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S04641 Summary:

BILL NOS04641
 
SAME ASSAME AS A04236
 
SPONSORPERSAUD
 
COSPNSRKAPLAN
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §332-b, Soc Serv L
 
Establishes factors and requirements to be considered when a health care practitioner's opinion differs from that of an applicant's treating health care practitioner's opinion as to an applicant's disability.
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S04641 Actions:

BILL NOS04641
 
03/19/2019REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES
04/09/20191ST REPORT CAL.440
04/10/20192ND REPORT CAL.
04/29/2019ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
05/07/2019PASSED SENATE
05/07/2019DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
05/07/2019referred to social services
05/29/2019substituted for a4236
05/29/2019ordered to third reading cal.115
05/29/2019passed assembly
05/29/2019returned to senate
11/26/2019DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
12/06/2019VETOED MEMO.179
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S04641 Committee Votes:

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S04641 Floor Votes:

DATE:05/29/2019Assembly Vote  YEA/NAY: 107/34
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crespo
ER
Gantt
No
LiPetri
Yes
Perry
Yes
Simon
Yes
Abinanti
No
Crouch
No
Garbarino
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cruz
ER
Giglio
Yes
Magnarelli
ER
Pichardo
No
Smith
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Glick
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
No
Smullen
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cymbrowitz
No
Goodell
No
Manktelow
No
Quart
Yes
Solages
No
Barclay
Yes
Davila
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
No
Ra
No
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
No
Mikulin
Yes
Raynor
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hevesi
No
Miller B
No
Reilly
No
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
No
Blankenbush
No
DiPietro
Yes
Jacobson
ER
Montesano
Yes
Rivera
ER
Titus
No
Brabenec
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Vanel
No
Braunstein
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Romeo
No
Walczyk
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Englebright
No
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
No
Norris
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
Yes
Kim
ER
O'Donnell
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Weinstein
No
Byrne
Yes
Fernandez
No
Kolb
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Salka
Yes
Weprin
No
Byrnes
No
Finch
No
Lalor
Yes
Otis
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Williams
Yes
Cahill
No
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Lavine
No
Palmesano
Yes
Sayegh
No
Woerner
Yes
Carroll
No
Friend
No
Lawrence
Yes
Palumbo
No
Schimminger
Yes
Wright
Yes
Colton
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Lentol
ER
Paulin
No
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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S04641 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          4641
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     March 19, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. PERSAUD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Social Services
 
        AN ACT to amend the social services law,  in  relation  to  establishing
          factors  to  be considered when a health care practitioner  upon exam-
          ination has a different opinion from an  applicant's  treating  health
          care practitioner's opinion as to an applicant's disability
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 332-b of the social  services  law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 4-b to read as follows:
     3    4-b.  In the event the practitioner to whom the individual is referred
     4  pursuant to subdivision four or paragraph (b) of subdivision two of this
     5  section issues an opinion that differs  from  the  applicant's  treating
     6  health care practitioner's opinion, the applicant's treating health care
     7  practitioner's  opinion  is  generally  controlling, subject to, but not
     8  limited to, the following factors:
     9    (a) the length and frequency of the treatment provided,
    10    (b) consistency of the opinion with the record as a whole,
    11    (c) the degree to which the opinion is supported by concrete evidence,
    12  and
    13    (d) the practitioner's specialty.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    15  have become a law.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01067-01-9
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