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                                   2296
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2021
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 Introduced  by  M.  of A. SIMON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ASHBY,
   COOK, DAVILA, DINOWITZ, J. RIVERA -- read once  and  referred  to  the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  health law, in relation to enacting the
   health care information management act

   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 article
 8-A to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 8-A
                                HEALTH CARE
                        INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ACT
 SECTION 820. SHORT TITLE.
         821. COMPILATION OF DATA.
         822. PRESENTATION OF DATA.
         823. ANNUAL REPORT.
   § 820. SHORT TITLE. THIS ACT SHALL BE KNOWN AND MAY BE  CITED  AS  THE
 "HEALTH CARE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ACT".
   § 821. COMPILATION OF DATA. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH RULES AND
 REGULATIONS  REQUIRING  EVERY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOSPITAL, AS DEFINED IN
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED ONE OF THIS CHAPTER,  IN
 CONJUNCTION  WITH  EMERGENCY  AND OTHER MEDICAL SERVICES, TO COMPILE THE
 FOLLOWING AND SUBMIT SUCH DATA IN A FORM USEABLE FOR SUCH  PURPOSES  AND
 TALLIED BY CENSUS TRACT, ANNUALLY TO THE DEPARTMENT:
   1.  WITH  REGARD TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES: (A) THE LENGTH OF TIME
 BETWEEN EACH INDIVIDUAL'S CALL TO 911 AND SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S  ARRIVAL  AT
 THE EMERGENCY ROOM;
   (B)  THE LENGTH OF TIME BETWEEN, BUT NOT LIMITED TO ARRIVAL AND ADMIS-
 SION AT SUCH HOSPITAL REGARDLESS OF METHOD OF ARRIVAL, WHICH MAY INCLUDE
 BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO WALK-INS AND ARRIVAL VIA AMBULANCE;

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01044-01-1
              

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   (C) THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS TREATED AND RELEASED WITHOUT  ADMISSION  TO
 SUCH HOSPITAL;
   (D)  THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF TIME BETWEEN AN INDIVIDUAL'S ADMISSION TO THE
 EMERGENCY ROOM AND OBTAINING A BED ON THE HOSPITAL FLOOR;
   2. WITH REGARD TO OTHER MEDICAL SERVICES: (A) THE TOTAL WAIT TIME  FOR
 ALL  PATIENTS  TO  RECEIVE  A BED AND/OR STRETCHER AFTER ARRIVAL AT SUCH
 HOSPITAL;
   (B) THE TOTAL WAIT TIME FOR ALL PREGNANT WOMEN, PRE  AND  POST-PARTUM,
 TO RECEIVE A BED AND/OR STRETCHER AFTER ARRIVAL AT SUCH HOSPITAL;
   (C)    THE  PERCENTAGE  OF WOMEN ADMITTED, IN LABOR WITH NO PRE-PARTUM
 CARE;
   (D) THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS;
   (E) THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES DUE TO ASTHMA;
   (F) THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES AS A RESULT OF PULMONARY DISEASES;
   (G) THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS WITH ANY FORM OF CARDIAC DISEASE; AND
   (H) ANY ADDITIONAL DATA  THE  COMMISSIONER  DEEMS  PERTINENT  TO  SUCH
 COMPILATION OF DATA.
   §  822.    PRESENTATION  OF  DATA.  DATA  FROM ALL INDIVIDUAL PATIENTS
 COMPILED UNDER SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE
 PLACED INTO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES BASED ON  EACH  INDIVIDUAL'S
 CURRENT INSURANCE STATUS:
   1. UNINSURED;
   2. MEDICARE RECIPIENT:
   (A) PART A;
   (B) PART B;
   (C) PART C; OR
   (D) PART D;
   3. MEDICAID RECIPIENT;
   4. INSURED WITH AN EMPLOYER-DRIVEN INSURANCE PLAN; OR
   5. INSURED WITH A METAL LEVEL OF:
   (A) BRONZE;
   (B) SILVER;
   (C) GOLD; OR
   (D) PLATINUM.
   §  823. ANNUAL REPORT. ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST OF JANUARY, BEGINNING IN
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE AND EVERY YEAR  THEREAFTER,  THE  COMMISSIONER
 SHALL  SUBMIT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND
 THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, A REPORT OF THE COMPILED DATA  OUTLINED  IN
 SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth 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 to be made on or before such effective date.