Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Sep 04, 2014 |
signed chap.348 |
Aug 25, 2014 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 17, 2014 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.312 substituted for a9611 |
Jun 10, 2014 |
referred to codes delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 28, 2014 |
advanced to third reading |
May 21, 2014 |
2nd report cal. |
May 20, 2014 |
1st report cal.875 |
May 08, 2014 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S7271
Signed By Governor2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
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
2013-S7271 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9611
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยงยง3066 & 4210, Pub Health L
2013-S7271 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7271 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to ensuring ongoing quality assurance measures for emergency medical and trauma care and autopsy reports on deceased patients treated at hospitals PURPOSE: This bill will require agencies that conduct autopsies following traumatic death (medical examiners, coroners, etc) in New York State to share their findings with referring hospitals in order to facilitate this quality improvement process. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill amends section 3066 of the public health law and incorporates quality control measures into the items that the NYS Department of Health shall review in conjunction with the State Emergency Medical Services Council, State Emergency Medical Advisory Committee and State Trauma Advisory Committee. Section 2 of the bill amends section 4210 of the public health law and provides that a copy of all autopsy reports conducted at hospitals following treatment shall be given to the hospital in a timely manner for the purposes of patient quality improvement review and assessment. Section 3 of the bill provides for the effective date.
2013-S7271 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7271 I N S E N A T E May 8, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HANNON -- 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 ensuring ongoing quality assurance measures for emergency medical and trauma care and autopsy reports on deceased patients treated at hospitals THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 3066 of the public health law, as added by chapter 449 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows: 4. The department shall develop and periodically revise a comprehen- sive emergency medical and trauma care plan with the advice of the state emergency medical services council, the state emergency medical advisory committee and the state trauma advisory committee, incorporating injury control programs AND ONGOING QUALITY ASSURANCE MEASURES for all compo- nents of the trauma system involved in trauma care. S 2. The section heading of section 4210 of the public health law is amended and a new subdivision 2-a is added to read as follows: [Cadavers] DECEASED PERSONS; right to dissect. 2-A. WHERE A PERSON DIES WHILE UNDER CARE OR TREATMENT AT A GENERAL HOSPITAL (AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION TEN OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED ONE OF THIS CHAPTER) OR WHILE RECOVERING FROM SUCH CARE OR TREATMENT, ANY AUTOPSY REPORT FOR SUCH PERSON SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE, BY THE CORONER OR MEDICAL EXAMINER UNDER WHOSE JURISDICTION THE AUTOPSY WAS PERFORMED, IN A TIMELY MANNER, TO THE HOSPITAL, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ONGO- ING PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT OF SUCH HOSPITAL, INCLUDING FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTIONS TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIVE-J AND TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIVE-K OF THIS CHAPTER. ALL SUCH REPORTS IN THE POSSESSION OF A HOSPITAL SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIVE-M OF THIS CHAPTER. S 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15062-02-4
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