Bill Text: NY A10182 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 10182 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Permits sharing of patient HIV information for purposes of care coordination.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-06 - reported referred to rules [A10182 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A10182-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          10182
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      May 16, 2016
                                       ___________
        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  access  to  HIV
          surveillance information for purposes of care coordination
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 2135 of  the  public  health  law,  as  amended  by
     2  section  3  of  part  A of chapter 60 of the laws of 2014, is amended to
     3  read as follows:
     4    § 2135. Confidentiality. All reports or  information  secured  by  the
     5  department,  municipal  health  commissioner  or district health officer
     6  under the provisions of this title shall be confidential except: (a)  in
     7  so  far  as  is necessary to carry out the provisions of this title; (b)
     8  when used in the aggregate, without patient specific identifying  infor-
     9  mation,  in programs approved by the commissioner for the improvement of
    10  the quality of medical care provided to persons with HIV/AIDS; (c)  when
    11  used  within  the  state  or  local  health  department by public health
    12  disease programs to assess co-morbidity or completeness of reporting and
    13  to direct program needs, in  which  case  patient  specific  identifying
    14  information  shall  not  be  disclosed outside the state or local health
    15  department; or (d) when used for  purposes  of  patient  linkage  [and],
    16  retention  in  care,  and care coordination, patient specific identified
    17  information may be shared between local  and  state  health  departments
    18  [and],  health  care  providers  and care coordination systems currently
    19  treating the patient as approved by the commissioner.  For  purposes  of
    20  this  section,  care  coordination  shall  mean  managing, referring to,
    21  locating, coordinating, and monitoring health care services for an indi-
    22  vidual to assure that all medically necessary health care  services  are
    23  made available to and are effectively used by the individual in a timely
    24  manner, consistent with patient autonomy, where conducted by or with the
    25  participation of the patient's health care provider and not conducted by
    26  or on behalf of the patient's third-party payer.
    27    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    28  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15334-01-6