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A4054Assembly2017-2018 Session

Update Physician Profiles Quarterly

Official title

“Directs the department of health to update physician profiles for electronic access at least once every ninety days with respect to proceedings for medical misconduct and actions for medical malpractice”

Sponsor Aravella SimotasAD-36+5 co-sponsorsAffects Health
Status
In Assembly Committee
Health
Impact
3/10
Low
Passage
0%

Bill progress

Step 2 of 7

In committee · Health

What's happening

This bill requires physician profiles on the Department of Health website to be updated at least every 90 days and available in multiple languages.

Why it matters

  1. More frequent updates (every 90 days) to physician profiles mean that information about medical misconduct and malpractice will be more current and reliable for patients making healthcare choices.

  2. Making profiles available in multiple languages increases accessibility, helping non-English speakers better understand doctors’ backgrounds and make informed decisions about their care.

  3. The change shifts responsibility onto the Department of Health to ensure timely updates, rather than waiting for physicians to submit changes, potentially reducing outdated or missing information.

  4. By improving transparency and language access, the bill could enhance trust between patients and providers—especially in diverse communities where language barriers or concerns about provider accountability are common.

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Update Physician Profiles Quarterly

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Aravella Simotas

Assembly Member · Assembly District 36

History

  1. Referred to health
  2. Referred to health

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

4054

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

February 1, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. SIMOTAS, COOK, RIVERA, ZEBROWSKI, MONTESANO, HOOPER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. McKEVITT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to electronic access to physician profiles

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 2995-a of the public health law, as amended by section 3 of part A of chapter 57 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:

9. The department shall, in addition to hard copy physician profiles, provide for electronic access to and copying of physician profiles developed pursuant to this section through the system commonly known as the Internet. [The department shall update a physician's online profile within thirty days of receipt of a completed physician profile survey or any change in profile information.] Such electronic access to physician profiles shall be updated at least once every ninety days to reflect changes to such profiles with respect to proceedings for medical misconduct and actions for medical malpractice. Such physician profiles shall be made available in English and other such languages that the commissioner deems appropriate.

§ 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall have become a law.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD04536-01-7

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