EXPENDITURE OF GRANT FUNDS AND SUMMARIZING THE
   30  EFFORTS UNDERTAKEN TO INCREASE PATIENT ACCESS TO CLINICAL TRIALS.
   31    5. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAKE  REGULATIONS  REASONABLY  NECESSARY  TO
   32  IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   33    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.