Assembly Bill A2478

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes a pilot program for the dispensing of hearing aids in the county of Westchester

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-A2478 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2697
Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 18 §1800, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8163, S5131
2021-2022: A6022, S5597

2023-A2478 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a pilot program for the dispensing of hearing aids in the county of Westchester.

2023-A2478 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2478
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 26, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Higher Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the public health law, in relation to establishing a
   pilot program for the dispensing of hearing  aids  in  the  county  of
   Westchester;  and  providing  for  the  repeal of such provisions upon
   expiration thereof

   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 18
 to read as follows:
 
                                ARTICLE 18
             DISPENSING OF HEARING AIDS; COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER
 SECTION 1800. DISPENSING OF HEARING AIDS; COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.
   §  1800.  DISPENSING  OF  HEARING  AIDS; COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 1. THE
 COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER SHALL  ESTABLISH  AND  IMPLEMENT  A  COMPREHENSIVE
 PILOT  PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISPENSING OF HEARING AIDS PURSUANT TO
 THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION. SUCH PILOT PROGRAM SHALL CONTINUE FOR  A
 PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS
 OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE THAT ADDED THIS ARTICLE.
   2.  AN AUDIOLOGIST OR HEARING AID DISPENSER LICENSED UNDER ARTICLE ONE
 HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE OF THE EDUCATION LAW EMPLOYED BY AN  OTOLARYNGOLOGIST
 PRACTICING OTOLARYNGOLOGY IN THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER WHO HAS CONDUCTED
 A  MEDICAL  EVALUATION  OF  HEARING  LOSS  MAY DISPENSE HEARING AIDS FOR
 PROFIT PROVIDED THAT THE OTOLARYNGOLOGIST WHO HAS  CONDUCTED  A  MEDICAL
 EVALUATION OF HEARING LOSS PROVIDES TO THE PATIENT A LIST CONTAINING THE
 NAME  AND OFFICE LOCATION OF FIVE HEARING AID DISPENSERS WITH A PLACE OF
 BUSINESS LOCATED WITHIN THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER AND A  WRITTEN  STATE-
 MENT DISCLOSING THAT THE OTOLARYNGOLOGIST'S OFFICE WILL RECEIVE A PROFIT
 FROM THE SALE OF ANY HEARING AID DEVICE.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed 5 years  after
 such date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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