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A03161 Summary:

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Amd 230 & 2997-a, Pub Health L
 
Requires information made public by the state board of professional medical conduct and health information required to be made public by the department of health to be disseminated in both written and electronic form in the 8 languages that are most spoken in the state.
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A03161 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3161
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 22, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. KIM -- read once and referred to the Committee on
          Health
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  health  law, in relation to information
          disseminated to the public by the state board of professional  medical
          conduct and by the department of health relating to health information

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 230 of the public health law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 20 to read as follows:
     3    20. All information, findings, conclusions  and  determinations  which
     4  are  authorized  or  required  to  be  disclosed  to the public shall be
     5  published in both written and electronic form  in  the  eight  languages
     6  which are most spoken in this state.
     7    §  2. Section 2997-a of the public health law, as added by chapter 542
     8  of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
     9    § 2997-a. Public access. 1. Nothing in this title shall abridge public
    10  access to information currently available  or  permitted  by  any  other
    11  provision  or rule of law. Nothing in this title shall not authorize the
    12  disclosure of otherwise confidential information, except pursuant to the
    13  express terms of this title.
    14    2. All information made available to the public pursuant to this title
    15  shall be provided in both written  and  electronic  form  in  the  eight
    16  languages which are most spoken in this state.
    17    § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    18  it  shall  have became a law. Effective immediately, any rules and regu-
    19  lations or any other action necessary to  implement  the  provisions  of
    20  this  act  on  its  effective  date are authorized to be completed on or
    21  before such date.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06033-01-1
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