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                                   2734
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2017
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 Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, SEPULVEDA -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the public health law, in relation to qualified group
   practices
 
   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 section
 2998-f to read as follows:
   § 2998-F. QUALIFIED GROUP  PRACTICE.  1.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS
 SECTION, "QUALIFIED GROUP PRACTICE" MEANS A MEDICAL, DENTAL OR PODIATRIC
 GROUP  PRACTICE  OR OTHER LAWFUL COMBINATION OF SUCH HEALTH CARE PRACTI-
 TIONERS, LICENSED OR CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO TITLE EIGHT OF THE  EDUCATION
 LAW, THAT MEETS THE STANDARDS SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPHS (A) THROUGH (H) OF
 SUBDIVISION  ONE OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIVE-J OF THIS CHAPTER,
 OTHER THAN THE GOVERNING BOARD REQUIREMENTS OF SUCH PARAGRAPH (A).
   2. A QUALIFIED GROUP PRACTICE MAY  OPERATE  A  MALPRACTICE  PREVENTION
 PROGRAM  INDEPENDENTLY,  OR  THROUGH  AN  OTHERWISE LAWFUL COLLABORATIVE
 ARRANGEMENT WITH A HOSPITAL OR  ACCOUNTABLE  CARE  ORGANIZATION  PROGRAM
 OPERATED  PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIVE-J OR TWENTY-NINE
 HUNDRED NINETY-NINE-R OF THIS CHAPTER, IN WHICH CASE THE QUALIFIED GROUP
 PRACTICE AND THE HOSPITAL OR ACCOUNTABLE  CARE  ORGANIZATION  MAY  SHARE
 CONFIDENTIAL  INFORMATION  WITH EACH OTHER FOR PURPOSES OF SUCH PRACTICE
 WITHOUT WAIVING CONFIDENTIALITY WITH RESPECT TO OTHERS.
   3. A QUALIFIED GROUP PRACTICE SHALL BE  DEEMED  A  HOSPITAL,  AND  ITS
 MALPRACTICE  PREVENTION  PROGRAM  SHALL  BE DEEMED A MEDICAL, DENTAL AND
 PODIATRIC MALPRACTICE PREVENTION PROGRAM, FOR THE PURPOSES  OF  SUBDIVI-
 SION  TWO  OF  SECTION  TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIVE-J, SUBDIVISION FOUR OF
 SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIVE-K  AND  SECTION  TWENTY-EIGHT  HUNDRED
 FIVE-M  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  AND  SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION SIXTY-FIVE
 HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN OF THE EDUCATION LAW. SUCH PROVISIONS OF LAW  SHALL
 APPLY  TO ITS INFORMATION, RECORDS, DOCUMENTATION AND COMMITTEE ACTIONS,
 AND TO PARTICIPANTS IN COMMITTEE PROCEEDINGS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
              

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02471-01-7