Bill Text: NY S04949 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to directing the commissioner of health to conduct a study on the feasibility of creating a burn center in Kings County Medical Center in collaboration with SUNY Downstate Medical Center's University Hospital of Brooklyn.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S04949 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S04949-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4949
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 24, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
       AN ACT in relation to directing the commissioner of health to conduct  a
         study  on  the  feasibility  of creating a burn center in Kings County
         Medical Center in collaboration with SUNY Downstate  Medical  Center's
         University Hospital of Brooklyn
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The commissioner of health is directed to conduct  a  study
    2  and do research as to the feasibility of creating a burn center in Kings
    3  County  Medical  Center  in  collaboration  with  SUNY Downstate Medical
    4  Center's University Hospital of Brooklyn.
    5    The study shall be conducted in accordance with rules, regulations and
    6  standards determined by the commissioner  of  health.  The  study  shall
    7  concentrate  on provisions of optimal care to burn patients for the time
    8  of injury through rehabilitation with the goal of establishing a  frame-
    9  work for the establishment of an accredited burn unit that provides high
   10  quality  patient  care  while  meeting  the standards for organizational
   11  structure, personnel qualifications, facilities  resources  and  medical
   12  care  services  pursuant  to  the  Guidelines  for the Operation of Burn
   13  Centers of the American Burn Association.
   14    The commissioner of health shall report his or  her  findings  to  the
   15  governor, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the assem-
   16  bly,  the  temporary  president of the senate and the minority leader of
   17  the senate on or before one year from  the  date  this  act  shall  take
   18  effect.
   19    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10553-03-5