STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9467

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      March 7, 2022
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  modifying  the
          definition of telehealth provider

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (y) of subdivision 2 of section  2999-cc  of  the
     2  public  health  law,  as amended by section 3 of part F of chapter 57 of
     3  the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (y) any [other provider as determined by the commissioner pursuant  to
     5  regulation or, in consultation with the commissioner, by the commission-
     6  er  of  the  office  of mental health, the commissioner of the office of
     7  addiction services and supports, or the commissioner of the  office  for
     8  people  with  developmental  disabilities pursuant to regulation] health
     9  care provider who:
    10    (i) possesses  the  requisite  license,  certification,  registration,
    11  authorization  or  credentialing to provide a health care service in New
    12  York state; and
    13    (ii) reasonably determines that it is clinically appropriate to deliv-
    14  er such health care service via telehealth.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11547-03-2