Bill Text: NY S03474 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S03474 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S03474-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3474
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 23, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed 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; provided that,  effective  immediately,  any
    19  rules  and  regulations  or  any other action necessary to implement the
    20  provisions of this act on its effective date are authorized and directed
    21  to be completed on or before such date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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