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Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Mar 10, 2010 |
print number 9537a |
| Mar 10, 2010 |
amend (t) and recommit to health |
| Jan 13, 2010 |
referred to health |
Assembly Bill A9537
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BENJAMIN
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Bill Amendments
2009-A9537 - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §22, Pub Health L
2009-A9537 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:A9537
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to
extending the patient bill of rights to faculty practices and in-patient
clinics associated with hospitals
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To make the Patients' Bill of Rights
applicable to faculty practices.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section I. The public health law is
amended by adding a new section 22. Section 22. Patients rights; in-pa-
tient clinics and faculty practices. The commissioner shall require that
every in-patient clinic and faculty practice associated with a hospital
adopt and make public an identical statement of the rights and responsi-
bilities of patients required to be made by hospitals pursuant to para-
graph (g) of subdivision on of section twenty-eight hundred three of
this chapter.
JUSTIFICATION: In recent years, there have been allegations against New
York's academic medical centers for their practice of steering Medicaid
and uninsured patients to faculty practices, where they do not receive
access to the same quality of care as privately-insured patients. The
faculty practices are often located within, or next to Article 28 gener-
al hospitals but are not obligated by any of the requirements of the
Patients' Bill of Rights because they are classified as independent
physicians' group practices. This legislation would address the omission
2009-A9537 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
9537
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 13, 2010
___________
Introduced by M. of A. BENJAMIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to extending the
patient bill of rights to faculty practices and in-patient clinics
associated with hospitals
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 22
to read as follows:
S 22. PATIENT RIGHTS; IN-PATIENT CLINICS AND FACULTY PRACTICES. THE
COMMISSIONER SHALL REQUIRE THAT EVERY IN-PATIENT CLINIC AND FACULTY
PRACTICE ASSOCIATED WITH A HOSPITAL ADOPT AND MAKE PUBLIC AN IDENTICAL
STATEMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PATIENTS REQUIRED TO BE
MADE BY HOSPITALS PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (G) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF
SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED THREE OF THIS CHAPTER.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15167-01-9
co-Sponsors
Annette Robinson
Nettie Mayersohn
William Boyland
Hakeem Jeffries
multi-Sponsors
Inez Barron
James F. Brennan
Darryl Towns
2009-A9537A (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §22, Pub Health L
2009-A9537A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:A9537A
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to
extending the patient bill of rights to faculty practices and out-pa-
tient clinics associated with hospitals
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To make the Patients' Bill of Rights
applicable to faculty practices.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1. The public health law is
amended by adding a new section 22. Section 22. Patients rights; out-pa-
tient clinics and faculty practices. The commissioner shall require that
every out-patient clinic and faculty practice associated with a hospital
adopt and make public an identical statement of the rights and responsi-
bilities of patients required to be made by hospitals pursuant to para-
graph (g) of subdivision on of section twenty-eight hundred three of
this chapter.
JUSTIFICATION: In recent years, there have been allegations against New
York's academic medical centers for their practice of steering Medicaid
and uninsured patients away from faculty practices into clinics, where
they do not receive access to the same quality of care as privately-in-
sured patients. The faculty practices are often located within, or next
to Article 28 general hospitals but are not obligated by any of the
requirements of the Patients' Bill of Rights because they are classified
as independent physicians' group practices. This legislation would
2009-A9537A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
9537--A
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 13, 2010
___________
Introduced by M. of A. BENJAMIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee 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 extending the
patient bill of rights to faculty practices and out-patient clinics
associated with hospitals
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 22
to read as follows:
S 22. PATIENT RIGHTS; OUT-PATIENT CLINICS AND FACULTY PRACTICES. THE
COMMISSIONER SHALL REQUIRE THAT EVERY OUT-PATIENT CLINIC AND FACULTY
PRACTICE ASSOCIATED WITH A HOSPITAL ADOPT AND MAKE PUBLIC AN IDENTICAL
STATEMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PATIENTS REQUIRED TO BE
MADE BY HOSPITALS PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (G) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF
SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED THREE OF THIS CHAPTER.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15167-02-0
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