Relates to the establishment of convenient care clinics; authorizes the public health and health planning council to adopt/amend rules and regulations relating thereto. /
Sponsor: Paulin Committee: HEALTH

Relates to state reimbursement for public health services provided by municipalities and to the incorporation of home health and hospices services within municipal public health services plans. /
Sponsor: Destito Committee: HEALTH

Directs the commissioner of health to establish a uniform letter grading system to classify the result of an inspection of a public food service establishment; directs such commissioner and local health officers to require the display of any letter grade received pursuant to such system; requires reinspection of establishment receiving a grade of less than "A"; provisions do not apply to food establishments in cities having a population of one million or more. /
Sponsor: Jeffries Committee: HEALTH

Relates to the disposition of surplus funds resulting from a tax lien foreclosure sales in the city of Buffalo; provides that a judgment may be entered, upon request of the tax district, without such district taking title to the property. /
Sponsor: Schroeder Committee: MENTAL HEALTH

Directs the commissioner of health to establish and implement a uniform letter grading system to classify health inspection results for any place engaged in the preparation, sale or service of food for and to the general public in cities with a population of one million or more; directs the commissioner, upon establishment and implementation of such system, to require the display of any letter grade received pursuant to such system. /
Sponsor: Cymbrowitz Committee: HEALTH

Requires the department of health to establish and post signage outlining the importance of hand hygiene in the restrooms, gymnasiums and locker rooms in public and private schools. /
Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: HEALTH

Authorizes the department of health to establish medication and treatment compliance demonstration programs to assist persons with chronic health problems; provides that services provided as part of the program and related administrative expenses that are not otherwise eligible for coverage under funding sources shall be eligible for reimbursement under the medical assistance program as long as federal financial participation is available; requires interim report to the governor and legislature on or before 12/31/2014 and a final report on or before 12/31/2016; provides for expiration and repeal of act on 3/31/2017. /
Sponsor: KRUGER 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

Provides homemaker services may be provided by private home aides, subject to certain requirements, not only certified home care agencies; includes homemaker services engaged through private home aides within the definition of "home health aide services"; and provides homemaker services shall be reimbursable through the New York state partnership for long term care. /
Sponsor: KRUGER Committee: HEALTH

Creates the breast cancer registry; provides that the department of health be responsible for investigation and research concerning the causes, mortality, prevention, early detection and treatment of breast cancer. /
Sponsor: Molinaro Committee: HEALTH

Relates to the establishment of convenient care clinics; authorizes the public health and health planning council to adopt/amend rules and regulations relating thereto. /
Sponsor: Paulin Committee: HEALTH

Mandates the installation of warning labels on ultraviolet radiation devices; provides that such warning shall include the risk of irreversible damage to the user's eyes and skin, including skin cancer. /
Sponsor: Molinaro Committee: HEALTH

Provides for behavioral health wraparound demonstration projects combining services through the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities, the Office of Mental Health, the Department of Health. /
Sponsor: Schroeder Committee: HEALTH

Relates to establishing a universal child health passport; the holders of such passport universally consent to the transfer or release of pertinent records and/or information to certain groups without individual consent of the parent or guardian of such child. /
Sponsor: Schroeder Committee: HEALTH

Directs the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities, the commissioner of education, the commissioner of health and the commissioner of mental health to study and report the costs to the state for the early diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder and the long-term treatment for individuals with autism spectrum disorder. /
Sponsor: Schroeder Committee: MENTAL HEALTH

Directs the commissioner of health and commissioner for people with developmental disabilities to jointly promulgate rules and regulations requiring pediatric health care providers to screen children beginning at the age of 18 months for autism spectrum disorders during each wellness and preventative care examination. /
Sponsor: Schroeder Committee: HEALTH

Provides alternative pricing methods in the sale and offering of funeral merchandise and services; provides for repeal after one year; mandates a report by the state consumer protection board on the effectiveness of alternative pricing methods. /
Sponsor: Towns Committee: HEALTH

Exempts non-resident students at community colleges from certain immunization requirements. /
Sponsor: GRIFFO Committee: HEALTH

Establishes a task force of thirteen members on women's health care and managed care to study the relationship of one to the other and any deficiencies in women's health care and whether such deficiencies are exacerbated by managed care and how women's health care can be improved; provides for expiration of provisions. /
Sponsor: Molinaro Committee: HEALTH

Requires the operator of a public place that has a bed bug infestation to report such infestation to the municipality in which the public place is located and close access to the public; the public place may only reopen when a certified pesticide applicator provide written certification that all bed bugs have been exterminated. /
Sponsor: Spano Committee: HEALTH