NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A1464B
SPONSOR: Jenne TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to
including certain facilities in the definition of originating site
PURPOSE:
These amendments would expand the definition of originating site to
allow primary care providers to use telehealth to connect with and
provide care to two critical populations - young children and seniors.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends the public health law by adding any type of adult care
facility licensed under title two of article seven of the social
services law to the definition of "originating site."
Section 2 is the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
These amendments would expand the definition of originating site to
allow primary care providers to use telehealth to connect with and
provide care to seniors who cannot easily travel to the doctor's office.
Specifically, these amendments would support existing models, such as
the Health-e-Access (HeA) Telemedicine model, which is supported by the
Strong Pediatric Practice at the University of Rochester Medical Center,
as well as future models. The HeA model is an internet-based patient
care approach that connects the patient to his/her primary care medical
home (PCMH). This model was expanded in 2010 to extend HeA to older
adults in senior living communities.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
A7903 of 2015 - referred to Health.
A7903 of 2016 - referred to Health.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1464--B
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 12, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. JENNE, TITONE -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again
reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to including certain
facilities in the definition of originating site
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 2999-cc of the public health law,
2 as amended by chapter 167 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 3. "Originating site" means a site at which a patient is located at
5 the time health care services are delivered to him or her by means of
6 telehealth. Originating sites shall be limited to facilities licensed
7 under articles twenty-eight and forty of this chapter, facilities as
8 defined in subdivision six of section 1.03 of the mental hygiene law,
9 private physician's or dentist's offices located within the state of New
10 York, any type of adult care facility licensed under title two of arti-
11 cle seven of the social services law, and, when a patient is receiving
12 health care services by means of remote patient monitoring, the
13 patient's place of residence located within the state of New York or
14 other temporary location located within or outside the state of New
15 York.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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