Establishes the "health care information management act"; requires an annual report by the commissioner to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A1141
SPONSOR: Simon (MS) TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to enacting the
health care information management act
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To establish rules and regulations requiring every public and private
hospital, as defined in subdivision one of section two thousand eight
hundred one of this chapter, in conjunction with emergency and other
medical services, to compile data and submit such data annually to the
department.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Compilation of data. The commissioner shall establish rules and regu-
lations requiring every public and private hospital, as defined in
subdivision one of section two thousand eight hundred one of this chap-
ter in conjunction with emergency and other medical services to compile
the following data and submit such data annually to the department in a
useable form for the department's reporting by census tracts; 1) with
regard to emergency services: a) length of time between each individ-
ual's call to 911 and such individual's arrival at the emergency room b)
length of time between arrival and admission at such hospital regardless
of method of arrival, which may include but not be limited to walk-ins
and arrival via ambulance c) the number of patients treated and released
without admission.
2. With regard to other medical services: a) the total amount of time
between an individual's admission to the emergency room and obtaining a
bed on the hospital floor for other medical services and b) the total
wait time for all pregnant women, pre and post-partum, to receive a bed
and/or stretcher after arrival at such hospital c) the percentage of
women admitted, in labor with no pre-partum care; d) the number of
births; h) the number of fatalities due to asthma; e) the number of
fatalities as a result of pulmonary diseases; f) the number of patients
with any form of cardiac disease; and g) any additional data the commis-
sioner deems pertinent to such compilation of data.
§ 822. Presentation of data. Data from all individual patients complied
under each subdivision of section eight hundred twenty-one of this arti-
cle shall be placed into one of the following categories based on each
individual's current insurance status:
1. Uninsured;
2. Medicare recipient;
a. Part A;
b. Part B;
c. Part C; or
d. Part D;
3. Medicaid recipient; or
4. Insured with a metal level of:
a. Bronze;
b. Silver;
c. Gold; or
d. Platinum.
$823. Annual report. On or before the first of January, beginning in two
thousand seventeen and every year thereafter, the commissioner shall
submit to the Governor, the Temporary President of the Senate and the
Speaker of the Assembly a report of the complied data outlined in
section eight hundred twenty-one of this article.
JUSTIFICATION:
Throughout the multi-year fight to save Long Island College Hospital
(LICH), formerly operated by the State University of New York-Downstate,
the communities served by LICH fought to have an assessment of the
communities' health needs. It became apparent that the Department of
Health (DOH) was neither collecting nor reporting data that could under-
pin an impartial and accurate assessment. This bill would require the
DOH to collect such local health data and report it to the Governor and
the Legislature. These statistics would demonstrate the health needs of
the community and will further assist the state budget process by facil-
itating the allocation of resources based on accurate health data rather
than conjecture.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2023-24: A2272 Simon -referred to health
2021-22: A.2296 Simon -referred to health
2020-19: A.2981 Simon -referred to health
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
none
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after it
shall have become a law; provided, however that effective immediately
the addition amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
for the implementation of this act on its effective date is authorized
to be made on or before such effective date.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1141
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 9, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, SHIMSKY, REYES -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
of A. COOK, DAVILA, DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to enacting the
health care information management act
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new article
2 8-A to read as follows:
3 ARTICLE 8-A
4 HEALTH CARE
5 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ACT
6 Section 820. Short title.
7 821. Compilation of data.
8 822. Presentation of data.
9 823. Annual report.
10 § 820. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the
11 "health care information management act".
12 § 821. Compilation of data. The commissioner shall establish rules and
13 regulations requiring every public and private hospital, as defined in
14 subdivision one of section twenty-eight hundred one of this chapter, in
15 conjunction with emergency and other medical services, to compile the
16 following and submit such data in a form useable for such purposes and
17 tallied by census tract, annually to the department:
18 1. With regard to emergency medical services: (a) The length of time
19 between each individual's call to 911 and such individual's arrival at
20 the emergency room;
21 (b) The length of time between, but not limited to arrival and admis-
22 sion at such hospital regardless of method of arrival, which may include
23 but not be limited to walk-ins and arrival via ambulance;
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (c) The number of patients treated and released without admission to
2 such hospital;
3 (d) The total amount of time between an individual's admission to the
4 emergency room and obtaining a bed on the hospital floor;
5 2. With regard to other medical services: (a) The total wait time for
6 all patients to receive a bed and/or stretcher after arrival at such
7 hospital;
8 (b) The total wait time for all pregnant people, pre and post-partum,
9 to receive a bed and/or stretcher after arrival at such hospital;
10 (c) The percentage of people admitted, in labor with no pre-partum
11 care;
12 (d) The number of births;
13 (e) The number of fatalities due to asthma;
14 (f) The number of fatalities as a result of pulmonary diseases;
15 (g) The number of patients with any form of cardiac disease; and
16 (h) Any additional data the commissioner deems pertinent to such
17 compilation of data.
18 § 822. Presentation of data. Data from all individual patients
19 compiled under section eight hundred twenty-one of this article shall be
20 placed into one of the following categories based on each individual's
21 current insurance status:
22 1. Uninsured;
23 2. Medicare recipient:
24 (a) Part A;
25 (b) Part B;
26 (c) Part C; or
27 (d) Part D;
28 3. Medicaid recipient;
29 4. Insured with an employer-driven insurance plan; or
30 5. Insured with a metal level of:
31 (a) Bronze;
32 (b) Silver;
33 (c) Gold; or
34 (d) Platinum.
35 § 823. Annual report. On or before the first of January, beginning in
36 two thousand twenty-seven and every year thereafter, the commissioner
37 shall submit to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and
38 the speaker of the assembly, a report of the compiled data outlined in
39 section eight hundred twenty-one of this article.
40 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
41 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
42 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
43 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or
44 before such effective date.
