S04080 Summary:

BILL NOS04080A
 
SAME ASSAME AS A00127-A
 
SPONSORMURPHY
 
COSPNSRAVELLA, BOYLE, ESPAILLAT, KENNEDY, KRUEGER, LATIMER, PARKER
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §802, Gen Bus L
 
Authorizes certain audiologists and hearing aid dispensers to dispense hearing aids for a profit.
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S04080 Actions:

BILL NOS04080A
 
02/26/2015REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION
01/06/2016REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION
04/27/2016AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER PROTECTION
04/27/2016PRINT NUMBER 4080A
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S04080 Committee Votes:

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S04080 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S04080 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         4080--A
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 26, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by Sens. MURPHY, BOYLE, ESPAILLAT, KENNEDY, KRUEGER, LATIMER,
          PARKER  --  read  twice  and  ordered  printed, and when printed to be
          committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection  --  recommitted  to
          the Committee on Consumer Protection in accordance with Senate Rule 6,
          sec.  8  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
          amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN ACT to amend the general business  law,  in  relation  to  permitting
          certain  audiologists  and  hearing aid dispensers to dispense hearing
          aids for a profit
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1. Section 802 of the general business law, as added by chap-
     2  ter 599 of the laws of 1998, subdivision 1 as designated and subdivision
     3  2 as added by chapter 301 of the laws of 2000, is  amended  to  read  as
     4  follows:
     5    §  802.  Special  provisions;  not-for-profit sales. 1. [No] Except as
     6  provided in subdivision three of this section,  no  otolaryngologist  or
     7  other licensed physician who has conducted a medical evaluation of hear-
     8  ing  loss  shall engage in the business of dispensing hearing aids for a
     9  profit.  No  otolaryngologist  or  other  licensed  physician  who   has
    10  dispensed  a  hearing  aid  shall  refuse  or fail to perform repairs or
    11  service on any hearing aid that they have dispensed.
    12    2. Every licensed physician who engages in the dispensing  of  hearing
    13  aids in compliance with the provisions of this section shall be required
    14  to  comply with sections seven hundred ninety-one, seven hundred ninety-
    15  eight and eight hundred three of this article, in addition to compliance
    16  with this section.
    17    3. An audiologist or hearing aid dispenser licensed under article  one
    18  hundred  fifty-nine of the education law employed by an otolaryngologist
    19  who has conducted a medical evaluation  of  hearing  loss  may  dispense
    20  hearing  aids  for  profit  provided  that  the otolaryngologist who has
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00090-05-6

        S. 4080--A                          2
 
     1  conducted a medical evaluation of hearing loss provides to the patient a
     2  list containing the name and office location of five hearing aid dispen-
     3  sers with a place of business located within the same  county  in  which
     4  the  otolaryngologist's  office  is  located  and  a  written  statement
     5  disclosing that the otolaryngologist's office will receive a profit from
     6  the sale of any hearing aid device. In the event that there exist  fewer
     7  than  five  hearing  aid  dispensers within the same county in which the
     8  otolaryngologist is located, then the otolaryngologist must  provide  to
     9  the  patient a list containing the name and office location of the hear-
    10  ing aid dispensers with a place of business within the county  in  which
    11  the otolaryngologist's office is located.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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