Establishes a state-wide database providing the location and availability of medical procedures within New York state, specifying which hospitals are equipped to perform each procedure.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3429
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 27, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. McKEVITT, GRAF -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing a
state-wide database on the location and availability of medical proce-
dures
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 1 of section 2995-b
2 of the public health law, as added by chapter 542 of the laws of 2000,
3 are amended and a new paragraph (d) is added to read as follows:
4 (b) Statewide performance data comparing utilization and selected
5 performance measures to accepted norms and/or benchmarks developed by
6 recognized experts, which were developed pursuant to subparagraph (iii)
7 of paragraph (a) of subdivision one of the former section twenty-eight
8 hundred seven-n of this chapter, as added by section sixty of chapter
9 six hundred thirty-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-six;
10 [and]
11 (c) Other hospital data, if any, collected for public dissemination by
12 the state task force on health care quality improvement pursuant to the
13 former section twenty-eight hundred four-b of this chapter, as added by
14 section sixty-a of chapter six hundred thirty-nine of the laws of nine-
15 teen hundred ninety-six[.]; and
16 (d) Establish a state-wide database of all medical procedures
17 performed in hospitals in the state. The database shall list each
18 medical procedure and provide information on which hospitals are
19 equipped to perform such medical procedure.
20 § 2. Section 2995-b of the public health law is amended by adding two
21 new subdivisions 4 and 5 to read as follows:
22 4. Electronic access. The department shall provide for electronic
23 access to and copying of hospital report cards developed pursuant to
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 this section and make such information available on the department's
2 website.
3 5. Rules and regulations. The department shall promulgate any rules
4 and regulations necessary for the implementation of such database estab-
5 lished pursuant to paragraph (d) of subdivision one of this section.
6 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
