S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        6269--A
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 18, 2012
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       Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Health  --  committee
         discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
         to said committee
       AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring primary
         care physicians to post certain information detailing how  parents  or
         guardians  of  infants and children can subscribe to the United States
         consumer product safety commission's e-mail subscription lists
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Article 25 of the public health law is amended by adding a
    2  new title 9 to read as follows:
    3                                  TITLE IX
    4                       RECALL SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION
    5  SECTION 2599-E. PHYSICIAN POSTING OF RECALL SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION.
    6    S 2599-E. PHYSICIAN POSTING OF RECALL SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION.  1. AS
    7  USED IN  THIS  SECTION,  "PRIMARY  CARE  PHYSICIAN"  MEANS  A  PHYSICIAN
    8  SPECIALIST  IN THE FIELD OF FAMILY PRACTICE, GENERAL PEDIATRICS, PRIMARY
    9  CARE INTERNAL MEDICINE OR PRIMARY CARE OBSTETRICS  AND  GYNECOLOGY,  WHO
   10  PROVIDES COORDINATED PRIMARY CARE SERVICES.
   11    2.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL REQUIRE THAT EVERY PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN
   12  POST IN A PLACE OR PLACES, CLEARLY VISIBLE TO ALL PERSONS,  ADJACENT  TO
   13  OR  NEAR THE LOCATION SUCH PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN HAS DESIGNATED FOR THE
   14  RECEIPT OF PAYMENT,  AN  INFORMATIONAL  NOTICE.  SUCH  NOTICE  SHALL  BE
   15  DESIGNED  BY THE COMMISSIONER IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE
   16  AND SHALL CONTAIN INFORMATION DETAILING  HOW  PARENTS  OR  GUARDIANS  OF
   17  INFANTS AND CHILDREN CAN SUBSCRIBE TO THE UNITED STATES CONSUMER PRODUCT
   18  SAFETY  COMMISSION'S E-MAIL SUBSCRIPTION LISTS TO RECEIVE CONSUMER PROD-
   19  UCT RECALL AND SAFETY NEWS BY E-MAIL FROM  THE  UNITED  STATES  CONSUMER
   20  PRODUCT  SAFETY COMMISSION AND SUCH OTHER MATERIAL AS DEEMED APPROPRIATE
   21  BY THE COMMISSIONER. SUCH NOTICE SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO PRIMARY CARE
   22  PHYSICIANS BY THE DEPARTMENT ON ITS WEBSITE AND  SHALL  BE  PROVIDED  IN
   23  ENGLISH,  AS  WELL  AS  IN  THE  SIX  LANGUAGES  OTHER THAN ENGLISH MOST
   24  FREQUENTLY SPOKEN IN THE STATE ACCORDING TO THE  LATEST  AVAILABLE  DATA
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13834-10-2
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    1  FROM  THE  UNITED  STATES  CENSUS BUREAU AND UPON REQUEST FROM A PRIMARY
    2  CARE PHYSICIAN, ANY OTHER LANGUAGE SPOKEN BY  A  SIGNIFICANT  NUMBER  OF
    3  PEOPLE  WITHIN  THE  COMMUNITY SERVED BY SUCH PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN.  A
    4  PRIMARY  CARE  PHYSICIAN  SHALL  POST  SUCH NOTICE IN ENGLISH AND IN ANY
    5  OTHER LANGUAGE SPOKEN BY SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF PEOPLE WITHIN THE COMMU-
    6  NITY HE OR SHE SERVES.
    7    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    8  it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
    9  ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
   10  necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are
   11  authorized and directed to be made and completed by the commissioner  of
   12  health on or before such effective date.