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Assemblymember
Richard N. Gottfried
Assembly District 75
Chair, Health Committee
Sponsored Legislation

Prime-Sponsored Legislation:

A01988Regulates the provision of observation services by general hospitals; repealer
A01989Relates to accountable care organizations
A02673Relates to certain application and referral forms for health care plans
A02674Provides for clarification of the disposition of human remains
A02675Requires health care providers to disclose errors in diagnosis, treatment, services that provider knows has caused substantial harm or significant risk thereof
A02687Provides for additional remedies for patients' private right of actions in residential health care facilities
A02688Establishes the clinical trial access and education fund to provide grants for certain services for patients with life-threatening or disabling conditions/diseases
A02689Provides protections to parents who decline to have their children immunized on the basis of religious beliefs
A02690Extends the protections of the medical exemption from mandatory immunizations for students
A02691Regulates the scope, manner and performance of review of claims by utilization review agents
A02692Authorizes the commissioner of health to develop and administer training programs for coroners, coroners' physicians and medical examiners
A02693Relates to the definition of a clinical peer reviewer
A02694Establishes an age-appropriate sex education grant program, to be referred to as the healthy teens act
A02695Relates to rights of residents of adult care facilities
A02696Relates to the appointment of a temporary operator or voluntary receiver of adult care facilities
A02697Relates to requirements for the safe handling of prescription drug samples by certain health care professionals
A02844Relates to the distribution of funds to support the provision of general hospital indigent care
A03138Prohibits disclosure of testimony of a party to a health care quality assurance or peer review proceeding
A03139Subjects nursing homes not providing basic standards of care to nursing home diversion
A03749Relates to the performance of medical services by physician assistants
A03781Relates to managed long term care plans
A04062Relates to the special advisory review panel on Medicaid managed care
A04226Prohibits discrimination based on gender identity or expression and includes offenses regarding gender identity or expression under the hate crimes statute
A04381Allows nurse practitioners to perform any function in conjunction with the making of a diagnosis of illness or physical condition
A04382Establishes certification procedures for the profession of nurse anesthesia
A04383Relates to the practice of registered professional nursing by a certified registered nurse anesthetist
A04392Establishes the prescription drug discount program; repealer
A04440Prohibits participation in torture and improper treatment of prisoners by health care professionals
A04466Relates to certain prohibitions in contracts or agreements by health maintenance organizations
A04467Relates to the adult care facilities training program
A04468Authorizes the commissioner of health to make grants to be used to help pay for the costs of conducting local blood drives
A04469Includes health care facilities operated or supervised by the department of correctional services or local correctional facilities within the definition of hospital
A04470Relates to the licensing of acupuncturists and the practice of the profession of acupuncture
A04471Allows vesting of a health care proxy authority without incapacity of ward
A04472Relates to long term home health care program enhancement
A04473Disqualifies providers for receipt of monies for recruitment and retention of non-supervisory workers, when such monies are not provided to home health agencies
A04525Requires every general hospital to have a community advisory board
A04846Establishes the nurse practitioners modernization act
A04996Relates to Medicaid reviews and appeals
A05142Provides 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
A05143Establishes health care organization accountability for delay, failure or refusal to approve, provide, arrange or timely pay for certain health care services
A05144Provides for cost allowances for investments in technology infrastructure for certain home health care programs
A05145Relates to insurer recovery from health care providers
A05146Regulates the payment of reimbursement where the insured has assigned his or her rights to an out-of-plan health care provider
A05147Relates to death and felony crime reports in certain adult care facilities
A05148Adds certain school based health services to list of services which need not be provided by a managed care program
A05149Relates to establishment of adult care facilities
A05150Authorizes a general hospital to identify and use immediate measures to move admitted patients from emergency departments within four hours of being admitted
A05167Establishes a quality incentive payment program for adult homes
A05168Relates to requiring a registered nurse on staff at facilities certified for enhanced assisted living or special needs assisted living
A05169Relates to including certain written false statements within perjury
A05183Relates to enhancing the quality of adult living program for adult care facilities
A05201Relates to penalties for violations relating to residential care programs for adults
A05216Requires health plans with coverage of out of plan medical services to provide certain information to insureds, subscribers and enrollees
A05340Authorizes the commissioner of corrections and community supervision to develop programs in correctional facilities to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases
A05341Provides person/entity with authority to operate a hospital shall be subject to approval by public health and health planning council for establishment of hospital
A05342Relates to the applicability of local laws of certain cities to buildings owned, leased or operated by the state or its agencies
A05343Relates to payment for police services provided to the New York city housing authority
A05344Relates to investigations and inspections by the department of housing preservation and development in NYC
A05345Directs health care professionals to provide pain-relieving medications to the extent authorized by accepted professional guidelines
A05346Requires managed care programs to establish procedures to assure participant access to dental services to which entitled, other than through managed care provider
A05347Repeals certain provisions regarding adoption of new or revised city charter proposed by charter commission which limit submission of questions to city's electors
A05348Makes warrant execution, not issuance, following judgment for petitioner in summary proceeding to recover possession of real property act which annuls relationship
A05349Relates to medicaid payment for co-payments due under Medicare Part D
A05350Provides that the commissioner of health may exempt certain brand name drugs so that they fall under medical assistance umbrella
A05351Makes provisions regarding small claims jurisdiction where claimant is a tenant or lessee of real property owned by defendant that is situated within certain limits
A05352Provides for pharmacy benefit management and the procurement of prescription drugs at a negotiated rate for dispensation
A05353Provides for the exclusion of certain costs associated with home health care and the formula for calculating state reimbursements to such programs
A05354Relates to adoption of rules and regulations by state and local government entities prior to the effective date of legislative acts
A05355Expands the definition of major utility transmission facility to include certain facilities in which electric current is transformed
A05356Provides that liquor authority may include certain terms and conditions as part of various licenses for on-premises consumption to assure premises lawfully operated
A05357Relates to referrals of patients for health related items or services
A05358Prohibits regulations from permitting an owner to refuse to renew a lease on grounds that the housing is sought for personal use or occupancy; repealer
A05389Provides for establishment of the New York Health plan
A05537Allows for reimbursement of transportation costs for emergency care without prior authorization by the social services official
A05675Relates to access to specialty drugs in medicaid managed care
A05692Enacts the health care consumer and provider protection act relating to collective negotiations by health care providers with certain health care plans
A06357Legalizes the possession, manufacture, use, delivery, transfer, transport or administration of marihuana by a certified patient or designated caregiver
A06560Relates to prescription drugs in Medicaid managed care programs; repealer
A06571Enacts the "safe staffing for quality care act"
A06676Relates to the approval of construction of hospitals or diagnostic treatment centers without regard to public need and financial resource requirements
A06724Includes optometrists within provisions relating to clinical laboratories
A06838Enacts the "health care delivery models study act"
A07102Relates to competency exams, service charges, petitions to modify or vacate orders, profiling requirements and modifying physician and advertising and testimony standards
A07106Amends certain definitions relating to tobacco products and changes the minimum pack sizes for tobacco products and the tax amount for tobacco products
A07248Relates to insurance reimbursement for cost of vaccinations
A07262Relates to the definition of the term "recorded programs" for purposes of the sales tax exemption for machinery or equipment for use or consumption by a broadcaster
A07342Relates to vision care provided by managed care providers through school based health centers
A07505Relates to conforming the definition of palliative care throughout the public health law
A07518Provides for the operation of the donate life registry for organ, eye and tissue donation by a not-for-profit organization
A07571Provides for the making of health care decisions for people who lack capacity; repealer
A07636Directs the department of health to provide oversight of the transitioning of individuals to managed long term care operated by health maintenance organizations
A07665Relates to waiving recoupment of medical assistance payments for the capital costs of diagnostic and treatment centers primarily engaged in providing services to the developmentally disabled
A07667Defines maternal depression, requires the provision of maternal depression education, and the provision of a screening and referral plan for the state
A07755Relates to authorizing assisted living programs to admit or retain certain residents
A07813Relates to charges for emergency services and requires certain disclosures relating to payment schedules and network coverage
A07835Directs the department of health to develop a streamlined application and review process for adult care facility and assisted living operators who are in good standing
A07845Relates to provision of certified home health agency services, long term home health care programs and AIDS home care programs
A08010Relates to credit enhancement for health reform projects
A08012Relates to manufacturers of alcohol and their interest in any premises where alcohol is sold and retail licenses
A08031Relates to the powers, duties and jurisdiction of the Hudson river park trust and boundaries and uses of the Hudson river park
A08083Relates to the regulation of managed long term care plans

Prime-Sponsored Legislation, Introduced by Rules on Behalf of the Member:
There are no bills of this type.

Co-Sponsored Legislation:
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Co-Sponsored Legislation, Introduced by Rules on Behalf of the Member:
There are no bills of this type.

 
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