Assembly Bill A8079

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Amends the definition of the term store and forward technology

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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-A8079 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2999-cc, Pub Health L

2021-A8079 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends the definition of the term "store and forward technology" to mean the asynchronous, electronic transmission of a patient's health information from an originating site to a telehealth provider at a distant site.

2021-A8079 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8079
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 11, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to amending the defi-
   nition of the term "store and forward technology"
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Subdivision 6 of section 2999-cc of the public health law,
 as added by chapter 6 of the  laws  of  2015,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   6.  "Store  and forward technology" means the asynchronous, electronic
 transmission of a patient's health information [in the form of  patient-
 specific digital images and/or pre-recorded videos] from [a provider at]
 an originating site to a telehealth provider at a distant site.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11456-01-1

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