Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 10, 2024 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S9303
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 55th Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2023-S9303 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add Art 27-CCCC §§2748 - 2748-b, Pub Health L
2023-S9303 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S9303 SPONSOR: BROUK TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing a hyperbaric oxygen therapy pilot program PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To establish a pilot program to treat veterans with traumatic brain injuries and/or post-traumatic stress disorder using hyperbaric oxygen therapy. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 defines relevant terms, provides for the establishment of a five-year pilot program to treat veterans with TBI and/or PTSD by means of HBOT, and authorizes medical professionals to prescribe and adminis- ter such treatment. Section 2 authorizes the commissioner to promulgate rules and regu-
2023-S9303 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9303 I N S E N A T E May 10, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BROUK -- 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 establishing a hyperbaric oxygen therapy pilot program 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 27-CCCC to read as follows: ARTICLE 27-CCCC HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY PILOT PROGRAM SECTION 2748. DEFINITIONS. 2748-A. HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY PILOT PROGRAM. 2748-B. HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY AUTHORIZED. § 2748. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS: 1. "AUTHORIZED MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL" SHALL MEAN A LICENSED PHYSICIAN, PHYSICIAN'S ASSISTANT, NURSE PRACTITIONER OR OTHER LICENSED HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER LICENSED TO PRACTICE IN THIS STATE AND ACTING WITHIN SUCH PROFESSIONAL'S SCOPE OF PRACTICE. 2. "HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY" SHALL MEAN TREATMENT FROM AN AUTHORIZED MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL IN EITHER A HYPERBARIC CHAMBER APPROVED BY THE UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, OR SIMILAR DEVICE WITH A UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION APPROVED INVESTIGATIONAL DEVICE EXEMPTION. 3. "POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER" SHALL MEAN A MENTAL CONDITION DEVELOPED AFTER HAVING EXPERIENCED OR WITNESSED A TRAUMATIC OR LIFE- THREATENING EVENT AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED BY THE MOST RECENT EDITION OF THE DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS, PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION. 4. "TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDRED FORTY-ONE OF THIS CHAP- TER. 5. "VETERAN" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION ONE OF THE VETERANS' SERVICES LAW. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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