STATE OF NEW YORK
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7879
IN SENATE
February 27, 2020
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Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring parity
in the standards of dental telehealth services
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 2999-dd of the public health law is amended by
2 adding two new subdivisions 3 and 4 to read as follows:
3 3. (a) Dental telehealth services shall adhere to the standards of
4 appropriate patient care required in other dental health care settings,
5 including but not limited to appropriate patient examination, taking of
6 x-rays, and review of a patient's medical and dental history. All dental
7 telehealth providers shall identify themselves to patients, including
8 providing the professional's New York state license number. No dental
9 telehealth provider shall attempt to waive liability for its telehealth
10 services in advance of delivering such telehealth services and no dental
11 telehealth provider shall attempt to prevent a patient from filing any
12 complaint with any governmental agency or authority.
13 (b) This subdivision shall not be construed to diminish requirements
14 for other telehealth services.
15 4. Nothing in this article shall be deemed to allow any person to
16 provide any service for which a license, registration, certification or
17 other authorization under title eight of the education law is required
18 and which the person does not possess.
19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15565-01-0
