Meeting details for Health

  • Date: Jun 7, 2011 - 4:00 PM
  • Chair: Kemp Hannon
  • Location: Room 124 CAP

Notes

SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA

Bills on the Agenda

S2170-2011: Relates to penalties for the illegal shipment of cigarettes
Sponsor: GOLDEN
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the shipment of cigarettes
S3673-2011: Relates to the establishment of convenient care clinics
Sponsor: HANNON
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the establishment of convenient care clinics
S4597-2011: Requires accredited office-based surgery facilities to register with the department of health
Sponsor: HANNON
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to registration of office-based surgery facilities and payments for the use thereof
S5014A-2011: Relates to the authority of an agent to act outside a hospital setting to make certain decisions regarding the transport of the principal
Sponsor: DEFRANCISCO
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the authority of an agent to act outside a hospital setting to make certain decisions regarding the transport of the principal to a particular medical setting when such principal is unconscious or unresponsive
S5259-2011: Requires recommendations to the legislature from the special advisory committee appointed by the New York state task force on life and law
Sponsor: HANNON
AN ACT to amend chapter 8 of the laws of 2010, amending the public health law and other laws relating to directing the New York state task force on life and law to form a special advisory committee to consider the procedures and practices for withholding or withdrawal of life sustaining treatment for patients with mental illness or mental retardation and developmental disabilities, in relation to the time frame for recommendations to the legislature
S5380A-2011: Authorizes health care professionals licensed in other jurisdictions and appointed by World Police and Fire Games Federation to practice in this state in connection with an athletic event sanctioned by such feder
Sponsor: GOLDEN
AN ACT to authorize certain health care professionals licensed to practice in other jurisdictions to practice in this state in connection with an event sanctioned by the World Police and Fire Games Federation; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
S5551-2011: Extends the effectiveness of a portable x-ray demonstration program for medicaid recipients
Sponsor: HANNON
AN ACT to amend chapter 433 of the laws of 1997, amending the public health law and other laws relating to rates of reimbursement paid to hospitals and residential health care facilities, in relation to extending the effectiveness of a portable x-ray demonstration program for medicaid recipients
S5552-2011: Extends from December 31, 2011 to December 31, 2013, the expiration of the authorization of operating demonstrations to operate managed long term care plans
Sponsor: HANNON
AN ACT to amend the long term care integration and finance act of 1997, in relation to extending the expiration of operating demonstrations operating a managed long term care plan
S5553-2011: Authorizes the commissioner of health to extend use of audit findings to subsequent un-audited periods for payments to patient service providers
Sponsor: HANNON
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to authorizing the commissioner of health to extend the use of audit findings to subsequent un-audit periods with regard to payments to patient service providers and assessments on covered lives
S5554-2011: Relates to permitting a hospice to employ and enter into contracts with licensed healthcare providers
Sponsor: HANNON
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to permitting a hospice to employ and enter into contracts with licensed healthcare providers
S5555-2011: Allows limited liability companies to operate renal disease diagnostic or treatment centers
Sponsor: HANNON
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to allowing limited liability companies to operate renal disease diagnostic or treatment centers
S5556-2011: Relates to health-related legal services programs
Sponsor: HANNON
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to health-related legal services programs
S3186A-2011: Enacts the health care consumer and provider protection act relating to collective negotiations by health care providers with certain health care plans
Sponsor: HANNON
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requirements for collective negotiations by health care providers with certain health benefit plans
S4325-2011: Provides all blind and visually impaired patients with an audio recording of the discharge plan and preadmission information, where provided
Sponsor: AVELLA
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to providing all blind and visually impaired patients with an audio recording of the discharge plan and preadmission information
S4384B-2011: Establishes the Medicaid identification and anti-fraud biometric technology program
Sponsor: RANZENHOFER
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing the Medicaid identification and anti-fraud biometric technology program; and to amend the social services law, in relation to conforming medical assistance identification with the Medicaid identification and anti-fraud biometric technology program
S4749-2011: Relates to the collection of prescription drug co-payments
Sponsor: DEFRANCISCO
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to the collection of prescription drug co-payments
S5312-2011: Relates to hypodermic syringes
Sponsor: DUANE
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to hypodermic syringes