Title PBH, Public Health

* § 2591. Eligibility. Eligibility for the program shall be limited\nto pregnant women and adolescents who, because of low income and dietary\ndeficiencies, are at high risk endangering the nutritional well-being of\ntheir fetuses and risking the delivery of low birth weight inf…

* § 2592. Rules and regulations. The commissioner of health may adopt\nrules and regulations to implement the emergency nutrition aid program.\n * NB Expired March 31, 1986\n

§ 2595. Football programs; information on concussions. 1. All tackle\nfootball programs in the state shall provide an informational packet\nabout concussions and sub-concussive blows, and the injuries that might\noccur as a result of receiving such blows, to the parents or guard…

§ 2599-a. Childhood obesity prevention program; establishment. The\nchildhood obesity prevention program is established within the\ndepartment.\n

§ 2599-aa. Policy and purpose. The legislature finds that\ncomprehensive reproductive health care is a fundamental component of\nevery individual's health, privacy and equality. Therefore, it is the\npolicy of the state that:\n 1. Every individual has the fundamental right to ch…

§ 2599-b. Program development. 1. The program shall be designed to\nprevent and reduce the incidence and prevalence of obesity in children\nand adolescents, especially among populations with high rates of obesity\nand obesity-related health complications including, but not limit…

§ 2599-bb. Abortion. 1. A health care practitioner licensed,\ncertified, or authorized under title eight of the education law, acting\nwithin his or her lawful scope of practice, may perform an abortion\nwhen, according to the practitioner's reasonable and good faith\nprofession…

§ 2599-bb-1. Reproductive freedom and equity grant program. 1. As used\nin this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:\n (a) "Abortion" shall mean the termination of pregnancy pursuant to\nsection twenty-five hundred ninety-nine-bb of this article.\n (b)…

§ 2599-c. School-based childhood obesity prevention and physical\nactivity programs. The commissioner, in cooperation with the\ncommissioners of education and agriculture and markets, and county\nboards of cooperative extension, shall encourage the establishment of\nschool-based…

§ 2599-cc. Gestational surrogacy. 1. The commissioner shall promulgate\nregulations on the practice of gestational surrogacy. Such regulations\nshall include, but not be limited to:\n (a) guidelines and procedures for obtaining fully informed consent\nfrom potential persons acti…

§ 2599-d. Powers of commissioner. The commissioner may administer\ndirectly or through contract, within the amount of funds allocated and\nwithin amounts appropriated pursuant to paragraph (k) of subdivision one\nof section twenty-eight hundred seven-v of this chapter, the child…

* § 260. Health care practitioner volunteer program. 1. There is\nhereby established in the department a health care practitioner\nvolunteer program to implement a system by which eligible health care\npractitioner volunteers and other volunteers may provide free basic\nprimary …

* § 260. Short title. This title shall be known and may be cited as\nthe "obesity prevention act".\n * NB There are 2 § 260's\n

§ 2600. Helen Hayes Hospital; hospital care and treatment. 1. The\nHelen Hayes Hospital is continued for the care and treatment of persons\nwho are physically disabled, deformed or are suffering from disease from\nwhich they are likely to become physically disabled or deformed.\…

§ 2601. Helen Hayes Hospital; functions; powers and duties. 1. The\nHelen Hayes Hospital may receive persons who are physically disabled,\ndeformed or suffering from disease from which they are likely to become\nphysically disabled or deformed, for care, study and experimental o…

§ 2602. Helen Hayes Hospital; charges for service and reimbursement.\n1. The commissioner shall establish the rates to be paid for the\nmaintenance, care and treatment of all patients admitted to the Helen\nHayes Hospital.\n 2. The commissioner shall require that the director of…

§ 261. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby finds, determines,\nand declares that obesity is a serious medical problem affecting up to\none-third of all Americans. In addition, a nineteen ninety-seven Kaiser\nPermanente study concluded that there is a significant potential…

§ 262. Definitions. As used in this title, unless the context\notherwise requires:\n "Obesity" means the condition in which a person's body mass index is\nat least thirty kilograms per meter squared, or where a person's body\nmass index is at least twenty-seven kilograms per met…

§ 263. Department authorized to study obesity - report. 1. The\ndepartment is authorized to sample and collect data on individual cases\nwhere obesity is being actively treated and to analyze such data in\norder to evaluate the impact of treating obesity. Such data collection\na…

§ 2630. Purpose. The New York state home for veterans and their\ndependents at Oxford, the New York state home for veterans in the city\nof New York, the New York state home for veterans in western New York\nand the New York home for veterans in the lower-Hudson Valley shall be\…

§ 2631. Board of visitors; special provision. The board of visitors\nof each such home shall consist of nine members appointed from the\nmembers of the New York departments of the major organizations of war\nveterans to which charters have been issued by Acts of Congress or of\n…

§ 2632. Admission to home. 1. Every veteran of the armed forces of\nthe United States, who (i) (A) was separated or discharged under\nhonorable conditions after serving on active duty therein for a period\nof not less than thirty days, or (B) has a qualifying condition, as\ndefi…

§ 2633. Acquisition and application of property. Subject to the\nregulations of the department, the board of visitors or the duly\nappointed treasurer of the homes, as agent of the department, may\nreceive, retain and expend receipts other than state appropriations, any\nmoney o…

§ 2634. Designation of the "New York State Women Veterans Memorial\nCommunity Room". The communal area multi-purpose room of the New York\nstate home for veterans in the city of New York, such room as referred\nto as area one hundred ninety-four in the architectural plans and\nd…

§ 2635. Designation of the "Arnold Swanson Community Room". The\ncommunal area multi-purpose room of the New York state home for veterans\nin the city of Batavia shall be designated and known as the "Arnold\nSwanson Community Room" in honor of Arnold Swanson.\n

§ 266. Department website. 1. The department shall establish and\nmaintain an internet website for the purpose of advancing women's health\ninitiatives. The website shall provide information for the purposes of\neducating the public and raising awareness of women's health issues…

§ 266-a. The 21st century workgroup for disease elimination and\nreduction. The 21st century workgroup for disease elimination and\nreduction is hereby created within the department. The workgroup shall:\n 1. Be comprised of experts within the department's bureau of\nimmunizatio…

* § 267. Menstrual products in schools. All elementary and secondary\npublic schools in the state serving students in any grade from grade six\nthrough grade twelve shall provide menstrual products in the restrooms\nof such school building or buildings. Such products shall be pr…

§ 267-a. Self-administered hormonal contraceptives. The commissioner\nis authorized to establish a non-patient specific order, consistent with\nsection sixty-eight hundred one of the education law, for dispensing\nself-administered hormonal contraceptives as defined in section\n…

§ 267-b. Menstrual products in public colleges and universities. All\npublic colleges and universities in the state shall provide menstrual\nproducts in the restrooms of such school building or buildings. Such\nproducts shall be provided at no charge to students.\n

* § 268. Statement of policy and purposes. The purpose of this title\nis to codify the establishment of the health benefit exchange in New\nYork, known as NY State of Health, The Official Health Plan Marketplace\n(Marketplace), in conformance with Executive Order 42 (Cuomo) issu…

* § 268. Informational materials concerning menstrual disorders.\nSubject to appropriation, the commissioner, in conjunction with the\ncommissioner of education, shall create age specific informational\nmaterials to be provided to school districts and health care\npractitioners …

§ 268-a. Definitions. For purposes of this title, the following\ndefinitions shall apply:\n 1. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of health of the state of New\nYork.\n 2. "Marketplace" means the "NY State of Health, The official health\nplan Marketplace" or "Marketplace" est…

§ 268-b. Establishment of NY State of Health, The Official Health Plan\nMarketplace. 1. There is hereby established an office within the\ndepartment of health to be known as the "NY State of Health, The\nofficial health plan Marketplace".\n 2. The purpose of the Marketplace is t…

§ 268-c. Functions of the Marketplace. The Marketplace shall:\n 1. (a) Perform eligibility determinations for federal and state\ninsurance affordability programs including medical assistance in\naccordance with section three hundred sixty-six of the social services\nlaw, child h…

§ 268-d. Special functions of the Marketplace related to health plan\ncertification and qualified health plan oversight. 1. Health plans\ncertified by the Marketplace shall meet the following requirements:\n (a) The insurer offering the health plan:\n (i) is licensed or certifie…

§ 268-e. Appeals and appeal hearings; judicial review. 1. Any\napplicant or enrollee, or any individual authorized to act on behalf of\nany such applicant or enrollee, may appeal to the department from\ndeterminations of department officials or failures to make\ndeterminations u…

§ 268-f. Marketplace advisory committee. 1. There is hereby created\nthe marketplace advisory committee, which shall consider and advise the\ndepartment and commissioner on matters concerning the provision of\nhealth care coverage through the NY State of Health or Health Plan\nM…

§ 268-g. Funding of the Marketplace. 1. The Marketplace shall be\nfunded by state and federal sources as authorized by applicable law,\nincluding but not limited to applicable law authorizing the respective\ninsurance affordability programs available through the Marketplace.\n 2…

§ 268-h. Construction. Nothing in this article, and no action taken by\nthe Marketplace pursuant hereto, shall be construed to:\n 1. preempt or supersede the authority of the superintendent or the\ncommissioner; or\n 2. exempt insurers, insurance producers or qualified health pl…

§ 269. Hunger prevention and nutrition assistance program. 1. The\ncommissioner shall annually assess changing economic indicators\nimpacting service levels within the hunger prevention nutrition\nassistance program in all regions of the state. Such assessment may\ninclude, but …

§ 270. Definitions. As used in this article, unless the context\nclearly requires otherwise:\n 1. "Administrator" means an entity with which the commissioner\ncontracts for the purpose of administering elements of the preferred\ndrug program, as established under section two hun…

§ 2700. Bureau of chronic disease and geriatrics established. The\nstate department of health shall establish a bureau of chronic disease\nand geriatrics, which shall develop a program designed to improve and\nprotect the health and vitality of middle-aged and elderly citizens o…

§ 2701. Purpose and functions. The department, at the discretion of\nthe commissioner, shall:\n 1. Plan public health programs to aid in the prevention,\nrehabilitation and control of degenerative diseases and chronic\nillnesses.\n 2. Develop a program for integrating community …

§ 2702. Powers and duties. The commissioner shall have the power and\nit shall be his duty to employ such assistants and personnel, within the\namount of the appropriation, as is necessary to carry out the provisions\nof this article.\n

§ 2705. Legislative findings and declarations. The legislature hereby\nfinds and declares that osteoporosis is a public health problem that\nposes a threat to the health and quality of life to as many as\ntwenty-four million Americans; and that it may ultimately affect as many\n…

§ 2706. Osteoporosis prevention and education program established. 1.\nThere is hereby created within the department the osteoporosis\nprevention and education program. This program is established to promote\npublic awareness of the causes of osteoporosis, options for prevention…

§ 2710. Legislative findings and purposes. It is hereby declared and\nfound that one of the major problems facing medicine and the public\nhealth and welfare is the lack of trained individuals, available\nfacilities, research and equipment for the discovery, evaluation,\ndiagnos…

§ 2711. New York state kidney disease institute; organization. 1. The\nNew York state kidney disease institute is hereby created within the\ndepartment of health.\n 2. The commissioner shall appoint a director of the institute and may\nemploy such assistants and personnel, withi…

§ 2712. Functions, powers and duties. 1. In order to further the\ndeclared purposes of this article, the institute shall have the\nfollowing functions, powers and duties:\n (a) To conduct a survey of all of the existing facilities within the\nstate having to do with the diagnosi…