Bill Text: NY S06442 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the clinical trial access and education fund to provide grants to eligible applicants to provide certain services for patients with life-threatening or disabling conditions or diseases.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-24 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S06442 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S06442-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6442
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 24, 2014
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- 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  establishing  the
         clinical trial access and education fund
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
    2  2424 to read as follows:
    3    S 2424. CLINICAL TRIAL ACCESS AND EDUCATION FUND. 1. DEFINITIONS.  FOR
    4  THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOW-
    5  ING MEANINGS:
    6    A.  "ELIGIBLE  APPLICANT"  MEANS  (I) A MEDICAL SCHOOL THAT SPONSORS A
    7  CLINICAL TRIAL, (II) A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH  EXPERIENCE  AND
    8  EXPERTISE  WORKING  WITH  PATIENTS  WITH  LIFE-THREATENING  OR DISABLING
    9  CONDITIONS OR DISEASES, (III) A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER ORGANIZATION, ASSO-
   10  CIATION  OR  SOCIETY,  (IV)  A  GENERAL  HOSPITAL  DEFINED  IN   ARTICLE
   11  TWENTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER, (V) A COUNTY OR CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, OR
   12  (VI) A MUNICIPALITY.
   13    B.  "CLINICAL  TRIAL"  SHALL  HAVE  THE SAME MEANING AS IN SUBDIVISION
   14  TWO-B OF SECTION FORTY-NINE HUNDRED OF THIS CHAPTER.
   15    2. ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.  THERE  IS  HEREBY  ESTABLISHED  WITHIN  THE
   16  DEPARTMENT A CLINICAL TRIAL ACCESS AND EDUCATION FUND. SUBJECT TO APPRO-
   17  PRIATIONS, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS ON
   18  A  COMPETITIVE  REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL BASIS TO PROVIDE ONE OR MORE OF THE
   19  FOLLOWING SERVICES TO PATIENTS WITH LIFE-THREATENING OR DISABLING CONDI-
   20  TIONS OR DISEASES, AS SUCH  TERMS  ARE  DEFINED  IN  SECTION  FORTY-NINE
   21  HUNDRED  OF  THIS CHAPTER, TO FACILITATE ACCESS TO OR EDUCATION ON CLIN-
   22  ICAL TRIALS OF TREATMENTS FOR THE PATIENT'S CONDITION OR DISEASE:
   23    A. TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AND LODGING TO PROVIDE PATIENTS WITH ACCESS
   24  TO CLINICAL TRIALS OR OTHER RELATED TREATMENTS WHILE ENROLLED IN A CLIN-
   25  ICAL TRIAL OR TO ACCESS TESTING AND OTHER SERVICES TO DETERMINE  PATIENT
   26  ELIGIBILITY FOR A CLINICAL TRIAL;
   27    B.  PATIENT OUTREACH AND EDUCATION SERVICES TO EDUCATE PATIENTS, THEIR
   28  FAMILIES AND HEALTH CARE  PROVIDERS  ABOUT  THE  EXISTENCE  OF  AND  HOW
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01585-01-3
       S. 6442                             2
    1  PATIENTS  MAY ENROLL IN CLINICAL TRIALS, UNDER SECTION TWO HUNDRED SEVEN
    2  OF THIS CHAPTER; AND
    3    C.  PATIENT  NAVIGATION SERVICES TO HELP PATIENTS TO DETERMINE IF THEY
    4  ARE ELIGIBLE FOR CLINICAL TRIALS, TO HELP PATIENTS TO ENROLL IN CLINICAL
    5  TRIALS AND TO ASSIST PATIENTS IN DEALING WITH INSURANCE OR OTHER  ISSUES
    6  WHICH SERVE AS BARRIERS TO PATIENT ENROLLMENT IN CLINICAL TRIALS.
    7    3. APPLICATIONS. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH AN APPLICATION PROC-
    8  ESS  BY  WHICH  ELIGIBLE  APPLICANTS  MAY  APPLY  FOR A GRANT UNDER THIS
    9  SECTION.  THE APPLICATION SHALL INCLUDE:
   10    A. THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA IN WHICH THE SERVICES SHALL BE PROVIDED;
   11    B. A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED;
   12    C. APPLICANT'S EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH PATIENTS WITH  LIFE-THREATENING
   13  OR DISABLING CONDITIONS OR DISEASES;
   14    D.  APPLICANT'S  ABILITY TO PROVIDE PATIENT OUTREACH OR CLINICAL TRIAL
   15  EDUCATION AND NAVIGATION SERVICES, OR COORDINATE OR PROVIDE  TRANSPORTA-
   16  TION AND LODGING FOR PATIENTS; AND
   17    E.  ANY  OTHER  INFORMATION  THAT  THE COMMISSIONER DEEMS RELEVANT AND
   18  APPROPRIATE.
   19    THE COMMISSIONER SHALL GIVE PREFERENCE TO ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS WHO HAVE
   20  EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE WORKING WITH PATIENTS WITH LIFE-THREATENING  OR
   21  DISABLING  CONDITIONS OR DISEASES AND PROVIDING PATIENT OUTREACH, EDUCA-
   22  TION AND HEALTH CARE NAVIGATION SERVICES.
   23    4. REPORTS. GRANTEES SHALL FILE AN ANNUAL REPORT WITH THE  COMMISSION-
   24  ER,  IN SUCH FORM AND WITH SUCH INFORMATION AND DATA AS THE COMMISSIONER
   25  PRESCRIBES DETAILING THE EXPENDITURE OF GRANT FUNDS AND SUMMARIZING  THE
   26  EFFORTS UNDERTAKEN TO INCREASE PATIENT ACCESS TO CLINICAL TRIALS.
   27    5.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  MAKE REGULATIONS REASONABLY NECESSARY TO
   28  IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   29    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.