Requires the department of health to prepare a report on the inspection of certain health facilities and clinics in the state of New York; provides the commissioner shall deliver such report to the governor and all legislative conference leaders no later than one hundred eighty days after the effective date; provides the report shall include the number of diagnostic treatment centers licensed by the department of health; the number of facilities that are not defined as diagnostic treatment centers; and the date of the most recent inspection.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5643
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 14, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. MALLIOTAKIS -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Health
AN ACT requiring the department of health to prepare a report on the
inspection of certain health facilities and clinics within the state
of New York
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The department of health shall prepare a report concerning
2 the inspection of health facilities and clinics in the state of New
3 York. Such report shall include the following:
4 1. The number of diagnostic and treatment centers licensed by the
5 department of health. In this section, diagnostic and treatment centers
6 shall mean any diagnostic and treatment centers regulated by Part 755 or
7 Part 756 of Title 10 of the New York Codes, Rules and Regulations.
8 2. The number of facilities that are not defined as diagnostic and
9 treatment centers, but can still legally perform medical procedures and
10 surgeries in the state of New York.
11 3. The date of the most recent inspection performed by the department
12 of health of each diagnostic and treatment center that is not accredited
13 by the joint commission. For purposes of this paragraph, the term joint
14 commission shall mean the independent, not-for-profit organization,
15 founded in 1951, which sets standards, accredits and evaluates health
16 care organizations and programs in the United States.
17 4. The date of the most recent inspection performed by the department
18 of health of each clinic or facility that is not defined as a diagnostic
19 and treatment center, but can still legally perform medical procedures
20 and surgeries in the state of New York, and is not accredited by the
21 joint commission.
22 § 2. The commissioner of health shall deliver such report to the
23 governor and all legislative conference leaders no later than one
24 hundred eighty days after the effective date of this act.
25 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09764-01-9
