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                                   3583
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 11, 2019
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- 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 requiring  primary
   care  physicians  to post certain information detailing how parents or
   guardians of infants and children can subscribe to the  United  States
   consumer product safety commission's e-mail subscription lists
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Article 25 of the public health law is amended by adding  a
 new title 9 to read as follows:
                                 TITLE IX
                      RECALL SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION
 SECTION 2599-E. PHYSICIAN POSTING OF RECALL SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION.
   § 2599-E. PHYSICIAN POSTING OF RECALL SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION.  1. AS
 USED  IN  THIS  SECTION,  "PRIMARY  CARE  PHYSICIAN"  MEANS  A PHYSICIAN
 SPECIALIST IN THE FIELD OF FAMILY PRACTICE, GENERAL PEDIATRICS,  PRIMARY
 CARE  INTERNAL  MEDICINE  OR PRIMARY CARE OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, WHO
 PROVIDES COORDINATED PRIMARY CARE SERVICES.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REQUIRE THAT EVERY  PRIMARY  CARE  PHYSICIAN
 POST  IN  A PLACE OR PLACES, CLEARLY VISIBLE TO ALL PERSONS, ADJACENT TO
 OR NEAR THE LOCATION SUCH PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN HAS DESIGNATED FOR  THE
 RECEIPT  OF  PAYMENT,  AN  INFORMATIONAL  NOTICE.  SUCH  NOTICE SHALL BE
 DESIGNED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SECRETARY OF  STATE
 AND  SHALL  CONTAIN  INFORMATION  DETAILING  HOW PARENTS OR GUARDIANS OF
 INFANTS AND CHILDREN CAN SUBSCRIBE TO THE UNITED STATES CONSUMER PRODUCT
 SAFETY COMMISSION'S E-MAIL SUBSCRIPTION LISTS TO RECEIVE CONSUMER  PROD-
 UCT  RECALL  AND  SAFETY  NEWS BY E-MAIL FROM THE UNITED STATES CONSUMER
 PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION AND SUCH OTHER MATERIAL AS DEEMED  APPROPRIATE
 BY THE COMMISSIONER. SUCH NOTICE SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO PRIMARY CARE
 PHYSICIANS  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  ON ITS WEBSITE AND SHALL BE PROVIDED IN
 ENGLISH, AS WELL AS  IN  THE  SIX  LANGUAGES  OTHER  THAN  ENGLISH  MOST
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 S. 3583                             2
 
 FREQUENTLY  SPOKEN  IN  THE STATE ACCORDING TO THE LATEST AVAILABLE DATA
 FROM THE UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU AND UPON  REQUEST  FROM  A  PRIMARY
 CARE  PHYSICIAN,  ANY  OTHER  LANGUAGE SPOKEN BY A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF
 PEOPLE  WITHIN  THE  COMMUNITY SERVED BY SUCH PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN.  A
 PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN SHALL POST SUCH NOTICE  IN  ENGLISH  AND  IN  ANY
 OTHER LANGUAGE SPOKEN BY SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF PEOPLE WITHIN THE COMMU-
 NITY HE OR SHE SERVES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth 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  are
 authorized  and directed to be made and completed by the commissioner of
 health on or before such effective date.