NY State Senate Bill 2023-S6546

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee

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Jan 03, 2024	referred to health
Apr 26, 2023	referred to health

2023-S6546 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2272
Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 8-A §§820 - 823, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: A7652
2017-2018: A948
2019-2020: A2981
2021-2022: A2296

2023-S6546 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing the "health care information management act"; requires an annual report by the commissioner to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly.

2023-S6546 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S6546

SPONSOR: SALAZAR
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to enacting the
health care information management act

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To establish rules and regulations requiring every public and private
hospital, as defined in subdivision one of section two thousand eight
hundred one of this chapter, in conjunction with emergency and other
medical services, to compile data and submit such data annually to the
department.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

SECTION 1. Adds a new article 8-A to the Public Health Law as follows:

§ 821. Compilation of data. The commissioner shall establish rules and
regulations requiring every public and private hospital, as defined in

subdivision one of section two thousand eight hundred one of this chap-
ter in conjunction with emergency and other medical services to compile
the following data and submit such data annually to the department in a
useable form for the department's reporting by census tracts; 1) with
regard to emergency services: a) length of time between each individ-
ual's call to 911 and such individual's arrival at the emergency room
b)length of time between arrival and admission at such hospital regard-
less of method of arrival, which may include but not be limited to walk-
ins and arrival via ambulance c) the number of patients treated and
released without admission.

2. With regard to other medical services: a) the total amount of time
between an individual's admission to the emergency room and obtaining a
bed on the hospital floor for other medical services and b) the total
wait time for all pregnant women, pre and post-partum, to receive a bed
and/or stretcher after arrival at such hospital c) the percentage of
women admitted, in labor with no pre-partum care; d) the number of
births; h) the number of fatalities due to asthma; e) the number of
fatalities as a result of pulmonary diseases; f) the number of patients
with any form of cardiac disease; and g) any additional data the commis-
sioner deems pertinent to such compilation of data.

§ 822. Presentation of data. Data from all individual patients complied
under each subdivision of section eight hundred twenty-one of this arti-
cle shall be placed into one of the following categories based on each
individual's current insurance status:

1. Uninsured;

2. Medicare recipient:

a. Part A;

b. Part B;

c. Part C; or

d. Part D;

3. Medicaid recipient; or

4. Insured with a metal level of:

a. Bronze;

b. Silver;

c. Gold; or

d. Platinum.

$823. Annual report. On or before the first of January, beginning in two
thousand twenty-five and every year thereafter, the commissioner shall
submit to the Governor, the Temporary President of the Senate and the
Speaker of the Assembly a report of the complied data outlined in
section eight hundred twenty-one of this article.

SECTION 2. Establishes the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Throughout the multi-year fight to save Long Island College Hospital
(LICH), formerly operated by the State University of New York-Downstate,
the communities served by LICH fought to have an assessment of the
communities' health needs. It became apparent that the Department of
Health (DOH) was neither collecting nor reporting data that could under-
pin an impartial and accurate assessment. This bill would require the
DOH to collect such local health data and report it to the Governor and
the Legislature. These statistics would demonstrate the health needs of
the community and will further assist the state budget process by facil-
itating the allocation of resources based on accurate health data rather
than conjecture.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

SENATE - new bill

ASSEMBLY -

2021-22: A.2296 Simon - referred to health

2020-19: A.2981 Simon - referred to health

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

none

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it
shall have become a law; provided, however that effective immediately
the addition amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
for the implementation of this act on its effective date is authorized
to be made on or before such effective date.

2023-S6546 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6546
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 26, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SALAZAR -- 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  enacting  the
   health care information management act
 
   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
 8-A to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 8-A
                                HEALTH CARE
                        INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ACT
 SECTION 820. SHORT TITLE.
         821. COMPILATION OF DATA.
         822. PRESENTATION OF DATA.
         823. ANNUAL REPORT.
   §  820.  SHORT  TITLE. THIS ACT SHALL BE KNOWN AND MAY BE CITED AS THE
 "HEALTH CARE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ACT".
   § 821. COMPILATION OF DATA. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH RULES AND
 REGULATIONS REQUIRING EVERY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOSPITAL, AS  DEFINED  IN
 SUBDIVISION  ONE OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED ONE OF THIS CHAPTER, IN
 CONJUNCTION WITH EMERGENCY AND OTHER MEDICAL SERVICES,  TO  COMPILE  THE
 FOLLOWING  AND  SUBMIT SUCH DATA IN A FORM USEABLE FOR SUCH PURPOSES AND
 TALLIED BY CENSUS TRACT, ANNUALLY TO THE DEPARTMENT:
   1. WITH REGARD TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES: (A) THE LENGTH  OF  TIME
 BETWEEN  EACH  INDIVIDUAL'S CALL TO 911 AND SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S ARRIVAL AT
 THE EMERGENCY ROOM;
   (B) THE LENGTH OF TIME BETWEEN, BUT NOT LIMITED TO ARRIVAL AND  ADMIS-
 SION AT SUCH HOSPITAL REGARDLESS OF METHOD OF ARRIVAL, WHICH MAY INCLUDE
 BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO WALK-INS AND ARRIVAL VIA AMBULANCE;
   (C)  THE  NUMBER OF PATIENTS TREATED AND RELEASED WITHOUT ADMISSION TO
 SUCH HOSPITAL;

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03252-01-3

 S. 6546                             2
 
   (D) THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF TIME BETWEEN AN INDIVIDUAL'S ADMISSION TO  THE
 EMERGENCY ROOM AND OBTAINING A BED ON THE HOSPITAL FLOOR;
   2.  WITH REGARD TO OTHER MEDICAL SERVICES: (A) THE TOTAL WAIT TIME FOR
 ALL PATIENTS TO RECEIVE A BED AND/OR STRETCHER  AFTER  ARRIVAL  AT  SUCH
 HOSPITAL;
   (B)  THE  TOTAL WAIT TIME FOR ALL PREGNANT WOMEN, PRE AND POST-PARTUM,
 TO RECEIVE A BED AND/OR STRETCHER AFTER ARRIVAL AT SUCH HOSPITAL;
   (C)  THE PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN ADMITTED, IN  LABOR  WITH  NO  PRE-PARTUM
 CARE;
   (D) THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS;
   (E) THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES DUE TO ASTHMA;
   (F) THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES AS A RESULT OF PULMONARY DISEASES;
   (G) THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS WITH ANY FORM OF CARDIAC DISEASE; AND
   (H)  ANY  ADDITIONAL  DATA  THE  COMMISSIONER  DEEMS PERTINENT TO SUCH
 COMPILATION OF DATA.
   § 822.   PRESENTATION OF  DATA.  DATA  FROM  ALL  INDIVIDUAL  PATIENTS
 COMPILED UNDER SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE
 PLACED  INTO  ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES BASED ON EACH INDIVIDUAL'S
 CURRENT INSURANCE STATUS:
   1. UNINSURED;
   2. MEDICARE RECIPIENT:
   (A) PART A;
   (B) PART B;
   (C) PART C; OR
   (D) PART D;
   3. MEDICAID RECIPIENT;
   4. INSURED WITH AN EMPLOYER-DRIVEN INSURANCE PLAN; OR
   5. INSURED WITH A METAL LEVEL OF:
   (A) BRONZE;
   (B) SILVER;
   (C) GOLD; OR
   (D) PLATINUM.
   § 823. ANNUAL REPORT. ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST OF JANUARY, BEGINNING  IN
 TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-FIVE  AND  EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER, THE COMMISSIONER
 SHALL SUBMIT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE  AND
 THE  SPEAKER  OF THE ASSEMBLY, A REPORT OF THE COMPILED DATA OUTLINED IN
 SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or
 before such effective date.

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Senate Bill S6546

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee

2023-S6546 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S6546 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S6546 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6546 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Sponsored By

Julia Salazar

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee

2023-S6546 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S6546 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S6546 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6546 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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