Assembly Bill A7858

Signed By Governor
2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides that the department of health may share certain information about environmentally-related diseases

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S4201 - Signed by Governor

  • 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

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2011-A7858 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4201
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §225, Pub Health L

2011-A7858 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the department of health may share certain information about environmentally-related diseases.

2011-A7858 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7858

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 19, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. TITONE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GOTT-
  FRIED, SWEENEY -- (at request of the Department  of  Health)  --  read
  once and referred to the Committee on Health

AN  ACT  to  amend  the public health law, in relation to the sharing of
  information related to environmentally-related diseases

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph (t) of subdivision 5 of section 225 of the public
health  law,  as added by chapter 351 of the laws of 1980, is amended to
read as follows:
  (t) facilitate epidemiological research into the prevention  of  envi-
ronmental  diseases,  [when such research is conducted pursuant to para-
graph (j) of subdivision one of section two hundred six  of  this  chap-
ter,] by establishing regulations designating as environmentally related
diseases  those  pathological  conditions  of the body or mind resulting
from contact with toxins, mutagens or teratogens  in  solid,  liquid  or
gaseous  form, or in the form of ionizing radiation or nonionizing elec-
tromagnetic radiation, and by requiring the reporting of  such  diseases
or  suspected  cases  of  such diseases to the department by physicians,
medical facilities and clinical laboratories. Any  information  provided
to  the  department  pursuant  to  such regulations shall be in the form
required by the department, and shall be kept confidential and  used  by
the commissioner pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (j) of subdivi-
sion  one of section two hundred six of this chapter, and other applica-
ble laws relating to the confidential treatment of patient  and  medical
data, EXCEPT THAT THE DEPARTMENT MAY SHARE IDENTIFYING OR OTHER INFORMA-
TION  WITH  A LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT WHEN, AND ONLY TO THE EXTENT THAT,
THE DEPARTMENT DETERMINES  THIS  INFORMATION  IS  NECESSARY  TO  PROTECT
PUBLIC  HEALTH AGAINST THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH EXPOSURE TO THE MATE-
RIAL.  DATA SHARED WITH THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT SHALL NOT BE FURTHER
DISCLOSED AND SHALL BE OTHERWISE SUBJECT TO THE CONFIDENTIALITY REQUIRE-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09636-02-1

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