Assembly Actions -
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May 15, 2014 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S7558
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 33rd 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-S7558 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §2803-l, add §2805-x, Pub Health L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2015-2016:
S382
2017-2018: S158
2019-2020: S469
2013-S7558 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7558 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to equitable and consistent access to outpatient care services PURPOSE: Requires general hospitals to develop and implement policies that assure equitable and consistent access to outpatient services as part of their community service plans. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends paragraphs (iii) and (iv) of subdivision 2 of section 2803-1 of the public health law and adds a new paragraph (v) to read as follows: (v) demonstrate the hospital's commitment to ensuring quality care and continuity of care within all treatment settings for all patient populations, including persons covered by Medicaid and the uninsured, in accordance with the provisions of section twenty-eight hundred five-x of this article. Section 2 amends the public health law by adding a new section 2805-x. Section 3 reads: This act shall take effect immediately, except that section one of the act shall take effect on October 1, 2014 and the provisions of such section shall apply to community service plans due
2013-S7558 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7558 I N S E N A T E May 15, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- 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 equitable and consistent access to outpatient care services THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraphs (iii) and (iv) of subdivision 2 of section 2803-l of the public health law, as amended by chapter 639 of the laws of 1996, are amended and a new paragraph (v) is added to read as follows: (iii) demonstrate the hospital's operational and financial commitment to meeting community health care needs, to provide charity care services and to improve access to health care services by the underserved; [and] (iv) prepare and make available to the public a statement showing on a combined basis a summary of the financial resources of the hospital and related corporations and the allocation of available resources to hospi- tal purposes including the provision of free or reduced charge services[.]; AND (V) DEMONSTRATE THE HOSPITAL'S COMMITMENT TO ENSURING QUALITY CARE AND CONTINUITY OF CARE WITHIN ALL TREATMENT SETTINGS FOR ALL PATIENT POPU- LATIONS, INCLUDING PERSONS COVERED BY MEDICAID AND THE UNINSURED, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIVE-X OF THIS ARTICLE. S 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2805-x to read as follows: S 2805-X. ACCESS TO OUTPATIENT SERVICES. EVERY GENERAL HOSPITAL SHALL ESTABLISH POLICIES THAT ASSURE EQUITABLE AND CONSISTENT ACCESS TO OUTPA- TIENT CARE SERVICES THAT MAY BE PROVIDED OR ARRANGED BY SUCH HOSPITAL THROUGH HOSPITAL-AFFILIATED OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENTS, CLINICS, FACULTY PRACTICE PLANS OR PRIVATE PHYSICIAN PRACTICES, REGARDLESS OF A PATIENT'S SOURCE OF COVERAGE OR PAYMENT. SUCH POLICIES SHALL BE INCORPORATED WITH- IN THE GENERAL HOSPITAL'S COMMUNITY SERVICES PLAN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED THREE-L OF THIS ARTICLE. TO ASSIST GENERAL HOSPITALS IN SATISFYING THESE OBLIGATIONS AND DEVELOP- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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