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                                 7652--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 21, 2015
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Introduced  by M. of A. SIMON, ARROYO, BLAKE, CLARK, COOK, MOSLEY, ORTIZ
  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DINOWITZ, RIVERA --  read  once  and
  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Health -- committee discharged, bill
  amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
  tee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  health law, in relation to enacting the
  health care information management act

  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 article
8-A to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 8-A
                               HEALTH CARE
                       INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ACT
SECTION 820. SHORT TITLE.
        821. COMPILATION OF DATA.
        822. PRESENTATION OF DATA.
        823. ANNUAL REPORT.
  S 820. SHORT TITLE. THIS ACT SHALL BE KNOWN AND MAY BE  CITED  AS  THE
"HEALTH CARE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ACT".
  S 821. COMPILATION OF DATA. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH RULES AND
REGULATIONS  REQUIRING  EVERY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOSPITAL, AS DEFINED IN
SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED ONE OF THIS CHAPTER,  IN
CONJUNCTION  WITH  EMERGENCY  AND OTHER MEDICAL SERVICES, TO COMPILE THE
FOLLOWING AND SUBMIT SUCH DATA IN A FORM USEABLE FOR SUCH  PURPOSES  AND
TALLIED BY CENSUS TRACT, ANNUALLY TO THE DEPARTMENT:
  1.  WITH  REGARD TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES: (A) THE LENGTH OF TIME
BETWEEN EACH INDIVIDUAL'S CALL TO 911 AND SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S  ARRIVAL  AT
THE EMERGENCY ROOM;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  (B)  THE LENGTH OF TIME BETWEEN, BUT NOT LIMITED TO ARRIVAL AND ADMIS-
SION AT SUCH HOSPITAL REGARDLESS OF METHOD OF ARRIVAL, WHICH MAY INCLUDE
BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO WALK-INS AND ARRIVAL VIA AMBULANCE;
  (C)  THE  NUMBER OF PATIENTS TREATED AND RELEASED WITHOUT ADMISSION TO
SUCH HOSPITAL;
  (D) THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF TIME BETWEEN AN INDIVIDUAL'S ADMISSION TO  THE
EMERGENCY ROOM AND OBTAINING A BED ON THE HOSPITAL FLOOR;
  2.  WITH REGARD TO OTHER MEDICAL SERVICES: (A) THE TOTAL WAIT TIME FOR
ALL PATIENTS TO RECEIVE A BED AND/OR STRETCHER  AFTER  ARRIVAL  AT  SUCH
HOSPITAL;
  (B)  THE  TOTAL WAIT TIME FOR ALL PREGNANT WOMEN, PRE AND POST-PARTUM,
TO RECEIVE A BED AND/OR STRETCHER AFTER ARRIVAL AT SUCH HOSPITAL;
  (C)  THE PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN ADMITTED, IN  LABOR  WITH  NO  PRE-PARTUM
CARE;
  (D) THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS;
  (E) THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES DUE TO ASTHMA;
  (F) THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES AS A RESULT OF PULMONARY DISEASES;
  (G) THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS WITH ANY FORM OF CARDIAC DISEASE; AND
  (H)  ANY  ADDITIONAL  DATA  THE  COMMISSIONER  DEEMS PERTINENT TO SUCH
COMPILATION OF DATA.
  S 822.   PRESENTATION OF  DATA.  DATA  FROM  ALL  INDIVIDUAL  PATIENTS
COMPILED UNDER SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE
PLACED  INTO  ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES BASED ON EACH INDIVIDUAL'S
CURRENT INSURANCE STATUS:
  1. UNINSURED;
  2. MEDICARE RECIPIENT:
  (A) PART A;
  (B) PART B;
  (C) PART C; OR
  (D) PART D;
  3. MEDICAID RECIPIENT;
  4. INSURED WITH AN EMPLOYER-DRIVEN INSURANCE PLAN; OR
  5. INSURED WITH A METAL LEVEL OF:
  (A) BRONZE;
  (B) SILVER;
  (C) GOLD; OR
  (D) PLATINUM.
  S 823. ANNUAL REPORT. ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST OF JANUARY, BEGINNING  IN
TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN AND EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
SUBMIT  TO  THE  GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE
SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, A REPORT  OF  THE  COMPILED  DATA  OUTLINED  IN
SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
ly,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation
necessary for the implementation of this act on its  effective  date  is
authorized to be made on or before such effective date.