Senate Bill S5732

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to creating the health emergency response data system

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Current Bill Status Via A5370 - Passed Senate

  • 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-S5732 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5370
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add & amd §206-c, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A11132
2021-2022: A244

2023-S5732 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to creating the health emergency response data system, which collects information and statistical data relating to public health emergencies in order to assist the department of health, other government entities, health care providers, and the public in understanding and responding to public health emergencies.

2023-S5732 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5732 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5732
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 15, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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  creating  the
   health emergency response data system
 
   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
 206-c to read as follows:
   § 206-C. HEALTH EMERGENCY RESPONSE DATA SYSTEM. 1. A. THE HEALTH EMER-
 GENCY  RESPONSE  DATA SYSTEM, REFERRED TO IN THIS SECTION AS "HERDS", IS
 HEREBY CREATED IN THE DEPARTMENT. THE HERDS  SHALL  COLLECT  INFORMATION
 AND  STATISTICAL  DATA,  REFERRED  TO IN THIS SECTION AS "HERDS INFORMA-
 TION", RELATING TO PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES AND  HEALTH  CARE  SERVICES
 RELATED TO PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES, IN ORDER TO ASSIST THE DEPARTMENT,
 OTHER  GOVERNMENT  ENTITIES,  HEALTH  CARE  PROVIDERS, AND THE PUBLIC IN
 UNDERSTANDING AND RESPONDING TO PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES.
   B. INDIVIDUALLY IDENTIFIABLE HERDS INFORMATION SHALL BE KEPT CONFIDEN-
 TIAL. HERDS INFORMATION DISCLOSED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL BE AGGREGATED
 SO IT CANNOT BE INDIVIDUALLY IDENTIFIABLE, BUT IT SHALL  CONTAIN  SUFFI-
 CIENT  DETAIL,  SO IT REFERS TO SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC AREAS AND HOSPITALS,
 AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER.
   C. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL MAKE REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING THIS SECTION.
   2. A. THE  HERDS  SHALL  COLLECT  HERDS  INFORMATION,  INCLUDING  FROM
 SURVEYS  SUBMITTED  BY  HOSPITALS,  NURSING HOMES, AND OTHER HEALTH CARE
 PROVIDERS, AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
   B. THE HERDS SHALL  BE  OPERATED  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT,  INCLUDING  THE
 COLLECTING  AND MAKING AVAILABLE INFORMATION, IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND TO
 IMPROVE THE DEPARTMENT'S FULFILLMENT OF ITS RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER ARTI-
 CLES TWENTY-ONE AND FORTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09074-01-3
 S. 5732                             2

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