Assembly Bill A7052

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Directs the department of health to update physician profiles for electronic access at least once every ninety days with respect to proceedings for medical misconduct and actions for medical malpractice

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A7052 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2995-a, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A4997
2017-2018: A4054
2019-2020: A1023

2013-A7052 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of health to update physician profiles for electronic access at least once every ninety days with respect to proceedings for medical misconduct and actions for medical malpractice.

2013-A7052 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7052

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 30, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. SIMOTAS, COOK, RIVERA, ZEBROWSKI, MONTESANO --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GIBSON, HEASTIE, McKEVITT -- read  once
  and referred to the Committee on Health

AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to electronic access
  to physician profiles

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Subdivision 9 of section 2995-a of the public health law,
as added by chapter 542 of the laws of  2000,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  9.  The department shall, in addition to hard copy physician profiles,
provide for electronic access  to  and  copying  of  physician  profiles
developed  pursuant to this section through the system commonly known as
the Internet. SUCH ELECTRONIC ACCESS  TO  PHYSICIAN  PROFILES  SHALL  BE
UPDATED  AT  LEAST  ONCE  EVERY  NINETY  DAYS TO REFLECT CHANGES TO SUCH
PROFILES WITH RESPECT TO PROCEEDINGS FOR MEDICAL MISCONDUCT AND  ACTIONS
FOR MEDICAL MALPRACTICE. SUCH PHYSICIAN PROFILES SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE
IN  ENGLISH  AND OTHER SUCH LANGUAGES THAT THE COMMISSIONER DEEMS APPRO-
PRIATE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10423-01-3

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