STATE OF NEW YORK
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8719
IN SENATE
July 10, 2020
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Introduced by Sen. SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT in relation to directing the commissioner of health to conduct a
study of the delivery of ambulatory care on Staten Island
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. a. The commissioner of health shall conduct a study of
2 the delivery of primary care, urgent care, and commonly used ambulatory
3 health care services on Staten Island, including the current situation
4 and expected trends for the future. Entities to be studied shall
5 include clinics operating within or sponsored by pharmacies and other
6 retail businesses (retail clinics), ambulatory health care offices open
7 for extended hours without an appointment (urgent care centers), and
8 major ambulatory health care practices (whether in one location or
9 multiple locations) whose health care professionals are linked directly
10 or indirectly in an economic relationship, federally qualified health
11 centers, community health centers, general hospital ambulatory care
12 clinics, and other ambulatory care centers. Entities to be studied
13 shall not include ambulatory surgery centers or office-based surgery
14 practices.
15 b. The study shall examine the impact of the respective entities on
16 the delivery, quality, accessibility, and cost of ambulatory health care
17 on Staten Island. The commissioner shall make recommendations to
18 improve the delivery, quality, accessibility, and cost of the full range
19 of ambulatory health care services required by the community.
20 c. During the study the operator of a clinic, urgent care, and/or
21 such major ambulatory health care practice shall give a 30-day notice to
22 the department of health and locally elected officials before a closure,
23 relocation or decertification.
24 d. The commissioner of health shall report and publish on the depart-
25 ment of health's website, and transmit the commissioner's findings and
26 recommendations to the governor, the speaker of the assembly, the minor-
27 ity leader of the assembly, the temporary president of the senate and
28 the minority leader of the senate on or before one year from the date
29 this act shall take effect.
30 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16393-04-0
