Assembly Bill A5489B

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires the department of health to develop an informational pamphlet for patients undergoing pelvic examinations and to make the informational pamphlet available

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A5489 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S210
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2504-b, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A9600, S7544

2021-A5489 - Summary

Requires the department of health to develop an informational pamphlet for patients undergoing pelvic examinations and to make the informational pamphlet available for use by medical practitioners performing pelvic examinations; requires medical practitioners performing pelvic exams to disseminate such pamphlets.

2021-A5489 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5489
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  requiring  the
   department of health to develop an informational pamphlet for patients
   undergoing  pelvic examinations and to make the informational pamphlet
   available for use by medical practitioners performing pelvic  examina-
   tions  and to require medical practitioners performing pelvic exams to
   disseminate such pamphlets
 
   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
 2504-b to read as follows:
   § 2504-B. INFORMATION CONCERNING PELVIC EXAMS. 1. ON  OR  BEFORE  JULY
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, THE DEPARTMENT, IN COORDINATION WITH THE
 AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS, THE MEDICAL SOCIETY
 OF  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK,  AND THE NEW YORK STATE ACADEMY OF FAMILY
 PHYSICIANS SHALL DEVELOP AN INFORMATIONAL PAMPHLET FOR PATIENTS UNDERGO-
 ING PELVIC EXAMINATIONS THAT INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO INFORMATION
 CONCERNING, THE FOLLOWING:
   (A) WHAT A PELVIC EXAM IS AND HOW IT IS PROPERLY PERFORMED;
   (B) IF APPLICABLE, A DESCRIPTION OF OTHER RELEVANT EXAMS;
   (C) PRIVACY EXPECTATIONS, INCLUDING THAT PRIVACY  SHOULD  BE  PROVIDED
 FOR  THE  PATIENT BOTH WHEN UNDRESSING AND DRESSING AND THAT A GOWN OR A
 DRAPE SHOULD BE PROVIDED;
   (D) AN EXPLANATION OF WHAT A SPECULUM IS AND HOW IT SHOULD BE PROPERLY
 USED DURING AN EXAMINATION;
   (E) THAT GLOVES SHOULD BE WORN BY THE LICENSEE DURING THE EXAMINATION;
 AND
   (F) A TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR THE OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL  CONDUCT
 AT  WHICH A PATIENT MAY REPORT ANY MISCONDUCT THAT THE PATIENT FEELS MAY
 HAVE OCCURRED.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

2021-A5489A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S210
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2504-b, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A9600, S7544

2021-A5489A - Summary

Requires the department of health to develop an informational pamphlet for patients undergoing pelvic examinations and to make the informational pamphlet available for use by medical practitioners performing pelvic examinations; requires medical practitioners performing pelvic exams to disseminate such pamphlets.

2021-A5489A - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5489--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee 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  requiring  the
   department of health to develop an informational pamphlet for patients
   undergoing  pelvic examinations and to make the informational pamphlet
   available for use by medical practitioners performing pelvic  examina-
   tions  and to require medical practitioners performing pelvic exams to
   disseminate such pamphlets
 
   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
 2504-b to read as follows:
   § 2504-B. INFORMATION CONCERNING PELVIC EXAMS. 1. ON  OR  BEFORE  JULY
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, THE DEPARTMENT, IN COORDINATION WITH THE
 AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS, THE MEDICAL SOCIETY
 OF  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK,  AND THE NEW YORK STATE ACADEMY OF FAMILY
 PHYSICIANS SHALL DEVELOP AN INFORMATIONAL PAMPHLET FOR PATIENTS UNDERGO-
 ING PELVIC EXAMINATIONS THAT INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO INFORMATION
 CONCERNING, THE FOLLOWING:
   (A) WHAT A PELVIC EXAM IS AND HOW IT IS PROPERLY PERFORMED;
   (B) IF APPLICABLE, A DESCRIPTION OF OTHER RELEVANT EXAMS;
   (C) PRIVACY EXPECTATIONS, INCLUDING THAT PRIVACY  SHOULD  BE  PROVIDED
 FOR  THE  PATIENT BOTH WHEN UNDRESSING AND DRESSING AND THAT A GOWN OR A
 DRAPE SHOULD BE PROVIDED;
   (D) AN EXPLANATION OF WHAT A SPECULUM IS AND HOW IT SHOULD BE PROPERLY
 USED DURING AN EXAMINATION;
   (E) THAT GLOVES SHOULD BE WORN BY THE LICENSEE DURING THE EXAMINATION;
 AND

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03288-03-1

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2021-A5489B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S210
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2504-b, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A9600, S7544

2021-A5489B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the department of health to develop an informational pamphlet for patients undergoing pelvic examinations and to make the informational pamphlet available for use by medical practitioners performing pelvic examinations; requires medical practitioners performing pelvic exams to disseminate such pamphlets.

2021-A5489B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5489--B
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
   as amended and recommitted to said committee --  again  reported  from
   said  committee  with  amendments,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and
   recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  requiring  the
   department of health to develop an informational pamphlet for patients
   undergoing  pelvic examinations and to make the informational pamphlet
   available for use by medical practitioners performing pelvic  examina-
   tions  and to require medical practitioners performing pelvic exams to
   disseminate such pamphlets
 
   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
 2504-b to read as follows:
   § 2504-B. INFORMATION CONCERNING PELVIC EXAMS. 1. ON  OR  BEFORE  JULY
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DEVELOP AN INFORMA-
 TIONAL  PAMPHLET FOR PATIENTS UNDERGOING PELVIC EXAMINATIONS.  IN DEVEL-
 OPING THE PAMPHLET, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CONSULT WITH STATE PROFESSIONAL
 SOCIETIES REPRESENTING PHYSICIANS IN GENERAL, OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOL-
 OGISTS,  FAMILY  PRACTICE  PHYSICIANS,  NURSE  PRACTITIONERS,  PHYSICIAN
 ASSISTANTS  AND MIDWIVES.  THE PAMPHLET SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED
 TO INFORMATION CONCERNING, THE FOLLOWING:
   (A) WHAT A PELVIC EXAM IS AND HOW IT IS PROPERLY PERFORMED;
   (B) IF APPLICABLE, A DESCRIPTION OF OTHER RELEVANT EXAMS;
   (C) PRIVACY EXPECTATIONS, INCLUDING THAT PRIVACY  SHOULD  BE  PROVIDED
 FOR  THE  PATIENT BOTH WHEN UNDRESSING AND DRESSING AND THAT A GOWN OR A
 DRAPE SHOULD BE PROVIDED;
   (D) AN EXPLANATION OF WHAT A SPECULUM IS AND HOW IT SHOULD BE PROPERLY
 USED DURING AN EXAMINATION;

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03288-05-1

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