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The Laws of New York
Consolidated Laws of New York
CHAPTER 45
Public Health
ARTICLE 29-D
Health Information and Quality Improvement
TITLE 1
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SECTION 2997
Patient privacy
Public Health (PBH) CHAPTER 45, ARTICLE 29-D, TITLE 1
§ 2997. Patient privacy. 1. The department shall examine state laws
protecting the privacy of individual patient data, and determine the
necessity of supplementing existing protections.

2. The department shall examine federal initiatives protecting the
privacy of individual patient data, and such federal initiatives'
potential preemptive effect on state law protections.

3. The department shall provide a report of its findings to the
governor and the legislature within eighteen months of the effective
date of this section.