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Mar 21, 2013 |
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Senate Bill S4351
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health 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
2013-S4351 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8252
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง260, Pub Health L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
S7028
2015-2016: A3067
2017-2018: A2238
2013-S4351 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4351 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to the liability of health care practitioner volunteers PURPOSE: This bill is intended to promote the development and expansion of volunteer health care practitioner programs throughout the state by removing the costly requirement that volunteers provide their own professional liability insurance. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: The bill amends subdivision 4 of section 260 of the public health law by removing the requirement that a volunteer health care practitioner who participates in a health care practitioner volunteer program maintain his or her own professional liability insurance policy. Under this proposal, these volunteers would be deemed "employees" under the public officers law in order to afford them the same indemnity protections as state employees. EXISTING LAW: Current law requires volunteer health care practitioners to maintain their own professional liability insurance. JUSTIFICATION: Created by special legislation in 2002 (Chapter 337), the Schenectady Health Care Practitioner Volunteer Project (also known as the Schenectady Free Clinic) served as a model for a statute enacted in 2008 (Chapter 225) which authorizes the Commissioner of Health to approve other such volunteer health care practitioner
2013-S4351 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4351 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 21, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FARLEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the liability of health care practitioner volunteers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 260 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 84 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows: 4. [No health care practitioner volunteer shall participate in the health care practitioner volunteer program established pursuant to this title unless, with respect to acts and omissions that occurred or allegedly occurred within the scope of his or her participation in such program, he or she is covered by an adequate professional liability insurance policy.] A HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER VOLUNTEER SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE AN "EMPLOYEE" FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION SEVENTEEN OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTS AND OMISSIONS THAT OCCURRED OR ALLEGEDLY OCCURRED WITHIN THE SCOPE OF HIS OR HER PARTICIPATION IN SUCH PROGRAM. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10011-01-3
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