
160 bills. Ordered by the date of each bill’s latest official action: referral, amendment, floor vote, passage or signature.
Impact is how much a bill would change if enacted, from 1 (minimal) to 10 (transformational). Passage is our estimate of the chance it becomes law this session. How we score
Authorizes the provision of optometric services, which are provided by certain diagnostic and treatment centers licensed under article twenty-eight of the public health law and affiliated with the…
Signed into law
Prohibits the disclosure and discovery of the testimony of a party to a health care quality assurance or peer review proceeding; further adds the failure to cooperate and participate in the quality…
Adopted
Allows nurse practitioners to perform any function in conjunction with the making of a diagnosis of illness or physical condition.
Extends provisions of part X2 of chapter 62 of the laws of 2003 relating to allowing the use of funds of the office of professional medical conduct for activities of patient health information and…
Signed into law
Extends the transitional care unit demonstration program.
Expands the definition of major utility transmission facility to include a facility in which electric current is transformed from the transmission system to the distribution system or a facility…
Creates the family health care decisions act; establishes procedures for family members, surrogates and others close to an incapacitated patient making health care decisions on behalf of patients…
Signed into law
Relates to rights of residents of adult care facilities.
Relates to the definition of a clinical peer reviewer by clarifying that such term shall be applicable for the entire utilization review and external appeal article and means either a physician or a…
Provides an exemption to the crime of criminal possession of a controlled substance upon the possession of residual amounts of a controlled substance in a hypodermic syringe or hypodermic needle…
Establishes the prescription drug discount program; establishes that the purpose of the program is to provide access to prescription drugs to participants at a discounted price and to allow for the…
Repeals certain provisions regarding the adoption of a new or revised city charter proposed by a charter commission which limit the submission of questions to a city's qualified electors: eliminates…
Provides that the commissioner of health shall report to the Attorney General improper measures by manufacturers, suppliers or retailers which endanger the public safety by exposing people to…
Provides that the commissioner of health may exempt certain brand name drugs so that they fall under medical assistance umbrella.
Prohibits discrimination based on gender identity or expression; defines "gender identity or expression" as having or being perceived as having a gender identity, self image, appearance, behavior or…
Provides that a dental school graduate shall not be required to obtain a limited permit if they are employed in an approved residency program.
Provides for the establishment of medical home multipayor programs to improve health care outcomes and efficiency through improved access, patient care continuity, and coordination of health services.
Subjects nursing homes not providing basic standards of care for a period of at least forty-eight consecutive hours to nursing home diversion; requires such home to immediately notify the department…
Provides for notification of an external appeal to an enrollee's designee and the enrollee's health care provider; provides further for notification to such persons once an appeal determination is…
Provides for cost allowances for strategic capital investments in technology infrastructure for certain home health care programs.
Provides for additional remedies for patients' private right of actions in residential health care facilities; allows class actions by patients, patient's legal representative, or such patient's…
Regulates the scope, manner and performance of review of claims by utilization review agents; provides that denial of coverage for emergency services is not based solely on final diagnosis.
Relates to certain application and referral forms for health care plans by authorizing the commissioner and superintendent of insurance to adopt regulations for the renewal of credentialing and…
Requires health care professionals to order, prescribe, administer and dispense pain-relieving medications in accordance with professional standards and guidelines.
Relates to hypodermic syringes and the lawful possession of such syringes.
Provides for pharmacy benefit management and the procurement of prescription drugs to be dispensed to patients, or the administration or management of prescription drug benefits; sets forth…
Establishes minimum staffing levels of types of various personnel in nursing homes throughout any particular day; creates the advisory council on nursing home staffing to make recommendations to the…
Enacts the "safe staffing for quality care act" to require acute care facilities to implement certain direct-care nurse to patient ratios in all nursing units; sets minimum staffing requirements;…
Relates to certain prohibitions in contracts or agreements by health maintenance organizations; prohibits clauses which entitle reimbursement at the lowest price or rate; prohibits contracts which…
Provides that an affirmation of a health care practitioner may be served or filed in an action in lieu of and with same force and effect as an affidavit (changes the current reference in existing…
Establishes the clinical trial access and education fund to provide grants to eligible applicants to provide certain services for patients with life-threatening or disabling conditions or diseases.
Requires a hospice intending to establish a hospice residence within a municipality to provide notification of the site selection and the description of the nature and size of the program to the…
Permits the state division of housing and community renewal to authorize investigations and inspections of certain dwellings by the department of housing preservation and development in NYC.
Relates to medicaid payment for co-payments due under Medicare Part D; authorizes the commissioner of health to create a system to incorporate co-payments billed to a recipient under Medicare Part D…
Provides Medicaid reimbursement for interpretation services provided by hospital inpatient, outpatient and emergency department settings and in diagnostic treatment centers; provides further that…
Relates to clarifying the grounds for an external appeal based on medical necessity; provides that where the health plan denies coverage for a health service on grounds of "medical necessity" the…
Authorizes the commissioner of health to develop and administer training programs for coroners, coroners' physicians and medical examiners; provides for the making of regulations for minimum…
Adds certain school based health services (i.e., services provided by certain clinics which provide primary health care services within an elementary or secondary public school setting) to the list…
Extends the protections of the medical exemption from mandatory immunizations for students to ensure deference to the professional assessments of physicians and nurse practitioners in the care of…
Provides protections to parents who decline to have their children immunized on the basis of religious beliefs; allows a parent to submit an affidavit stating that the parent, parents or guardian…
Subjects various actions which the UDC is presently authorized to take regarding real property (i.e., to acquire, to contract to acquire, to own, to hold, to clear, to improve, to rehabilitate, to…
Provides for the exclusion of certain costs associated with home health care and the formula for calculating state reimbursements to such programs.
Requires installation and use of ceiling lifts for patient transfer in hospitals and nursing homes; further requires appropriate staff training in the use of ceiling lifts.
Relates to approval of applications for establishment of adult care facilities.
Relates to improving quality of certain adult care facilities.
Relates to approval of applications for establishment of adult care facilities.
Makes various provisions regarding establishment of a hospital: provides that any person and various other listed entities (i.e., partnership, company, stockholder, member, corporation or other…
Expands the application of the provisions of law relating to access to patient medical records to include restrictions on the agents of health care providers; includes pharmacists and midwives…
Relates to neuro-psychology technicians employed by psychologists providing supportive services relating to neuro-psychological testing; defines neuro-psychological testing; and sets forth education…
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