Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Sep 17, 2010 |
signed chap.504 |
Sep 07, 2010 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 24, 2010 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1147 substituted for s7614 |
May 24, 2010 |
referred to health delivered to senate passed assembly |
May 20, 2010 |
advanced to third reading cal.931 |
May 17, 2010 |
reported |
May 11, 2010 |
reported referred to codes |
May 04, 2010 |
referred to health |
Assembly Bill A10943
Signed By Governor2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GOTTFRIED
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2009-A10943 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S7614
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §206, Pub Health L
2009-A10943 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:A10943 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to prohibiting the use of patient quotas for selecting dental treatments PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Prohibits manufacturers from condition- ing the use of any dental drug, device or service based on a quota of patients the dentist treats with the item. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Amends Public Health Law § 206 by adding a new subdivision 27 that would prohibit manufacturers and other enti- ties from requiring dentists to use their drugs, devices, or services on a specific quota of patients in order to obtain the drug, device, or service, and would also prohibit dentists from requesting or accepting items that carried such patient quotas as a condition of use. JUSTIFICATION: Dentists should have access to all necessary treatment modalities to serve their patients and should be able to choose those modalities based on the clinical needs of the patient in the profes- sional judgment of the dentist, not based on the need to meet a manufac- turer's numerical quota. Certain manufacturers of drugs, dental devices, and other dental treat- ment services are beginning to use quotas as a marketing practice. They will not provide a drug, device, or treatment service to a dentist unless the dentist commits to using the product on a specific quota of
2009-A10943 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10943 I N A S S E M B L Y May 4, 2010 ___________ 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 prohibiting the use of patient quotas for selecting dental treatments THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 206 of the public health law is amended by adding a new subdivision 27 to read as follows: 27. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS TO REQUIRE THAT A MANUFACTURER OR OTHER ENTITY SELLING, LEASING, OR OTHERWISE PROVIDING ANY DRUG, DEVICE, OR HEALTH CARE SERVICE SHALL NOT, DIRECTLY OR INDI- RECTLY, ESTABLISH AS A CONDITION FOR THE USE BY A DENTIST OF SUCH DRUG, DEVICE, OR HEALTH CARE SERVICE THAT THE DENTIST MEET ANY QUOTA FOR THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON WHOM THE DENTIST USES THE DRUG, DEVICE, OR HEALTH CARE SERVICE AND THAT A DENTIST SHALL NOT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, REQUEST OR RECEIVE FROM ANY MANUFACTURER OR OTHER ENTITY A DRUG, DEVICE, OR HEALTH CARE SERVICE HAVING A CONDITION THAT THE DENTIST MEET ANY QUOTA FOR THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS ON WHOM THE DENTIST USES THE DRUG, DEVICE, OR HEALTH CARE SERVICE. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD17047-01-0
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