Senate Bill S777

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Establishes the clinical trial access and education fund to provide grants for certain services for patients with life-threatening or disabling conditions/diseases

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

co-Sponsors

2015-S777 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1567
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2424, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1805
2011-2012: A807
2013-2014: S6442, A2688
2017-2018: S1216, A2538
2019-2020: S932, A1035
2021-2022: S1169, A180
2023-2024: S4793

2015-S777 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2015-S777 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S777 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   777

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

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:

  Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
2424 to read as follows:
  S 2424. CLINICAL TRIAL ACCESS AND EDUCATION FUND. 1. DEFINITIONS.  FOR
THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOW-
ING MEANINGS:
  A.  "ELIGIBLE  APPLICANT"  MEANS  (I) A MEDICAL SCHOOL THAT SPONSORS A
CLINICAL TRIAL, (II) A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WITH  EXPERIENCE  AND
EXPERTISE  WORKING  WITH  PATIENTS  WITH  LIFE-THREATENING  OR DISABLING
CONDITIONS OR DISEASES, (III) A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER ORGANIZATION, ASSO-
CIATION  OR  SOCIETY,  (IV)  A  GENERAL  HOSPITAL  DEFINED  IN   ARTICLE
TWENTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER, (V) A COUNTY OR CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, OR
(VI) A MUNICIPALITY.
  B.  "CLINICAL  TRIAL"  SHALL  HAVE  THE SAME MEANING AS IN SUBDIVISION
TWO-B OF SECTION FORTY-NINE HUNDRED OF THIS CHAPTER.
  2. ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.  THERE  IS  HEREBY  ESTABLISHED  WITHIN  THE
DEPARTMENT A CLINICAL TRIAL ACCESS AND EDUCATION FUND. SUBJECT TO APPRO-
PRIATIONS, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS ON
A  COMPETITIVE  REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL BASIS TO PROVIDE ONE OR MORE OF THE
FOLLOWING SERVICES TO PATIENTS WITH LIFE-THREATENING OR DISABLING CONDI-
TIONS OR DISEASES, AS SUCH  TERMS  ARE  DEFINED  IN  SECTION  FORTY-NINE
HUNDRED  OF  THIS CHAPTER, TO FACILITATE ACCESS TO OR EDUCATION ON CLIN-
ICAL TRIALS OF TREATMENTS FOR THE PATIENT'S CONDITION OR DISEASE:
  A. TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AND LODGING TO PROVIDE PATIENTS WITH ACCESS
TO CLINICAL TRIALS OR OTHER RELATED TREATMENTS WHILE ENROLLED IN A CLIN-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.