Provides that any compilation of comparative hospital data, excluding those produced by a government or accrediting organization, shall include a statement that it is not the official state hospital report card.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 16, 2013
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Introduced by Sen. HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to hospital report
cards
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 2995-b of the public health law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
3 4. Other data. Any other entity, excluding government and accrediting
4 organizations, that produce comparative hospital data shall include on
5 any report thereof, the following statement:
6 "This report is not the New York State Official Hospital Comparative
7 Report Card."
8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11012-02-3
