Bill Text: NY S07559 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes the high need primary care medical personnel demonstration program in the department of health.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-15 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S07559 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-S07559-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7559 I N S E N A T E May 15, 2014 ___________ 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 and the education law, in relation to establishing the high need primary care medical personnel demon- stration program; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 the "high need primary care medical personnel demonstration program 3 act". 4 S 2. Article 2 of the public health law is amended by adding a new 5 title 6 to read as follows: 6 TITLE VI 7 HIGH NEED PRIMARY CARE MEDICAL 8 PERSONNEL DEMONSTRATION 9 PROGRAM 10 SECTION 267. HIGH NEED PRIMARY CARE MEDICAL PERSONNEL DEMONSTRATION 11 PROGRAM. 12 S 267. HIGH NEED PRIMARY CARE MEDICAL PERSONNEL DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. 13 1. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH A HIGH NEED PRIMARY CARE MEDICAL 14 PERSONNEL DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DESIGNATE SIX 15 LOCATIONS AT WHICH SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE CONDUCTED. 16 (A) THE LOCATIONS OF THE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM SHALL BE SELECTED BASED 17 UPON THE FOLLOWING: 18 (1) THE AMOUNT OF PRIMARY CARE MEDICAL SERVICES PROVIDED AT THE 19 LOCATION APPLYING FOR DESIGNATION; 20 (2) THE PERCENTAGE OF PATIENTS RECEIVING CARE THROUGH MEDICAL ASSIST- 21 ANCE; 22 (3) THE CAPACITY OF THE APPLICANT LOCATION TO HOST PHYSICIANS LICENSED 23 PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF THE EDUCATION LAW; 24 AND 25 (4) THE BENEFIT TO THE APPROPRIATE HIGH NEED COMMUNITY IN THE 26 PROVISION OF PRIMARY CARE MEDICAL PERSONNEL. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13996-01-4 S. 7559 2 1 (B) THE LOCATIONS OF THE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS: 2 (1) TWO SHALL BE IN RURAL AREAS, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF 3 SECTION TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER; 4 (2) TWO SHALL BE IN CITIES HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE HUNDRED FIFTY 5 THOUSAND OR MORE; AND 6 (3) TWO SHALL BE IN CITIES HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE. 7 2. ON OR BEFORE APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN, THE COMMISSIONER 8 SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE 9 SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE 10 AND THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY. SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT 11 NOT BE LIMITED TO, A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE CHANGES IN HEALTH 12 RESULTS FOR PATIENTS AT DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM LOCATIONS, AND THE HOSPI- 13 TALIZATION RATES, CHRONIC ILLNESSES AND VITAL STATISTICS THEREOF. 14 3. ALL DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM LOCATIONS SHALL UTILIZE PHYSICIANS 15 LICENSED PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF THE 16 EDUCATION LAW. 17 S 3. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 6525 of the education law, as 18 added by chapter 987 of the laws of 1971, paragraph 1 of subdivision 1 19 as amended by chapter 133 of the laws of 1982, are amended to read as 20 follows: 21 1. Eligibility: The following persons shall be eligible for a limited 22 permit: 23 (1) A person who fulfills all requirements for a license as a physi- 24 cian except those relating to the examination and citizenship or perma- 25 nent residence in the United States; 26 (2) A foreign physician who holds a standard certificate from the 27 educational council for foreign medical graduates or who has passed an 28 examination satisfactory to the state board for medicine and in accord- 29 ance with the commissioner's regulations; [or] 30 (3) A foreign physician or a foreign intern who is in this country on 31 a non-immigration visa for the continuation of medical study, pursuant 32 to the exchange student program of the United States department of 33 state[.]; OR 34 (4) A PERSON WHO GRADUATES FROM A REGENTS, LIAISON COMMITTEE ON 35 MEDICAL EDUCATION OR AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION ACCREDITED MEDICAL 36 PROGRAM, OR A PERSON WHO GRADUATES FROM ANY OTHER MEDICAL PROGRAM WHO 37 HAS PASSED ELEVEN REQUISITE STEPS OR PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES MEDICAL 38 LICENSING EXAMINATION OR NATIONAL BOARD OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL EXAMINERS 39 EXAMINATION, WHERE SUCH A PERSON PRACTICES AT A MEDICAL FACILITY OR 40 PRACTICE DESIGNATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO 41 HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW. 42 2. Limit of practice. A permittee shall be authorized to practice 43 medicine only under the supervision of a licensed physician and only in 44 a public, voluntary[,] or proprietary hospital, OR PURSUANT TO SECTION 45 TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW. 46 S 4. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 47 have become a law, and shall expire and be deemed repealed July 1, 2016.