NY State Senate Bill 2021-S2825

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Jan 05, 2022	referred to health
Jan 25, 2021	referred to health

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2021-S2825 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add §2799, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S2621
2019-2020: S1247
2023-2024: S4507

2021-S2825 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the commissioner of health to award grants for graduate medical education in Lyme and tick-borne disease and to designate organizations as centers for Lyme and tick-borne disease excellence.

2021-S2825 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S2825

SPONSOR: SERINO
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to grants for gradu-
ate medical education in Lyme and tick-borne disease

 
PURPOSE:

To establish grants for graduate medical education in Lyme and tick-
borne disease, as well as allow the commissioner of health to designate
Lyme and tick-borne disease resource centers.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

  Section 1: Authorizes the commissioner of health to make grants, with-
in  amounts  appropriated,  in support of certified fellowship education
programs to establish or expand education in Lyme and tick-borne disease
for graduate medical education. Guidelines for consideration  of  appli-
cants  by  the commissioner are also established.  Additionally, creates
the designation of centers for Lyme and  tick-borne  disease  excellence

and  allows  the  commissioner  to designate Lyme and tick-borne-disease
resource centers.

The commissioner is also instructed to prepare and submit  a  report  to
the governor and the legislature by February 1, 2022, on the results and
effectiveness of this legislation.

  Section 2: Establishes the effective date.

 
EXISTING LAW:

New York State offers similar grants for palliative care programs.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Despite  being  the  most  commonly reported vector-borne illness in the
United States, Lyme disease still  does  not  garner  the  attention  as
other,  less common, diseases. This is especially counterintuitive since
Lyme disease is largely concentrated in the  northeast,  with  New  York
State  having the third most confirmed cases of Lyme disease in the U.S.
in 2015, according to the Centers for Disease  Control  and  Prevention.
With  the  alarming  spread of Lyme and other tick-borne diseases in New
York State, it is critical that we help ensure our medical professionals
are adequately trained to treat patients for these diseases.

State and federal data covering 2002-2006 found that nationally,  Dutch-
ess County had the highest number of reported cases of Lyme of any coun-
ty,  while  Columbia  ranked  first nationwide in the per capita rate of
Lyme disease. Dutchess, Greene, Putnam and Ulster counties were  all  in
the  top  10  for  the  per capita Lyme rate as well, with Orange County
ranking 11 th These findings helped bolster calls for action to  address
the  Lyme and tick-borne disease epidemic, and in recent years, much has
been done in New York to address  their  spread,  including  efforts  in
prevention  and research. The grants established in this legislation can
help programs incorporate the latest research into  these  diseases,  as
well as training in emerging diagnostic and treatment practices.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019-20: S.1247 Referred to Health

2017-18: S.2621A Passed Senate

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Within amounts appropriated.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S2825 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2825
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 25, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. SERINO, HELMING, KENNEDY, O'MARA, RITCHIE, TEDISCO
   -- 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 grants for  gradu-
   ate medical education in Lyme and tick-borne disease

   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
 2799 to read as follows:
   §  2799.  GRANTS FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION IN LYME AND TICK-BORNE
 DISEASE. 1. (A) THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED, WITHIN AMOUNTS APPROPRI-
 ATED FOR SUCH PURPOSE TO MAKE GRANTS IN SUPPORT OF CERTIFIED  FELLOWSHIP
 EDUCATION  PROGRAMS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE,
 CHRONIC DISEASE, OR EPIDEMIOLOGY, TO ESTABLISH OR  EXPAND  EDUCATION  IN
 LYME  AND  TICK-BORNE  DISEASE  FOR  GRADUATE  MEDICAL EDUCATION, AND TO
 INCREASE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRAINEE EDUCATION IN LYME AND  TICK-BORNE
 DISEASE.
   (B)  GRANTS  UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND
 EDUCATION IN LYME AND TICK-BORNE DISEASE MAY BE USED FOR ADMINISTRATION,
 FACULTY RECRUITMENT AND DEVELOPMENT, START-UP COSTS AND  COSTS  INCURRED
 TEACHING  LYME  AND  TICK-BORNE  DISEASE  IN  RESEARCH-BASED PROGRAMS OR
 PATIENT-BASED CARE SITES, INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  PERSONNEL,
 ADMINISTRATION  AND  TRAINEE  RELATED EXPENSES AND OTHER EXPENSES JUDGED
 REASONABLE AND NECESSARY BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   (C) GRANTS UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE AWARDED BY THE COMMISSIONER
 THROUGH A COMPETITIVE APPLICATION PROCESS. IN MAKING AWARDS, THE COMMIS-
 SIONER SHALL CONSIDER THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE APPLICANT:
   (I) PLANS TO INCORPORATE EMERGING LYME AND TICK-BORNE DISEASE RESEARCH
 INTO FELLOWSHIP TRAINING PROGRAMS, INCLUDING DIAGNOSTIC  PROCEDURES  AND
 ALL  MEDICAL TREATMENT OPTIONS, INCLUDING THE BENEFITS AND RISKS OF EACH
 OPTION;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD07273-01-1

 S. 2825                             2
 
   (II) FUNCTIONS IN COLLABORATION WITH RESEARCH OR  PATIENT-BASED  CARE,
 OR BOTH;
   (III) MAKES COMPLEMENTARY EFFORTS TO RECRUIT OR TRAIN QUALIFIED FACUL-
 TY IN LYME AND TICK-BORNE DISEASE EDUCATION AND PREVENTION; AND
   (IV)  UTILIZES  AVAILABLE  LYME  AND TICK-BORNE DISEASE DIAGNOSTIC AND
 TREATMENT, AND SUPPORT SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL  DESIGNATE  ORGANIZATIONS,  UPON  SUCCESSFUL
 APPLICATION  AND PERFORMANCE, AS CENTERS FOR LYME AND TICK-BORNE DISEASE
 EXCELLENCE. SUCH DESIGNATIONS SHALL BE PURSUANT  TO  AN  APPLICATION  AS
 DESIGNED  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT,  AND BASED ON SERVICE, STAFFING AND OTHER
 CRITERIA AS DEVELOPED BY THE COMMISSIONER. SUCH  CENTERS  OF  EXCELLENCE
 SHALL  PROVIDE  SPECIALIZED LYME AND TICK-BORNE DISEASE CARE, TREATMENT,
 EDUCATION AND RELATED SERVICES. DESIGNATION AS A  CENTER  FOR  LYME  AND
 TICK-BORNE  DISEASE  EXCELLENCE  SHALL  NOT ENTITLE A CENTER TO ENHANCED
 REIMBURSEMENT, BUT MAY BE UTILIZED IN  OUTREACH  AND  OTHER  PROMOTIONAL
 ACTIVITIES.
   3. THE COMMISSIONER MAY DESIGNATE LYME AND TICK-BORNE DISEASE RESOURCE
 CENTERS  ("RESOURCE  CENTER").  A  RESOURCE  CENTER  MAY BE STATEWIDE OR
 REGIONAL, AND SHALL ACT AS A SOURCE OF TECHNICAL INFORMATION  AND  GUID-
 ANCE FOR PRACTITIONERS ON THE LATEST LYME AND TICK-BORNE DISEASE STRATE-
 GIES,  THERAPIES  AND MEDICATIONS. THE DEPARTMENT MAY CONTRACT WITH NOT-
 FOR-PROFIT  ORGANIZATIONS  OR  ASSOCIATIONS  TO  ESTABLISH  AND   MANAGE
 RESOURCE  CENTERS. A RESOURCE CENTER MAY CHARGE A FEE TO DEFRAY THE COST
 OF THE SERVICE.
   4. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PREPARE AND SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE  GOVERNOR
 AND  THE  LEGISLATURE, ON OR BEFORE FEBRUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
 TWO REPORTING THE RESULTS  AND  EVALUATING  THE  EFFECTIVENESS  OF  THIS
 SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Senate Bill S2825

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee

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2021-S2825 (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S2825 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S2825 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2825 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Sponsored By

Susan Serino

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee

co-Sponsors

Pamela Helming

Timothy M. Kennedy

Thomas F. O'Mara

Edward A. Rath III

2021-S2825 (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S2825 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S2825 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2825 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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