Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 08, 2020 |
referred to health |
Apr 04, 2019 |
print number 1796a |
Apr 04, 2019 |
amend and recommit to health |
Jan 16, 2019 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S1796A
2019-2020 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
Bill Amendments
2019-S1796 - Details
2019-S1796 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1796 SPONSOR: RIVERA TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to granting immunity from liability to organizations which establish physician committees PURPOSE: To make technical amendments to a statutorily-recognized program that ensures physicians who have faced substance abuse or mental health issues can receive appropriate treatment and referral. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one of the bill re-numbers specific provisions of the Public Health law Section 230(11)(g) that authorizes the Medical Society of the State of New York's Committee for Physicians Health program, and adds additional statutory language to clarify that the liability protections offered in the statute for physician participants in the program extend
2019-S1796 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1796 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 16, 2019 ___________ 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 granting immunity from liability to organizations which establish physician committees THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (g) of subdivision 11 of section 230 of the public health law, as added by chapter 426 of the laws of 1983, subpara- graphs (ii) and (iii) as amended by chapter 606 of the laws of 1991, subparagraphs (v) and (vi) as added by chapter 582 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows: (g) (I) Any physician committee of the Medical Society of the State of New York, the New York State Osteopathic Society or a county medical society referred to in subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (c) of this subdi- vision shall develop procedures in consultation with, and approved by, the commissioner [of the department of health], including but not limit- ed to the following: [(i)] (A) The committee shall disclose at least once a month such information as the director of the office of professional medical conduct may deem appropriate regarding reports received, contacts or investigations made and the disposition of each report, provided however that the committee shall not disclose any personally identifiable infor- mation except as provided in [subparagraph (ii)] CLAUSE (B) or [subpara- graph (iii)] (C) of this [paragraph] SUBPARAGRAPH. [(ii)] (B) The committee shall immediately report to the director the name, all information obtained and the results of any contact or inves- tigation regarding any physician who is believed to be an imminent danger to the public. [(iii)] (C) The committee shall report to the director in a timely fashion all information obtained regarding any physician who refuses to EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03386-01-9
2019-S1796A (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-S1796A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1796A SPONSOR: RIVERA TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to granting immunity from liability to organizations which establish physi- cian committees PURPOSE: To make technical amendments to a statutorily-recognized program that ensures physicians who have faced substance abuse or mental health issues can receive appropriate treatment and referral. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one of the bill re-numbers specific provisions of the Public Health law Section 230(11)(g) that authorizes the Medical Society of the State of New York's Committee for Physicians Health program, and adds additional statutory language to clarify that the liability protections offered in the statute for physician participants in the program extend to the organizations themselves as well as their employees acting with-
2019-S1796A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1796--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 16, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to granting immunity from liability to organizations which establish physician committees THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (g) of subdivision 11 of section 230 of the public health law, as added by chapter 426 of the laws of 1983, subpara- graphs (ii) and (iii) as amended by chapter 606 of the laws of 1991, subparagraphs (v) and (vi) as added by chapter 582 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows: (g) (I) Any physician committee of the Medical Society of the State of New York, the New York State Osteopathic Society or a county medical society referred to in subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (c) of this subdi- vision shall develop procedures in consultation with, and approved by, the commissioner [of the department of health], including but not limit- ed to the following: [(i)] (A) The committee shall disclose at least once a month such information as the director of the office of professional medical conduct may deem appropriate regarding reports received, contacts or investigations made and the disposition of each report, provided however that the committee shall not disclose any personally identifiable infor- mation except as provided in [subparagraph (ii)] CLAUSE (B) or [subpara- graph (iii)] (C) of this [paragraph] SUBPARAGRAPH. [(ii)] (B) The committee shall immediately report to the director the name, all information obtained and the results of any contact or inves- tigation regarding any physician who is believed to be an imminent danger to the public. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03386-03-9
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