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A00230 Summary:

BILL NOA00230
 
SAME ASSAME AS S04119
 
SPONSORBraunstein (MS)
 
COSPNSRAbinanti, Zebrowski, Colton, Jaffee, Steck, Weprin
 
MLTSPNSRCrouch, Montesano, O'Donnell
 
Add §3006-a, Pub Health L
 
Prohibits emergency service providers from selling patient health information without written consent.
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A00230 Actions:

BILL NOA00230
 
01/09/2019referred to health
01/15/2019reported referred to codes
05/21/2019reported
05/23/2019advanced to third reading cal.369
05/29/2019passed assembly
05/29/2019delivered to senate
05/29/2019REFERRED TO HEALTH
06/12/2019SUBSTITUTED FOR S4119
06/12/20193RD READING CAL.1306
06/12/2019PASSED SENATE
06/12/2019RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
10/01/2019delivered to governor
10/07/2019signed chap.358
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A00230 Committee Votes:

HEALTH Chair:Gottfried DATE:01/15/2019AYE/NAY:25/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes
GottfriedAyeRaiaAye
SchimmingerExcusedMcDonoughAye
GalefAyeRaAye
DinowitzAyeGarbarinoAye
CahillAyeByrneAye
PaulinAyeByrnesAye
CymbrowitzAyeAshbyAye
GuntherAye
RosenthalAye
HevesiAye
JaffeeAye
SteckAye
AbinantiAye
BraunsteinAye
KimAye
SolagesAye
BichotteAye
BarronAye
SayeghAye

CODES Chair:Lentol DATE:05/21/2019AYE/NAY:21/0 Action: Favorable
LentolAyeRaAye
SchimmingerAyeGiglioAye
PretlowAbsentMontesanoAye
CookAyeMorinelloAye
CymbrowitzAyePalumboAye
O'DonnellAyeGarbarinoAye
LavineAye
PerryAye
ZebrowskiAye
AbinantiAye
WeprinAye
MosleyAye
HevesiAye
FahyAye
SeawrightAye
RosenthalAye

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A00230 Floor Votes:

DATE:05/29/2019Assembly Vote  YEA/NAY: 140/0
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crespo
ER
Gantt
Yes
LiPetri
Yes
Perry
Yes
Simon
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cruz
ER
Giglio
Yes
Magnarelli
ER
Pichardo
Yes
Smith
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Glick
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Quart
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Davila
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stec
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Griffin
ER
McDonough
Yes
Raia
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barrett
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Stern
Yes
Barron
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Mikulin
ER
Raynor
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Tague
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Miller ML
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Jacobson
ER
Montesano
Yes
Rivera
ER
Titus
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Romeo
Yes
Walczyk
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Walker
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jones
ER
Nolan
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Norris
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
Yes
Kim
ER
O'Donnell
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Salka
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Byrnes
Yes
Finch
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Otis
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Williams
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Friend
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Wright
Yes
Colton
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Lentol
ER
Paulin
Yes
Schmitt
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Cook
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker

‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
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A00230 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           230
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. BRAUNSTEIN, ABINANTI, ZEBROWSKI, COLTON, JAFFEE,
          STECK, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  CROUCH,  MONTESANO,
          O'DONNELL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
 
        AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the protection of
          private patient information by ambulance services
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
     2  3006-a to read as follows:
     3    § 3006-a. Patient privacy. 1. As used in this section:
     4    (a) "Individual identifying information" means information identifying
     5  or tending to identify a patient.
     6    (b) "Marketing" means advertising, detailing, marketing, promotion, or
     7  any other activity that is intended to be  used  to  influence  business
     8  volume, sales or market share or evaluate the effectiveness of marketing
     9  practices  or marketing personnel, regardless of whether the beneficiary
    10  of the marketing is a governmental, for-profit, or not-for-profit  enti-
    11  ty.
    12    2. No ambulance service, advanced life support first response service,
    13  or  employee,  member  or  agent thereof shall disclose, sell, transfer,
    14  exchange, provide or use any individual identifying information  to  any
    15  person or entity for the purpose of marketing.
    16    3.  Notwithstanding  subdivision  two  of this section, and subject to
    17  otherwise applicable law, individual identifying information may be:
    18    (a) disclosed, sold, transferred or exchanged to:
    19    (i) the patient who is the subject of the  information,  or  a  person
    20  authorized to make health care decisions for the patient;
    21    (ii)  a  health  care  provider  providing  care  or  treatment to the
    22  patient, for the purpose of such care or treatment; or a health informa-
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02658-01-9

        A. 230                              2
 
     1  tion system subject to regulations of the department, for the purpose of
     2  such care or treatment;
     3    (iii)  an  officer, inspector or investigator for a government health,
     4  licensing or law  enforcement  agency  acting  under  appropriate  legal
     5  authority;
     6    (iv)  a  person  authorized  by a court order or a subpoena to receive
     7  such information;
     8    (v) the patient's health plan, insurer, or third party  payer,  or  an
     9  agent  thereof,  for  the purpose of payment or reimbursement for health
    10  care services, including determining compliance with the terms of cover-
    11  age or medical necessity, or utilization review;
    12    (vi) a person or entity to whom, and for a purpose for which,  disclo-
    13  sure or transfer is otherwise explicitly authorized or required by law;
    14    (vii) a person or entity, for the purpose of conducting quality assur-
    15  ance  or  evaluating  the  performance of an ambulance service, advanced
    16  life support first response service, or any employee,  member  or  agent
    17  thereof;
    18    (viii)  a  person or entity acting as an employee or agent of a person
    19  or entity under any preceding paragraph of  this  subdivision,  for  the
    20  purpose of and consistent with that paragraph; or
    21    (ix) a government entity as provided by law; and
    22    (b)  used  by  such  ambulance  service,  advanced  life support first
    23  responder service, or employee, member or agent thereof,  for  training,
    24  promotion,  staff  recognition  or recruitment purposes, consistent with
    25  applicable law, provided the patient or a qualified person as defined by
    26  paragraph (G) of subdivision one of section eighteen of this chapter has
    27  provided consent to such use in a separate, stand-alone  document.  Such
    28  consent  shall  be  limited  to  the particular type or types of use and
    29  specific transaction or transactions for which such consent is given.
    30    4. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the collection, use,  trans-
    31  fer,  or sale of patient data by zip code, geographic region, or medical
    32  specialty for marketing purposes, providing it does not contain individ-
    33  ual identifying information.
    34    5. This section shall not prevent a person from  disclosing,  selling,
    35  transferring,  or exchanging for value his or her own individual identi-
    36  fying information, for any purpose; provided that the  information  does
    37  not  include  individual identifying information pertaining to any other
    38  person.
    39    6. This section does not prohibit  a  not-for-profit  or  governmental
    40  ambulance  service  or  advanced life support first response service, or
    41  agent thereof, from using a patient's  name  and  address  in  order  to
    42  contact  such  patient  or a family member at such address with requests
    43  for donations to such service; providing that such use shall not include
    44  disclosing any individual identifying information.
    45    7. No person or entity to whom or which individual identifying  infor-
    46  mation  is  disclosed,  sold,  transferred  or exchanged shall disclose,
    47  sell, transfer or exchange it to any person or entity other than for the
    48  lawful  purpose  for  which  it  was  disclosed,  sold,  transferred  or
    49  exchanged  to  the  person or entity, and without satisfactory assurance
    50  that the recipient will safeguard the records from  being  disclosed  or
    51  used for marketing purposes.
    52    8.  This section does not authorize any disclosure, sale, transfer, or
    53  exchange of individual identifying information  that  is  not  otherwise
    54  authorized or required by law.
    55    9. In addition to the commissioner's authority to enforce this section
    56  under section three thousand twelve of this article, the attorney gener-

        A. 230                              3
 
     1  al  shall  have  the  authority to bring an action to enforce compliance
     2  with this section without referral by the commissioner.
     3    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
     4  it  shall  have  become a law; provided that, effective immediately, the
     5  commissioner of health may  make  regulations  and  take  other  actions
     6  reasonably necessary to implement this act on such date.
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