Bill Text: NY S05522 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to the provision of off-site health care services; directs the commissioner of health to allow diagnostic and treatment centers and outpatient clinics of general hospitals to provide off-site services to existing patients who are chronically ill and temporarily or permanently homebound at their residence or a long term care facility.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-17 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S05522 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S05522-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5522--C Cal. No. 1143 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 14, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sens. HANNON, LARKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading -- again amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the provision of off-site health care services The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 2803 of the public health law is amended by adding 2 a new subdivision 11 to read as follows: 3 11. Notwithstanding any provision of this article, or any rule or 4 regulation under this article to the contrary, the commissioner shall 5 allow outpatient clinics of general hospitals and diagnostic and treat- 6 ment centers to provide off-site primary care services that are: 7 (a) primary care services ordinarily provided to the patient on-site 8 at the outpatient clinic or diagnostic and treatment center and are not 9 home care services defined in subdivision one of section thirty-six 10 hundred two of this chapter or the professional services enumerated in 11 subdivision two of such section; 12 (b) provided by a primary care professional to a patient with a pre- 13 existing clinical relationship with the outpatient clinic or diagnosis 14 and treatment center, or with the health care professional providing the 15 service; and 16 (c) provided to a patient who is unable to leave his or her residence 17 to receive services at the outpatient clinic or diagnostic and treatment EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11060-13-6S. 5522--C 2 1 center without unreasonable difficulty due to circumstances, including 2 but not limited to, clinical impairment. 3 Nothing in this subdivision shall preclude a federally qualified 4 health center from providing off-site services in accordance with 5 department regulations. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 7 it shall have become a law, provided that any state regulations or guid- 8 ance which may be issued for the implementation of this act shall be 9 developed in consultation with representatives of outpatient clinics of 10 general hospitals, diagnostic and treatment centers, home care services 11 agencies, and statewide associations representing such providers.
