Ensures that each state agency create a link to health care proxy information on state agency websites that have significant public interaction and deal with public health issues.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4422--B
Cal. No. 418
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 27, 2013
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Introduced by Sens. GOLDEN, DILAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- reported
favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report,
amended on second report, ordered to a third reading, and to be
reprinted as amended, retaining its place in the order of third read-
ing -- passed by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote
reconsidered, restored to third reading, amended and ordered
reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the state technology law, in relation to health care
proxy information on state agency websites
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The state technology law is amended by adding a new section
2 106-a to read as follows:
3 § 106-a. Health care proxy information. Any state agency, board,
4 bureau, authority, commission, division, or other governmental entity
5 performing a governmental or proprietary function for the state that
6 maintains a public website and has a significant public interaction in
7 the field of public health shall, in consultation with the office of
8 information technology services and the department of health, create a
9 link on their homepage to the health care proxy information on the
10 department of health's website. A state agency, board, bureau, authori-
11 ty, commission, division, or other governmental entity performing a
12 governmental or proprietary function for the state which determines that
13 creating such link would create a financial hardship or which do not
14 have a significant public interaction in the field of public health
15 shall be exempted from the provisions of this section.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2014.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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