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A00655 Summary:

BILL NOA00655
 
SAME ASNo same as
 
SPONSORGottfried (MS)
 
COSPNSRGantt, Magnarelli, McEneny, Paulin, Perry, Galef, Boyland, Rivera J
 
MLTSPNSRBrennan, Colton, Dinowitz, Hooper, Jacobs, Miller J, Ortiz, Weinstein, Wright
 
Add S2805-u, Pub Health L
 
Requires health care providers (i.e., an entity licensed/certified under certain articles of the public health law or the mental hygiene law, a health care practitioner licensed/registered/certified under title eight of the education law, or a provider of pharmaceutical products/services or durable medical equipment) to disclose errors in diagnosis, treatment or other services that the provider knows has caused substantial harm or significant risk of substantial harm; provides there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the provider knew of the error and the harm or risk of harm if, under the circumstances, the provider reasonably should have had knowledge thereof; provides such disclosure shall be made within a reasonable period of time and be reasonably understandable.
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