Senate Bill S1963

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes retail clinics to provide certain services

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health 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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2025-S1963 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §230-f, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S9276
2023-2024: S2942

2025-S1963 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes retail clinics to provide certain services; directs the commissioner of health to enact regulations imposing certain standards and restrictions.

2025-S1963 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1963 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1963
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- 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 retail clinics
 
   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
 230-f to read as follows:
   § 230-F. RETAIL CLINICS. 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION,  "RETAIL  CLINIC"
 MEANS A FACILITY OR PORTION OF A FACILITY THAT IS OPERATED BY ANY ENTITY
 THAT  IS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF THIS STATE TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL
 SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC AND THAT PROVIDES HEALTH CARE SERVICES OR  TREAT-
 MENT  PROVIDED BY A HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER LICENSED, CERTIFIED, REGIS-
 TERED OR AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE UNDER TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION  LAW,
 ACTING  WITHIN SUCH HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER'S LAWFUL SCOPE OF PRACTICE,
 THAT:  (A) OPERATES WITHIN THE SPACE OF  A  RETAIL  BUSINESS  OPERATION,
 SUCH  AS  A  PHARMACY  OR  A  STORE  OPEN  TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC; (B) IS
 LABELED, BRANDED, ADVERTISED OR MARKETED WITH THE NAME OR  SYMBOL  OF  A
 RETAIL  BUSINESS  ENTITY;  OR  (C)  IS  LABELED,  BRANDED, ADVERTISED OR
 MARKETED WITH THE NAME OR SYMBOL OF A  BUSINESS  ENTITY,  OTHER  THAN  A
 BUSINESS ENTITY THAT PROVIDES HEALTH CARE SERVICES OR TREATMENT PROVIDED
 AT  THE FACILITY. HOWEVER, A FACILITY OR PORTION OF A FACILITY SHALL NOT
 BE DEEMED TO BE A RETAIL CLINIC  IF  IT  ORDINARILY  IS  USED  ONLY  FOR
 PROVIDING HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO EMPLOYEES OF THE RETAIL BUSINESS OPER-
 ATION.    A  FACILITY  SHALL  NOT BE DEEMED TO BE A RETAIL CLINIC IF THE
 HEALTH CARE SERVICE UNDER TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW  IT  PROVIDES
 IS  LIMITED  TO  PHARMACY OR OPHTHALMIC DISPENSING AND OPHTHALMOLOGIC OR
 OPTOMETRIC SERVICES PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH OPHTHALMIC DISPENSING.
   2. THE TREATMENTS AND SERVICES THAT MAY BE PROVIDED BY A RETAIL CLINIC
 SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE PROVISION OF TREATMENT AND SERVICES TO  PATIENTS
 FOR  ACUTE  EPISODIC ILLNESS OR CONDITION; EPISODIC PREVENTIVE TREATMENT
 AND SERVICES SUCH AS IMMUNIZATIONS; OPHTHALMIC DISPENSING AND OPHTHALMO-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03236-01-5
              

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