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                                   4735
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 5, 2019
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 Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, BUCHWALD, McDONOUGH, CAHILL, COOK --
   Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to the reporting of
   the results of clinical laboratory services performed at  the  request
   of a qualified health care practitioner

   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
 576-d to read as follows:
   §  576-D.  REPORTING OF CLINICAL LABORATORY RESULTS AND FINDINGS.  THE
 RESULTS AND FINDINGS OF ANY CLINICAL LABORATORY SERVICE, REQUESTED BY  A
 QUALIFIED  HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL, SHALL ONLY BE REPORTED BY THE LABO-
 RATORY PERFORMING SUCH SERVICE TO THE HEALTH  CARE  PROFESSIONAL  MAKING
 THE  REQUEST FOR THE LABORATORY SERVICE, HIS OR HER AGENTS OR HIS OR HER
 DESIGNATED EMPLOYEES. PROVIDED, HOWEVER THAT SUCH FINDINGS  AND  RESULTS
 SHALL  BE  REPORTED,  AT ANY TIME TO THE INDIVIDUAL TO WHOM THE CLINICAL
 LABORATORY SERVICES RELATE OR WERE PERFORMED UPON, UPON WRITTEN  REQUEST
 OF  THE INDIVIDUAL SUBMITTED TO THE CLINICAL LABORATORY OR THE QUALIFIED
 HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09054-01-9