Senate Bill S7682

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to HIV reporting

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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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2015-S7682 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10182
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2135, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S8715, A4053

2015-S7682 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits sharing of patient HIV information for purposes of care coordination.

2015-S7682 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S7682 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7682

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 12, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- 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  access  to  HIV
  surveillance information for purposes of care coordination

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

  Section 1. Section 2135 of  the  public  health  law,  as  amended  by
section  3  of  part  A of chapter 60 of the laws of 2014, is amended to
read as follows:
  S 2135. Confidentiality. All reports or  information  secured  by  the
department,  municipal  health  commissioner  or district health officer
under the provisions of this title shall be confidential except: (a)  in
so  far  as  is necessary to carry out the provisions of this title; (b)
when used in the aggregate, without patient specific identifying  infor-
mation,  in programs approved by the commissioner for the improvement of
the quality of medical care provided to persons with HIV/AIDS; (c)  when
used  within  the  state  or  local  health  department by public health
disease programs to assess co-morbidity or completeness of reporting and
to direct program needs, in  which  case  patient  specific  identifying
information  shall  not  be  disclosed outside the state or local health
department; or (d) when used for  purposes  of  patient  linkage  [and],
retention  in  care,  AND CARE COORDINATION, patient specific identified
information may be shared between local  and  state  health  departments
[and],  health  care  providers  AND CARE COORDINATION SYSTEMS currently
treating the patient as approved by the commissioner.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF
THIS  SECTION,  CARE  COORDINATION  SHALL  MEAN  MANAGING, REFERRING TO,
LOCATING, COORDINATING, AND MONITORING HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR AN INDI-
VIDUAL TO ASSURE THAT ALL MEDICALLY NECESSARY HEALTH CARE  SERVICES  ARE
MADE AVAILABLE TO AND ARE EFFECTIVELY USED BY THE INDIVIDUAL IN A TIMELY
MANNER, CONSISTENT WITH PATIENT AUTONOMY, WHERE CONDUCTED BY OR WITH THE
PARTICIPATION OF THE PATIENT'S HEALTH CARE PROVIDER AND NOT CONDUCTED BY
OR ON BEHALF OF THE PATIENT'S THIRD-PARTY PAYER.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.

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

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