Bills Pending New York Senate Health Committee

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NYS02726Intro
25%
Requires staff and children enrolled in an overnight, children's non-regulated, summer day, or travelling camp to be vaccinated against a specified list of diseases.
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2024-07-24
To Senate Health Committee
NYS07763Intro
25%
Adds xylazine to the depressants designated as controlled substances with the exception of use in cattle or other nonhuman species if approved by the federal food and drug administration.
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2024-06-28
To Senate Health Committee
NYS09039Intro
25%
Prohibits the use of the term "excited delirium" as a diagnosis, label, or cause of death on death certificates, autopsy reports, police reports or any report, policy or procedure by a public agency or contractor; defines excited delirium.
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2024-06-04
To Senate Health Committee
NYS08168Intro
25%
Establishes the COVID-19 pandemic response study commission to conduct a study of the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic; provides for the repeal of such commission upon the completion of the commission's final report.
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2024-06-03
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NYS09599Intro
25%
Authorizes increased equity withdrawals by certain non-public residential health care facilities; establishes the nursing home worker recruitment and safety fund.
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2024-06-03
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NYS08326Intro
25%
Directs the commissioner of the division of criminal justice services to study the effectiveness and accuracy of devices used to estimate blood alcohol content by law enforcement agencies.
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2024-05-31
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NYS03572Intro
25%
Requires nursing homes to designate dedicated storage spaces for the storage of the bodies of deceased persons; requires nursing homes to develop and submit plans to the department of health for the designation of such dedicated storage spaces; estab...
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2024-05-28
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NYS03060Intro
25%
Establishes a reproductive health services training and education grant program to ensure health care providers receive adequate training in abortion care.
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2024-05-28
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NYS09724Intro
25%
Establishes the rare disease advisory council to identify best practices, raise awareness regarding rare diseases, evaluate barriers to access to care, and to make recommendations to the legislature and the governor.
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2024-05-23
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NYS07049Intro
25%
Requires any regulation that mandates prior authorization to establish a mechanism for submission of requests for prior authorization by health care providers directly to the medical indemnity fund; requires the medical indemnity fund administrator t...
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2024-05-23
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NYS07248Intro
25%
Provides that such rates of payment shall be updated to reflect the most current mean price for free-standing residential health care facilities with less than three hundred beds each time that the cost basis of residential health care facility rates...
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2024-05-22
To Senate Health Committee
NYS09694Intro
25%
Relates to the New York State medical indemnity fund account payments; extends provisions relating to payments from the New York state medical indemnity fund; provides for the repeal of certain provisions upon the expiration thereof.
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2024-05-21
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NYS06616Intro
25%
Prohibits hospital interference with patient care where the practitioner is acting in good faith and within the scope of their practice.
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2024-05-20
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NYS09149Intro
25%
Prohibits charging a fee for the issuance of a certificate of still birth or fetal death.
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2024-05-17
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NYS09580Intro
25%
Includes physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, respiratory therapists, respiratory therapy technicians, and recreational therapists within the existing statutory staffing standar...
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2024-05-16
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NYS09670Intro
25%
Requires an annual statement of wage parity hours and expenses to be accompanied by an independent accountant's report on applying agreed upon procedures on the annual compliance statement of wage parity, hours and expenses prior to payments for home...
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2024-05-16
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NYS09661Intro
25%
Establishes maximum contaminant levels in drinking water for certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS); sets such levels at 4 parts per trillion (ppt) for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and 10 parts pe...
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2024-05-16
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NYS09630Intro
25%
Authorizes a holder of a license to perform limited-scope radiography to practice radiography at urgent care centers under the supervision of a licensed practitioner or licensed registered radiologic technologist; defines limited-scope radiographer a...
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2024-05-16
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NYS09664Intro
25%
Authorizes the commissioner of health to adjust medical assistance rates of payment for certified home health agencies, managed long term care plans, hospices, long term home health care programs, licensed home care services agencies and other entiti...
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2024-05-16
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NYS09598Intro
25%
Requires medical evaluations for assisted living eligibility to be conducted within thirty days prior to the date of admission.
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2024-05-16
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NYS09650Intro
25%
Requires every municipality to submit to the department of health a community health assessment in alignment with the state health improvement plan cycle and no more frequently than every six years; removes requirement of a community health assessmen...
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2024-05-16
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NYS09583Intro
25%
Requires certain eligible persons or entities to acquire and possess opioid antagonists for emergency treatment of a person appearing to experience an opioid-related overdose.
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2024-05-16
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NYS09568Intro
25%
Relates to the application of certain provisions relating to the operating component of rates of payment made by governmental agencies for facilities that provide extensive nursing, medical, psychological and counseling support services solely to chi...
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2024-05-16
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NYS09570Intro
25%
Requires a pharmacy benefit manager to pay an in-network pharmacy at minimum at the national average drug acquisition cost (NADAC) rate, or at the pharmacy acquisition cost rate if greater or there is not a NADAC rate, plus a professional dispensing ...
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2024-05-16
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NYS09602Intro
25%
Requires all medical facilities to have immediate access to every single-occupancy bathroom where a patient could be in an emergency.
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2024-05-16
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NYS09584Intro
25%
Requires managed care providers and the medical assistance program shall cover prescription drugs approved by the federal food and drug administration for chronic weight management in adults with obesity with at least one weight-related condition.
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2024-05-16
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NYS09463Intro
25%
Enacts Josh's law; requires training plans be approved annually prior to implementation in modified and high school football by either the PSLA or NYSPHSAA, whichever is applicable; requires certain information regarding injuries be reported that occ...
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2024-05-15
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NYS09390Intro
25%
Allows schools and camps to implement a policy to administer over-the-counter medication to students and children attending such schools or camps upon written request by such students' and children's parents or guardians.
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2024-05-14
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NYS04785Intro
25%
Enacts provisions relating to collective negotiations by health care providers with certain health care plans in certain counties; applies to health benefit plans that provide benefits for medical or surgical expenses incurred as a result of a health...
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2024-05-13
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NYS01173Intro
25%
Includes implantable infusion pumps for chronic non-cancer pain management as standard coverage for medical assistance.
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2024-05-10
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NYS09303Intro
25%
Establishes a hyperbaric oxygen therapy pilot program to treat veterans suffering from traumatic brain injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder.
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2024-05-10
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NYS09314Intro
25%
Includes digital health care service platforms in the definition of temporary health care services agency; includes the connection of health care personnel to services at a health care entity in the term assign.
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2024-05-10
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NYS09285Intro
25%
Allows for certain disability benefits to continue in the event an individual who is receiving such benefits gets married; provides that the marriage to another individual which would otherwise make an individual ineligible for certain disability ben...
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2024-05-09
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NYS09266Intro
25%
Requires certain data to be included in reports on the administration of managed long term care plans; changes reporting period to annually.
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2024-05-08
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NYS09187Intro
25%
Requires hospitals to have a registered professional nurse as a sitting and voting member of the governing entity responsible for developing a hospital's strategic plan, structure, systems, policies and programs.
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2024-05-03
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NYS02445Intro
25%
Relates to the medical aid in dying act; relates to a terminally ill patient's request for and use of medication for medical aid in dying.
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2024-05-03
To Senate Health Committee
NYS09177Intro
25%
Provides that a certified copy of a birth record shall be issued upon a specific request therefor by a person with a direct interest in the content of the birth record and that the information contained therein is necessary for the determination of p...
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2024-05-02
To Senate Health Committee
NYS09150Intro
25%
Includes oral nicotine pouches in the prohibition against selling or offering for sale at retail, or distribution of any flavored vapor product intended or reasonably expected to be used with or for the consumption of nicotine.
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2024-05-01
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NYS09158Intro
25%
Relates to medical assistance for patients in the process of oral or injectable ovulation enhancing drugs.
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2024-05-01
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NYS09159Intro
25%
Requires federally qualified health centers and rural health centers cover the cost of all ovulation enhancing drugs dispensed and other covered entities pursuant to section 340B of the federal public health service act.
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2024-05-01
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NYS03344Intro
25%
Requires patient transporters to complete a state accredited basic life support course, in which knowledge and skills in cardiopulmonary resuscitation using automated external defibrillators and relieving airway obstructions is taught.
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2024-04-29
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NYS08651Intro
25%
Provides grants for accredited level two geriatric emergency departments; establishes an age-friendly health system technical assistance center to provide assistance in relation to age-friendly health systems; relates to hospital performance data.
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2024-04-15
To Senate Health Committee
NYS08988Intro
25%
Prohibits hospitals from accessing general hospital indigent care pool funds where they are not in compliance with federal hospital price transparency law and rules; requires DOH reporting; authorizes the commissioner of health to allow such facility...
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2024-04-15
To Senate Health Committee
NYS09012Intro
25%
Relates to the sale, manufacture, and distribution of vapor products; requires distributors and manufacturers of vapor products to obtain permits; prohibits the sale of illicit vapor products; creates a vapor product directory.
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2024-04-09
To Senate Health Committee
NYA07494Engross
50%
Requires every food establishment to label all prepackaged food with a written notification on the package or on a label attached to the package identifying all ingredients and labeling for major food allergens in such form and manner as required pur...
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2024-04-03
To Senate Health Committee
NYS08959Intro
25%
Requires comprehensive coverage for treatment of obesity, including coverage for prevention and wellness, nutrition counseling, intensive behavioral therapy, bariatric surgery, and FDA-approved anti-obesity medication.
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2024-04-03
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NYS08956Intro
25%
Provides medical indemnity fund reimbursement for care provided by a family member certified as a complex care assistant; directs the commissioner of health to develop a certification process for individuals as complex care assistants.
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2024-04-02
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NYS08923Intro
25%
Establishes the sickle cell disease education and mapping program to promote the screening and detection of sickle cell disease, educate the public regarding sickle cell disease, provide counseling and referral services and map locations of occurrenc...
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2024-03-28
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NYS08922Intro
25%
Requires sickle cell disease coursework or training for every medical student, medical resident and physician assistant student in the state.
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2024-03-28
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NYS08921Intro
25%
Directs the commissioner of health to conduct a sickle cell disparity study.
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2024-03-28
To Senate Health Committee
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