Provides certain requirements for health care proxies and death certificates. / Sponsor: LANZA Committee: HEALTH

Makes permanent the duration of school health services projects for pre-school and school-age children authorized by Chapter 198 of the laws of 1978. / Sponsor: ESPAILLAT Committee: HEALTH

Prohibits the operation of a vending machine which dispenses tobacco products unless the machine is located more than three hundred fifty feet of a building occupied exclusively as a school, church, synagogue or other place of worship. / Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: HEALTH

Authorizes the commissioner of health to apply for a medicaid reform demonstration waiver; creates an initiative to provide for a more efficient and effective medicaid services delivery system; sets forth a managed care pilot program and requires reporting to the governor, temporary president of the senate and speaker of the assembly by December 31, 2015. / Sponsor: RANZENHOFER Committee: HEALTH

Directs the department of health to assign at least 1 narcotics investigator to each county in a city having a population of one million or more. / Sponsor: LANZA Committee: HEALTH

Relates to hypodermic syringes. / Sponsor: DUANE Committee: HEALTH

Requires medical assistance managed care providers to provide coverage for medically necessary prescription drugs and medical supplies. / Sponsor: HANNON Committee: HEALTH

Requires the department of health to post inspection results of public food service establishments on the department's website for the most recent three years; authorizes the establishment of a letter grading system to classify inspection results for public food service establishments; authorizes letter grading system to be posted on department's website; exemptions. / Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: HEALTH

Legalizes the possession, acquisition, use, delivery, transfer, transport or administration of marihuana by a certified patient or designated caregiver for a certified medical use; prescribes procedures for such possession, acquisition, etc. including certification of patients by their practitioner, and that, in the practitioner's professional judgment, the serious condition should be treated with the medical use of marihuana; provides that possession or acquisition of marihuana shall be lawful under these provisions provided that the marihuana possessed does not exceed a total aggregate weight of two and a half ounces; directs the department of health to monitor such use and promulgate rules and regulations for registry identification cards; provides for reports by the department of health to the governor and legislature on the medical use of marihuana. / Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: HEALTH

Expands the health care practitioner volunteer pilot programs to include programs in the counties of Nassau and Schenectady. / Sponsor: HANNON Committee: HEALTH

Requires health care professionals to report any diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder to a registry maintained by the department of health. / Sponsor: MCDONALD Committee: HEALTH

Establishes the advisory committee on public wellness to assist health insurers and employers in establishing wellness programs for insureds and employees. / Sponsor: HANNON Committee: HEALTH

Amends the inpatient reimbursement rates for those general hospitals most significantly affected by revenue losses resulting from Medicaid rebasing that took effect 12/1/2009. / Sponsor: GRISANTI Committee: HEALTH

Changes references to private duty nursing services to specialized nursing services. / Sponsor: HANNON Committee: HEALTH

Legalizes the possession, manufacture, use, delivery, transfer, transport or administration of marihuana by a certified patient or designated caregiver for a certified medical use; prescribes procedures for such possession, manufacture, etc. including certification of patients by their practitioner, and that, in the practitioner's professional judgment, the serious condition should be treated with the medical use of marihuana; provides that possession or manufacture of marihuana shall be lawful under these provisions provided that the marihuana possessed does not exceed a total aggregate weight of two and a half ounces; directs the department of health to monitor such use and promulgate rules and regulations for registry identification cards; provides for reports by the department of health to the governor and legislature on the medical use of marihuana. / Sponsor: DUANE Committee: HEALTH

Enacts the "medical malpractice savings act"; directs the commissioner of health to promulgate rules and regulations requiring all facilities with obstetrical programs to establish and implement a comprehensive obstetrics program to reduce medical errors and improve patient outcomes. / Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: HEALTH

Requires cultural awareness and competence training for all medical professionals as part of their licensing requirements; requires biennial training in the non-discriminatory provision of medical services for physicians, physician assistants, dentists, dental hygienists, registered and licensed practical nurses, podiatrists, and optometrists; authorizes the department of education to develop the training in consultation with the department of health and other experts; provides for documentation and exemption from the requirements; provides for a public education program on minority health; appropriates $100,000 therefor. / Sponsor: DIAZ Committee: HEALTH

Provides for a program of asthma disease management and control within the department of health; program shall provide various services to health care providers, patients, and others; authorizes the commissioner of health to make grants; provides for a study of asthma incidence and prevalence; provides for an annual report on the program; establishes an advisory panel. / Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: HEALTH

Makes provisions relating to the disclosure of special care offered to persons with Alzheimer's disease or dementia; requires any facility that offers, advertises, markets or otherwise promotes itself as providing Alzheimer's and dementia special care must disclose the form of care or treatment provided that distinguishes it as being especially applicable or suitable for persons diagnosed with Alzheimer's, dementia or other disorders; authorizes the commissioner of health to promulgate necessary rules and regulations; provides for a five hundred dollar civil penalty for a violation. / Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee: HEALTH

Enacts the New York state pharmaceutical drug manufacturer and wholesaler disclosure act; requires pharmaceutical drug manufacturers and wholesalers to annually report to the New York department of health, for disclosure to the general public, all of its gifts to health care practitioners that prescribe drugs when such gifts have a value of seventy-five dollars or more; authorizes the commissioner of health to impose penalties and promulgate necessary rules and regulations. / Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee: HEALTH