NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A926
SPONSOR: McDonald TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the public health
law relating to submission of information to the department of health
for physician profiles, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3472
and A. 7214, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
PURPOSE:
To make changes to the effective date in relation to the submission of
information to the department of health for physician profiles.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This bill extends the effective date from ninety days to one year.
JUSTIFICATION:
The physician profile is a highly utilized online database that is
available to the public and contains information about New York State
licensed physicians. Several years ago, the Senate one-house budget
included language to update the physician profile and include informa-
tion regarding the health plan networks the physician participates in.
On November 15, 2016, DOH released a report which found that despite the
overwhelming consumer support for listing this information on the
profile, only 51% of physicians do so. The report highlights recent
measures such as the "Surprise Bill Law", which went into effect on
March 31, 2015, making the inclusion of such information easier.
This bill would extend the effective date from ninety days to one year
to allow adequate time for physicians to report and provide consumers
with accurate up-to-date information.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
This is a new bill.
BUDGET IMPLICATIONS:
None noted.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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926
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY(Prefiled)
January 8, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Health
AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the public health
law relating to submission of information to the department of health
for physician profiles, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.
3472 and A. 7214, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 5 of a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the
2 public health law relating to submission of information to the depart-
3 ment of health for physician profiles, as proposed in legislative bills
4 numbers S. 3472 and A. 7214, is amended to read as follows:
5 § 5. This act shall take effect [on the ninetieth day] nine months
6 after it shall have become a law.
7 § 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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