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- Referred to health
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 60–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1494
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Reported and committed to rules
- Print number 5789b
- Amend and recommit to finance
- Reported and committed to finance
- Print number 5789a
- Amend and recommit to health
- Referred to health
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- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to health
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Promotes the development, provision and accessibility of telehealth/telemedicine services
In Assembly Committee · Health · Sponsor Addie Jenne
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Title of bill
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to promoting the development, provision and accessibility of telehealth/telemedicine services; and to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing a New York state telehealth/telemedicine development and research grant fund
Purpose
The purpose of this bill is to help promote the establishment and maintenance of a statewide telehealth/telemedicine network to serve the health care needs of New York's residents, especially those located in underserved rural, urban and suburban areas.
Summary of provisions
Section 1: Amends Public Health Law section 206 to add a new subdivision (30) to ensure that the Commissioner shall be empowered to help to establish and maintain a statewide telehealth/telemedicine network and to help promote the increased use, storage, and retrieval of electronic records that can be used for such a network.
Section 2: Amends Public Health Law section 220 to broaden the expertise of the membership of the Public Health and Health Planning Council to include those that have expertise in telehealth/telemedicine and the utilization, storage and retrieval of electronic medical records to be used with such a network.
Section 3: Adds a new Public Health Law section 2999-ee, 2999-ff and 2999-gg to Article 29-G which relates to Telehealth Delivery of Services. These provisions revolve around empowering the Department to coordinate and focus on developing and maintaining a state of the art statewide telehealth/telemedicine network and pursuing an ongoing evaluation of such network to better its capacity and efficiency. This is especially true as it promotes the more optimum utilization of such network in underserved rural, urban and suburban areas of the state. Under this bill, a biennial plan will need to be developed and updated periodically, with the assistance of existing and potential future telehealth providers, and health care facilities.
A new PHL section 2999-ff is added to establish the Telehealth/telemedicine Development Grant Program
A new PHL section 2999-gg is added to establish the Telehealth/telemedicine Research funding program and function. This is to identify and fund worthy research programs to advance the cause of telehealth/telemedicine.
Section 4: Amends PHL section 3614 to allow for capital reimbursement for telehealth/telemedicine as it relates to certified home health agency services, long term home health care programs and AIDS home care programs.
Section 5: Adds a new State Finance Law section 99-Z to establish the NYS telehealth/telemedicine development and research grant fund.
Section 6: Effective Date.
Justification
It is important for the State of New York to advance a systematic statewide telehealth/telemedicine network that serves the entire State, especially those underserved rural, urban and suburban areas that may be lacking in number of providers or services needed for the
provision of quality care. Any gaps that may exist, need to be filled as quickly as practicable.
Legislative history
New bill amendments
Fiscal implications
None to the state.
Effective date
Immediately
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