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                                  2621--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. SERINO, HELMING, JACOBS, KENNEDY, LARKIN, MARCHIONE,
   O'MARA,  PHILLIPS, RITCHIE, VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health --  recom-
   mitted  to  the  Committee on Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6,
   sec. 8 -- committee discharged and said bill committed to the  Commit-
   tee  on  Rules  --  ordered  to  a  third reading, amended and ordered
   reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to grants for  gradu-
   ate medical education in Lyme and tick-borne disease
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Article 27-H of the public health law, as added by  chapter
 550 of the laws of 1988, is amended by adding a new section 2799 to read
 as follows:
   §  2799.  GRANTS FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION IN LYME AND TICK-BORNE
 DISEASE. 1. (A) THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED, WITHIN AMOUNTS APPROPRI-
 ATED FOR SUCH PURPOSE TO MAKE GRANTS IN SUPPORT OF CERTIFIED  FELLOWSHIP
 EDUCATION  PROGRAMS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE,
 CHRONIC DISEASE, OR EPIDEMIOLOGY, TO ESTABLISH OR  EXPAND  EDUCATION  IN
 LYME  AND  TICK-BORNE  DISEASE  FOR  GRADUATE  MEDICAL EDUCATION, AND TO
 INCREASE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRAINEE EDUCATION IN LYME AND  TICK-BORNE
 DISEASE.
   (B)  GRANTS  UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND
 EDUCATION IN LYME AND TICK-BORNE DISEASE MAY BE USED FOR ADMINISTRATION,
 FACULTY RECRUITMENT AND DEVELOPMENT, START-UP COSTS AND  COSTS  INCURRED
 TEACHING  LYME  AND  TICK-BORNE  DISEASE  IN  RESEARCH-BASED PROGRAMS OR
 PATIENT-BASED CARE SITES, INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  PERSONNEL,
 ADMINISTRATION  AND  TRAINEE  RELATED EXPENSES AND OTHER EXPENSES JUDGED
 REASONABLE AND NECESSARY BY THE COMMISSIONER.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07103-02-8

              

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   (C) GRANTS UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE AWARDED BY THE COMMISSIONER
 THROUGH A COMPETITIVE APPLICATION PROCESS. IN MAKING AWARDS, THE COMMIS-
 SIONER SHALL CONSIDER THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE APPLICANT:
   (I) PLANS TO INCORPORATE EMERGING LYME AND TICK-BORNE DISEASE RESEARCH
 INTO  FELLOWSHIP  TRAINING PROGRAMS, INCLUDING DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES AND
 ALL MEDICAL TREATMENT OPTIONS, INCLUDING THE BENEFITS AND RISKS OF  EACH
 OPTION;
   (II)  FUNCTIONS  IN COLLABORATION WITH RESEARCH OR PATIENT-BASED CARE,
 OR BOTH;
   (III) MAKES COMPLEMENTARY EFFORTS TO RECRUIT OR TRAIN QUALIFIED FACUL-
 TY IN LYME AND TICK-BORNE DISEASE EDUCATION AND PREVENTION; AND
   (IV) UTILIZES AVAILABLE LYME AND  TICK-BORNE  DISEASE  DIAGNOSTIC  AND
 TREATMENT, AND SUPPORT SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY.
   2.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  DESIGNATE ORGANIZATIONS, UPON SUCCESSFUL
 APPLICATION AND PERFORMANCE, AS CENTERS FOR LYME AND TICK-BORNE  DISEASE
 EXCELLENCE.  SUCH  DESIGNATIONS  SHALL  BE PURSUANT TO AN APPLICATION AS
 DESIGNED BY THE DEPARTMENT, AND BASED ON  SERVICE,  STAFFING  AND  OTHER
 CRITERIA  AS  DEVELOPED  BY THE COMMISSIONER. SUCH CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE
 SHALL PROVIDE SPECIALIZED LYME AND TICK-BORNE DISEASE  CARE,  TREATMENT,
 EDUCATION  AND  RELATED  SERVICES.  DESIGNATION AS A CENTER FOR LYME AND
 TICK-BORNE DISEASE EXCELLENCE SHALL NOT ENTITLE  A  CENTER  TO  ENHANCED
 REIMBURSEMENT,  BUT  MAY  BE  UTILIZED IN OUTREACH AND OTHER PROMOTIONAL
 ACTIVITIES.
   3. THE COMMISSIONER MAY DESIGNATE LYME AND TICK-BORNE DISEASE RESOURCE
 CENTERS ("RESOURCE CENTER"). A  RESOURCE  CENTER  MAY  BE  STATEWIDE  OR
 REGIONAL,  AND  SHALL ACT AS A SOURCE OF TECHNICAL INFORMATION AND GUID-
 ANCE FOR PRACTITIONERS ON THE LATEST LYME AND TICK-BORNE DISEASE STRATE-
 GIES, THERAPIES AND MEDICATIONS. THE DEPARTMENT MAY CONTRACT  WITH  NOT-
 FOR-PROFIT   ORGANIZATIONS  OR  ASSOCIATIONS  TO  ESTABLISH  AND  MANAGE
 RESOURCE CENTERS. A RESOURCE CENTER MAY CHARGE A FEE TO DEFRAY THE  COST
 OF THE SERVICE.
   4.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PREPARE AND SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR
 AND THE LEGISLATURE, ON OR BEFORE FEBRUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  NINETEEN
 REPORTING THE RESULTS AND EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.