Bill Text: NY S05537 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 5537 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Provides for quality assurance for trauma and emergency care.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-05-19 - referred to health [S05537 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S05537-Amended.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        5537--A
           Cal. No. 31
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 16, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Health --  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  ensuring  ongoing
         quality  assurance  measures for emergency medical and trauma care and
         autopsy reports on deceased persons treated at trauma centers
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Subdivision 4 of section 3066 of the public health law, as
    2  added by chapter 449 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
    3    4. The department shall develop and periodically revise  a  comprehen-
    4  sive emergency medical and trauma care plan with the advice of the state
    5  emergency medical services council, the state emergency medical advisory
    6  committee  and the state trauma advisory committee, incorporating injury
    7  control programs AND ONGOING QUALITY ASSURANCE MEASURES for  all  compo-
    8  nents of the trauma system involved in trauma care.
    9    S  2.  The section heading of section 4210 of the public health law is
   10  amended and a new subdivision 2-a is added to read as follows:
   11    [Cadavers] DECEASED PERSONS; right to dissect.
   12    2-A. AUTOPSY REPORTS FOR PATIENTS TREATED AT DESIGNATED TRAUMA CENTERS
   13  FOLLOWING INJURY SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE  IN  A  TIMELY  MANNER  TO  THE
   14  REFERRING  TRAUMA  CENTER.  THIS  INFORMATION  IS REQUIRED BY THE TRAUMA
   15  CENTER IN ORDER TO MEET THE CRITERIA FOR ONGOING PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT
   16  REQUIRED BY THE TRAUMA CENTER VERIFICATION PROCESS. SUCH  REPORTS  SHALL
   17  BE EXEMPT FROM ALL ACTIONS PURSUANT TO THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES.
   18    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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