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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         8414--B
                                                                Cal. No. 365
 
                               2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      June 15, 2011
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, GOTTFRIED, GUNTHER, GALEF, AUBRY, REILLY,
          ZEBROWSKI, N. RIVERA, GIBSON, HOOPER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
          McENENY,  SCHIMEL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
          -- advanced to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retain-

          ing its place on the order of third reading -- passed by Assembly  and
          delivered  to the Senate, recalled from the Senate, vote reconsidered,
          bill amended, ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the  order  of
          third reading
 
        AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to notification that
          all physician information on the department of  health's  website  may
          not be all-inclusive or up-to-date
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 15 of section 2995-a of the public health  law,
     2  as  added  by  chapter  542  of  the laws of 2000, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    15. (a) All physician data disseminated shall  include  the  following

     5  [statement]  statements:  "THE DATA COLLECTED BY THE DEPARTMENT IS ACCU-
     6  RATE TO THE BEST OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE DEPARTMENT, BASED ON THE INFOR-
     7  MATION SUPPLIED BY THE PHYSICIAN WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF THE DATA.   WHILE
     8  THE  DEPARTMENT UTILIZES A VARIETY OF SOURCES OF INFORMATION IN CHECKING
     9  THE ACCURACY OF THE DATA REPORTED, WE CANNOT BE SURE  THAT  ALL  OF  THE
    10  INFORMATION  ON  THIS  WEBSITE  IS  RIGHT,  COMPLETE, OR UP-TO-DATE, AND
    11  CANNOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION THAT IS WRONG OR HAS BEEN LEFT
    12  OUT. CONSUMERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CONSULT  OTHER  SOURCES  TO  VERIFY  OR
    13  OBTAIN  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT A PHYSICIAN.  PENDING LEGAL ACTIONS
    14  DO NOT IN ANY WAY INDICATE PARTIES'  GUILT,  LIABILITY  OR  CULPABILITY.

    15  CASES MAY BE DISMISSED, WITHDRAWN, OR SETTLED WITHOUT PAYMENTS TO PLAIN-
    16  TIFFS. ANY DISPOSITION TO A CASE MAY BE SUBJECT TO APPEAL."  The commis-
    17  sioner  shall ensure that the full text of the statements appear on each
    18  web page of the physician profile in a manner that does not require  the
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  user of the site to click on a separate link in order to view the state-
     2  ments.
     3    (b)  The  department shall provide on the physician profiles an active

     4  link to the website maintained by the unified  court  system  containing
     5  information  on  active and disposed cases in the local and state courts
     6  in the state.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
     8  have become a law.