Title PBH, Public Health

§ 2999-g. Purpose of this title. Creation of the New York state medical indemnity fund. There is hereby created the New York state medical indemnity fund (the "fund"). The purpose of the fund is to provide a funding source for future health care costs associated with birth relat…

§ 2999-gg. Voluntary foster care agency health facilities. 1. In order for an authorized agency that is approved by the office of children and family services to care for or board out children, to provide limited health-related services as defined in regulations of the departmen…

§ 2999-h. Definitions. As used in this title, unless the context or subject matter requires otherwise: 1. "Birth-related neurological injury" means an injury to the brain or spinal cord of a live infant caused by the deprivation of oxygen or mechanical injury occurring in the co…

§ 2999-hh. Medical respite program. 1. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly otherwise requires: (a) "Medical respite program" means a not-for-profit corporation certified pursuant to subdivision t…

§ 2999-i. Custody and administration of the fund. 1. (a) The commissioner of taxation and finance shall be the custodian of the fund and the special account established pursuant to section ninety-nine-t of the state finance law. All payments from the fund shall be made by the co…

§ 2999-ii. Definitions. For the purposes of this article: 1. "Certified nurse aide" means a person included in the nursing home nurse aide registry pursuant to section twenty-eight hundred three-j of this chapter as added by chapter seven hundred seventeen of the laws of ninetee…

§ 2999-j. Payments from the fund. 1. The fund shall be used to pay the\nqualifying health care costs of qualified plaintiffs.\n 2. The provision of qualifying health care costs to qualified\nplaintiffs shall not be subject to prior authorization, except as\ndescribed by the comm…

§ 2999-jj. Registration of temporary health care services agencies; requirements. 1. Any person who operates a temporary health care services agency shall register the agency with the department. 2. The commissioner shall publish guidelines establishing the forms and procedures …

§ 2999-kk. Temporary health care services agencies; minimum standards. 1. A temporary health care services agency shall appoint an administrator qualified by training, experience or education to operate the agency. Each separate agency location shall have its own administrator. …

* § 2999-ll. Violations; penalties. In addition to other remedies available by law, violations of the provisions of this article and any regulations promulgated thereunder shall be subject to penalties and fines pursuant to section twelve of this chapter; provided, however, that…

§ 2999-m. New York state hospital quality initiative. The New York state hospital quality initiative, including the New York state obstetrical patient safety workgroup, will be created in the department of health to be comprised of medical, hospital and academic experts and othe…

* § 2999-mm. Rates for temporary health care services; reports. A temporary health care services agency shall report quarterly to the department a full disclosure of charges and compensation, including a schedule of all hourly bill rates per category of health care personnel, a …

§ 2999-n. Accountable care organizations; findings; purpose. The legislature finds that the formation and operation of accountable care organizations under this article, and subject to appropriate regulation, can be consistent with the purposes of federal and state anti-trust, a…

§ 2999-o. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: 1. "Accountable care organization" or "ACO" means an organization of clinically integrated health care providers certified by the…

§ 2999-p. Establishment of ACOs. 1. An accountable care organization: (a) is an organization of clinically integrated health care providers that work together to provide, manage, and coordinate health care (including primary care) for a defined population; with a mechanism for s…

§ 2999-q. Accountable care organizations; requirements. 1. The commissioner shall make regulations establishing criteria for certificates of authority, quality standards for ACOs, reporting requirements and other matters deemed to be appropriate and necessary in the operation an…

§ 2999-r. Other laws. 1. (a) It is the policy of the state to permit and encourage cooperative, collaborative and integrative arrangements among third-party health care payers and health care providers who might otherwise be competitors under the active supervision of the commis…

§ 2999-s. Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: 1. "PACE organization" means an entity as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 1395(eee) and established in accordance with federal public law 105-33, subtitle I of title IV of the Balanced Budget Act of 199…

§ 2999-t. Program established. 1. The program of all-inclusive care of the elderly is established in the department to provide community-based, risk-based, and capitated long-term care services as optional services under Medicaid and, where applicable, under Medicare, as well as…

§ 2999-u. Licensure. 1. The commissioner shall license an entity applying for licensure as a PACE organization if the applicant demonstrates to the satisfaction of the commissioner that the applicant will: (a) comply with the requirements of a PACE organization under applicable …

§ 2999-v. Eligibility and enrollment. 1. To be eligible to enroll in a PACE organization, an individual shall: (a) (i) be at least fifty-five years old; (ii) meet the eligibility requirements for a nursing home level of care; (iii) reside within the PACE organization's approved …

§ 2999-w. Benefits. 1. A PACE organization shall provide the following\nbenefits to its enrollees:\n (a) all benefits under Medicaid, including under section three hundred\nsixty-four-j of the social services law;\n (b) all benefits under Medicare, for enrollees that are enrolle…

§ 2999-x. Reimbursement. 1. The commissioner shall develop and implement, consistent with applicable federal requirements, reimbursement rates and methodologies for Medicaid services provided by a PACE organization to its enrollees. 2. The commissioner shall provide, or shall re…

§ 2999-y. Regulations and applicable laws. 1. The commissioner shall make regulations and take other actions reasonably necessary to implement this article, including the establishment of any rules and processes appropriate for the safe, efficient and orderly administration of t…

§ 30. Legislative intent. This title establishes an independent office of Medicaid inspector general within the department to consolidate staff and other Medicaid fraud detection, prevention and recovery functions from the relevant governmental entities into a single office, and…

§ 30-a. Definitions. For the purposes of this title, the following definitions shall apply: 1. "Inspector" means the Medicaid inspector general created by this title. 2. "Investigation" means investigations of fraud, abuse, or illegal acts perpetrated within the medical assistan…

§ 300. Local boards of health; continuation. There shall continue to be local boards and departments of health and health officers in the several counties, cities, villages and towns of the state except as otherwise provided by law.

§ 3000. Declaration of policy and statement of purpose. The furnishing of medical assistance in an emergency is a matter of vital concern affecting the public health, safety and welfare. Prehospital emergency medical care, the provision of prompt and effective communication amon…

§ 3000-a. Emergency medical treatment. 1. Except as provided in subdivision six of section six thousand six hundred eleven, subdivision two of section six thousand five hundred twenty-seven, subdivision one of section six thousand nine hundred nine and sections six thousand five…

§ 3000-b. Automated external defibrillators: Public access providers. 1. As used in this section, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) "Automated external defibrillator" means a medical device, approved by the …

§ 3000-c. Epinephrine devices. 1. Definitions. As used in this section: (a) "Eligible person or entity" means: (i) an ambulance service or advanced life support first response service; a certified first responder, firefighter in a county, city, town or village having a populatio…

§ 3000-d. Availability of resuscitation equipment in certain public places. 1. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall be defined as follows: a. "Bar" means any establishment which is devoted to the sale and service of alcoholic beverages for on-premises cons…

§ 3000-e. Rescue inhaler treatment devices. 1. Definitions. As used in this section: (a) "Eligible person or entity" means (i) an ambulance service or advanced life support first response service; a certified first responder, emergency medical technician, or advanced emergency m…

§ 3000-f. Automated external defibrillator; camps and youth sports programs. 1. As used in this section, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) "Automated external defibrillator" shall have the meaning set forth in sec…

§ 3001. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context\notherwise requires:\n 1. "Emergency medical service" means initial emergency medical\nassistance including, but not limited to, the treatment of trauma,\nburns, respiratory, circulatory and obstetrical emergencies…

§ 3002. New York state emergency medical services council. 1. There is hereby created in the department of health the New York state emergency medical services council. The state council shall consist of thirty-two members. Fourteen members to the state council shall be appointe…

§ 3002-a. State emergency medical advisory committee. 1. There shall be a state emergency medical advisory committee of the state emergency medical services council consisting of thirty-one members. Twenty-three members shall be physicians appointed by the commissioner, includin…

§ 3003. Regional emergency medical services councils. 1. The commissioner, with the approval of the state council, shall designate regional emergency medical services councils on or before January first, nineteen hundred seventy-eight but in no event shall the number of regional…

§ 3003-a. EMS program agencies. 1. As provided by agreement with the commissioner or regional councils based on needs identified by the regional emergency medical services councils, an EMS program agency may be responsible for facilitating quality improvement of emergency medica…

§ 3003-b. Availability of ambulance service and advanced life support first response service to store and distribute blood and initiate and administer blood transfusions. 1. An ambulance service or advanced life support first response service licensed under this article may stor…

§ 3004. Emergency medical services system and agency performance standards. 1. The state emergency medical services council and with input from the regional emergency medical services councils, in collaboration and with final approval of the department, shall create an emergency…

§ 3004-a. Regional emergency medical advisory committees. 1. Regional emergency medical advisory committees shall develop policies, procedures, and triage, treatment, and transportation protocols which are consistent with the standards of the state emergency medical advisory com…

§ 3005. Ambulance service certificates. 1. No ambulance service operating for profit, hospital ambulance service or municipal ambulance service of a city of over one million population shall operate on or after September first, nineteen hundred seventy-five unless it possesses a…

§ 3005-a. Staffing standards; ambulance services and advanced life support first response services. 1. The following staffing standards shall be in effect unless otherwise provided by this section: (a) effective January first, nineteen hundred ninety-seven the minimum staffing s…

* § 3005-b. Emergency medical technician five year re-certification demonstration program. 1. There is hereby created within the department a demonstration program (referred to in this section as the "program") to allow emergency medical technicians and advanced emergency medica…

§ 3006. Quality improvement program. 1. By January first, nineteen hundred ninety-seven, every ambulance service and advanced life support first response service shall establish or participate in a quality improvement program, which shall be an ongoing system to monitor and eval…

§ 3006-a. Patient privacy. 1. As used in this section: (a) "Individual identifying information" means information identifying or tending to identify a patient. (b) "Marketing" means advertising, detailing, marketing, promotion, or any other activity that is intended to be used t…

§ 3007. Notice of alternative destination. In any city having a population of one million or more, whenever an individual is transported by ambulance from one facility to a second facility and the destination is changed, it shall be the responsibility of the senior ambulance dis…

§ 3008. Applications for determinations of public need. 1. Every application for a determination of public need shall be made in writing to the appropriate regional council, shall specify the primary territory within which the applicant requests to operate, be verified under oat…

§ 3009. Continuation of existing services. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections three thousand four and three thousand five of this article, if any ambulance service or a predecessor in interest was in bona fide operation as an ambulance service on April first, nineteen…