NY State Senate Bill 2013-S7559

Senate Bill S7559

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Establishes the high need primary care medical personnel demonstration program in the department of health

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2013-S7559 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 2 Title 6 §267, Pub Health L; amd §6525, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:: S381

2013-S7559 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the high need primary care medical personnel demonstration program in the department of health.

2013-S7559 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S7559

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the public health law and the
education law, in relation to establishing the high need primary care
medical personnel demonstration program; and providing for the repeal
of such provisions upon expiration thereof

PURPOSE:  Establishes the high need primary care medical personnel
demonstration program in the department of health.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Article 2 of the public health law is amended by adding a
new title 6 to read as follows: "High Need Primary Care Medical
Personnel Demonstration Program."

Section 2 shall give authority to the department of health to
establish a high need primary care medical demonstration program.

Section 3 amends subdivision 1 and 2 of section 6526 of the education
law by specifying the eligibility requirements.

Section 4 enacting clause.

JUSTIFICATION:  Health disparities are caused by many factors, one of
which is access to quality, consistent care. Many underserved

communities, whether urban or rural, face daunting health disparities,
partly because of a lack of quality and consistent care. This bill
seeks to ameliorate that situation by allowing the Department of
Health to create a demonstration program for residency in certain
underserved communities across New York State. The Department shall
select six (6) locations which shall participate in the demonstration
program.  The Commissioner shall select the six (6) locations based on
the following criteria: (i) the amount of primary care medical
services provided by the applicant; (ii) the percentage of patients
receiving care through Medicaid; (iii) the capacity of the applicant
to host medical personnel licensed pursuant to section 6525 of the
Education law, and (iv) the benefit to a high-needs community in
additional primary care medical personnel. This demonstration program
is open to any person who graduates from a New York State, Liaison
Committee on Medical Education, or American Osteopathic Association
accredited medical program, or a person who graduates from any other
medical program who has passed requisite steps or parts of the United
States Medical Licensing Examination or National Board of Osteopathic
Medical Examiners examination, where such a person practices at a
medical facility or practice approved by the Department of Health.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New bill

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: To be determined

EFFECTIVE DATE:  This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after
it shall have become a law, and shall expire and be deemed repealed
July 1, 2016.

2013-S7559 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    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:

  Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
the  "high  need  primary  care  medical personnel demonstration program
act".
  S 2. Article 2 of the public health law is amended  by  adding  a  new
title 6 to read as follows:
                                TITLE VI
                      HIGH NEED PRIMARY CARE MEDICAL
                          PERSONNEL DEMONSTRATION
                                  PROGRAM
SECTION 267. HIGH  NEED  PRIMARY  CARE  MEDICAL  PERSONNEL DEMONSTRATION
               PROGRAM.
  S 267. HIGH NEED PRIMARY CARE MEDICAL PERSONNEL DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.
1. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH  A  HIGH  NEED  PRIMARY  CARE  MEDICAL
PERSONNEL  DEMONSTRATION  PROGRAM.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DESIGNATE SIX
LOCATIONS AT WHICH SUCH PROGRAM SHALL BE CONDUCTED.
  (A) THE LOCATIONS OF THE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM SHALL BE SELECTED BASED
UPON THE FOLLOWING:
  (1) THE AMOUNT OF  PRIMARY  CARE  MEDICAL  SERVICES  PROVIDED  AT  THE
LOCATION APPLYING FOR DESIGNATION;
  (2)  THE PERCENTAGE OF PATIENTS RECEIVING CARE THROUGH MEDICAL ASSIST-
ANCE;
  (3) THE CAPACITY OF THE APPLICANT LOCATION TO HOST PHYSICIANS LICENSED
PURSUANT TO SECTION SIXTY-FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF THE EDUCATION LAW;
AND
  (4) THE  BENEFIT  TO  THE  APPROPRIATE  HIGH  NEED  COMMUNITY  IN  THE
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

  (B) THE LOCATIONS OF THE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS:
  (1)  TWO  SHALL  BE  IN  RURAL AREAS, AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF
SECTION TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE OF THIS CHAPTER;
  (2) TWO SHALL BE IN CITIES HAVING A POPULATION OF  ONE  HUNDRED  FIFTY
THOUSAND OR MORE; AND
  (3) TWO SHALL BE IN CITIES HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.
  2.  ON  OR  BEFORE APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN, THE COMMISSIONER
SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT  OF  THE
SENATE,  THE  SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE
AND THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY. SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE,  BUT
NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO,  A  STATISTICAL  ANALYSIS OF THE CHANGES IN HEALTH
RESULTS FOR PATIENTS AT DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM LOCATIONS, AND THE  HOSPI-
TALIZATION RATES, CHRONIC ILLNESSES AND VITAL STATISTICS THEREOF.
  3.  ALL  DEMONSTRATION  PROGRAM  LOCATIONS  SHALL  UTILIZE  PHYSICIANS
LICENSED PURSUANT TO  SECTION  SIXTY-FIVE  HUNDRED  TWENTY-FIVE  OF  THE
EDUCATION LAW.
  S  3.  Subdivisions  1  and 2 of section 6525 of the education law, as
added by chapter 987 of the laws of 1971, paragraph 1 of  subdivision  1
as  amended  by  chapter 133 of the laws of 1982, are amended to read as
follows:
  1. Eligibility: The following persons shall be eligible for a  limited
permit:
  (1)  A  person who fulfills all requirements for a license as a physi-
cian except those relating to the examination and citizenship or  perma-
nent residence in the United States;
  (2)  A  foreign  physician  who  holds a standard certificate from the
educational council for foreign medical graduates or who has  passed  an
examination  satisfactory to the state board for medicine and in accord-
ance with the commissioner's regulations; [or]
  (3) A foreign physician or a foreign intern who is in this country  on
a  non-immigration  visa for the continuation of medical study, pursuant
to the exchange student program  of  the  United  States  department  of
state[.]; OR
  (4)  A  PERSON  WHO  GRADUATES  FROM  A  REGENTS, LIAISON COMMITTEE ON
MEDICAL EDUCATION OR AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION ACCREDITED MEDICAL
PROGRAM, OR A PERSON WHO GRADUATES FROM ANY OTHER  MEDICAL  PROGRAM  WHO
HAS  PASSED ELEVEN REQUISITE STEPS OR PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES MEDICAL
LICENSING EXAMINATION OR NATIONAL BOARD OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL EXAMINERS
EXAMINATION, WHERE SUCH A PERSON PRACTICES  AT  A  MEDICAL  FACILITY  OR
PRACTICE  DESIGNATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO
HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
  2. Limit of practice. A permittee  shall  be  authorized  to  practice
medicine  only under the supervision of a licensed physician and only in
a public, voluntary[,] or proprietary hospital, OR PURSUANT  TO  SECTION
TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
  S  4.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law, and shall expire and be deemed repealed July 1, 2016.

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