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N.Y. Public Health Law § 2799-R Program evaluations and recommendations; reports and statewide conference on best practices
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§ 2799-r. Program evaluations and recommendations; reports and\nstatewide conference on best practices. 1. Employers participating in\nthe New York wellness works program pursuant to this article shall\nreport to the commissioner on the findings, experience and benefits\npursuan…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 280 Medicaid drug cap
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§ 280. Medicaid drug cap. 1. The legislature hereby finds and declares\nthat there is a significant public interest for the Medicaid program to\nmanage drug costs in a manner that ensures patient access while\nproviding financial stability for the state and participating provide…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 280-A Pharmacy benefit managers
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§ 280-a. Pharmacy benefit managers. 1. Definitions. As used in this\nsection, the following terms shall have the following meanings:\n (a) "Health plan " means an entity for which a pharmacy benefit\nmanager provides pharmacy benefit management services and that is a\nhealth ben…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 280-B Unused prescription drug donation and redispensing program
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§ 280-b. Unused prescription drug donation and redispensing program.\n1. As used in this section:\n (a) "Donor entity" means a manufacturer, wholesaler, or distributor of\nprescription drugs; a pharmacy; or a hospital authorized under article\ntwenty-eight of this chapter.\n (b)…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 280-C Pharmacy audits by pharmacy benefit managers
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§ 280-c. Pharmacy audits by pharmacy benefit managers. 1. Definitions.\nAs used in this section, the following terms shall have the following\nmeanings:\n (a) "Pharmacy benefit manager" shall have the same meaning as in\nsection two hundred eighty-a of this article.\n (b) "Pharm…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 280-D Patient notification of prescription label change
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§ 280-d. Patient notification of prescription label change. A health\ncare prescriber shall inform the patient if such prescriber has included\nor has requested to include the name or address of the prescribing\nhealth care practice instead of the name of such prescriber on the\…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2800 Declaration of policy and statement of purpose
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§ 2800. Declaration of policy and statement of purpose. Hospital and\nrelated services including health-related service of the highest\nquality, efficiently provided and properly utilized at a reasonable\ncost, are of vital concern to the public health. In order to provide for\n…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2801 Definitions
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§ 2801. Definitions. The following words or phrases, as used in this\narticle, shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise\nrequires:\n * 1. "Hospital" means a facility or institution engaged principally in\nproviding services by or under the supervision of a…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2801-A Establishment or incorporation of hospitals
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§ 2801-a. Establishment or incorporation of hospitals. 1. No hospital,\nas defined in this article, shall be established except with the written\napproval of the public health and health planning council. No\ncertificate of incorporation of a business membership or not-for-profi…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2801-B Improper practices in hospital staff appointments and extension of professional privileges prohibited
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§ 2801-b. Improper practices in hospital staff appointments and\nextension of professional privileges prohibited. 1. It shall be an\nimproper practice for the governing body of a hospital to refuse to act\nupon an application for staff membership or professional privileges or\nt…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2801-C Injunctions
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§ 2801-c. Injunctions. The supreme court may enjoin violations or\nthreatened violations of any provisions of this article; and it may\nenjoin violations of the regulations of the department adopted\nthereunder. Upon request of the public health council or the\ncommissioner, the…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2801-D Private actions by patients of residential health care facilities
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§ 2801-d. Private actions by patients of residential health care\nfacilities. 1. Any residential health care facility that deprives any\npatient of said facility of any right or benefit, as hereinafter\ndefined, shall be liable to said patient for injuries suffered as a\nresult …
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2801-E Voluntary residential health care facility rightsizing demonstration program
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§ 2801-e. Voluntary residential health care facility rightsizing\ndemonstration program. 1. The voluntary residential health care facility\nrightsizing demonstration program is intended to be a flexible and\ninnovative approach to dealing with excess capacity in residential\nhea…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2801-F Residential health care facility quality incentive payment program
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§ 2801-f. Residential health care facility quality incentive payment\nprogram. Subject to amounts appropriated for the residential health care\nfacility quality incentive payment program, the department may make a\npayment to operators of residential health care facilities, loca…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2801-G Community forum on hospital closure
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§ 2801-g. Community forum on hospital closure. 1. No later than thirty\ndays after the closure of a general hospital, the commissioner shall\nhold a public community forum for the purpose of obtaining public input\nconcerning the anticipated impact of the general hospital's clos…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2801-H Personal caregiving and compassionate caregiving visitors to nursing home residents during declared local or state health emergencies
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§ 2801-h. Personal caregiving visitors for nursing home residents\nduring public health emergencies. 1. As used in this section, the\nfollowing terms have the following meanings:\n (a) "personal caregiving visitor" means a family member, close friend,\nor legal guardian of a res…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2802 Approval of construction
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§ 2802. Approval of construction. The construction of a hospital,\nwhether public or private, incorporated or not incorporated, shall\nrequire the prior approval of the commissioner.\n 1. An application for such construction shall be filed with the\ndepartment, together with suc…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2802-A Transitional care unit demonstration program
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§ 2802-a. Transitional care unit demonstration program. 1.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the\ncommissioner is authorized to approve up to eighteen general hospitals\nwithin the state to operate transitional care units by and within such\ngeneral ho…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2802-B Health equity impact assessments
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§ 2802-b. Health equity impact assessments. 1. Definitions. As used in\nthis section:\n (a) "Application" means an application under this article for the\nconstruction, establishment, change in the establishment, merger,\nacquisition, elimination or substantial reduction, expans…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2803 Commissioner and council; powers and duties
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§ 2803. Commissioner and council; powers and duties. 1. (a) The\ncommissioner shall have the power to inquire into the operation of\nhospitals and to conduct periodic inspections of facilities with respect\nto the fitness and adequacy of the premises, equipment, personnel, rules…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2803-A Authority to contract
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§ 2803-a. Authority to contract. Hospitals, including hospitals\ndescribed in subdivision ten of section 1.03 of the mental hygiene law,\nare hereby authorized, under such rules and regulations as the council\nmay authorize, to enter into contracts and make arrangements among\nt…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2803-AA Sickle cell disease information distribution
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* § 2803-aa. Sickle cell disease information distribution. The\ncommissioner shall design an informational packet about sickle cell\ndisease, including screening, prevention, and treatment information.\nEvery general hospital shall distribute the packet to every patient, or,\nif…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2803-AA*2 Nursing home infection control competency audit
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* § 2803-aa. Nursing home infection control competency audit. 1. The\ncommissioner shall establish in the department a program for audits of\nnursing homes to measure specific core competencies relating to\ninfection control of each nursing home. The audits shall commence on\nDe…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2803-B Uniform reports and accounting systems for hospital costs
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§ 2803-b. Uniform reports and accounting systems for hospital costs.\n1. The council, after public hearings with respect to its proposed\nsystems of uniform hospital accounting and reporting, shall, by majority\nvote of its members and subject to approval of the commissioner, ad…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2803-BB Provision of language assistance
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§ 2803-bb. Provision of language assistance. Every general hospital\nshall develop a language assistance program to ensure meaningful access\nto the general hospital's services and reasonable accommodation for all\npatients who require language assistance. Program requirements s…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2803-C Rights of patients in certain medical facilities
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§ 2803-c. Rights of patients in certain medical facilities. 1. The\nprinciples enunciated in subdivision three hereof are declared to be the\npublic policy of the state and a copy of such statement of rights and\nresponsibilities shall be posted conspicuously in a public place i…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2803-C-1 Rights of patients in certain medical facilities; long-term care ombudsman program
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§ 2803-c-1. Rights of patients in certain medical facilities;\nlong-term care ombudsman program. 1. Each nursing home and residential\nhealth care facility providing health related service, as defined in\nsubdivisions two and three and paragraph (b) of subdivision four of\nsecti…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2803-C-2 Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, and people living with HIV long-term care facility residents' bill of rights
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§ 2803-c-2. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, and people living\nwith HIV long-term care facility residents' bill of rights. 1.\nDefinitions. For the purposes of this section:\n (a) "Gender identity or expression" shall have the same meaning as\ndefined by section two hund…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2803-D Reporting abuses of persons receiving care or services in residential health care facilities
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§ 2803-d. Reporting abuses of persons receiving care or services in\nresidential health care facilities. 1. The following persons are\nrequired to report in accordance with this section when they have\nreasonable cause to believe that a person receiving care or services in\na re…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2803-E Residential health care facilities; return and redistribution of unused medication
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* § 2803-e. Residential health care facilities; return and\nredistribution of unused medication. 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent\nprovision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the commissioner\nis hereby authorized and directed to permit either a resident or\nconsult…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2803-E*2 Reporting incidents of possible professional misconduct
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* § 2803-e. Reporting incidents of possible professional misconduct.\n1. (a) Hospitals and other facilities approved pursuant to this article\nshall make a report or cause a report to be made within thirty days of\nthe occurrence of any of the following: the suspension, restrict…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2803-F Respite projects
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§ 2803-f. Respite projects. Residential health care facilities shall\nbe permitted, with the prior approval of the commissioner in\nconsultation with the director of the state office for the aging, to\nparticipate in respite projects pursuant to section two hundred eight of\nthe…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2803-G Board of visitors in county owned residential health care facility
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§ 2803-g. Board of visitors in county owned residential health care\nfacility. 1. Each public residential health care facility owned by a\ncounty may have a board of visitors consisting of at least seven\nmembers. Members shall be appointed by the county executive of the\ncounty…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2803-H Health related facility; pet therapy programs
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§ 2803-h. Health related facility; pet therapy programs.\nNotwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, rule or regulation to\nthe contrary, and subject to the approval of the commissioner, every\nresidential health care facility, as defined in section twenty-eight\nhundred…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2803-I General hospital inpatient discharge review program
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§ 2803-i. General hospital inpatient discharge review program. 1. A\ngeneral hospital inpatient discharge review program applicable to all\npatients other than beneficiaries of title XVIII of the federal social\nsecurity act (medicare) shall be established in accordance with thi…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2803-J Information for maternity patients
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* § 2803-j. Information for maternity patients. 1. The commissioner\nshall require that every hospital and birth center shall prepare in\nprinted or photocopied form and distribute at the time of pre-booking\ndirectly to each prospective maternity patient and, upon request, to t…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2803-J*2 Nursing home nurse aide registry
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* § 2803-j. Nursing home nurse aide registry. 1. The department shall\ndevelop and maintain, or cause to be developed and maintained, a nurse\naide registry of individuals who have successfully completed a nurse\naide training program approved by the commissioner or the commissi…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2803-K In-patient nasogastric feeding procedures
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§ 2803-k. In-patient nasogastric feeding procedures. The commissioner\nshall promulgate and administer regulations and policies governing the\nmaximum size of nasogastric feeding tubes in hospitals and residential\nhealth care facilities to protect patients from undue discomfort…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2803-L Community service plans
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§ 2803-l. Community service plans. 1. The governing body of a\nvoluntary non-profit general hospital must issue an organizational\nmission statement identifying at a minimum the populations and\ncommunities served by the hospital and the hospital's commitment to\nmeeting the hea…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2803-M Discharge of hospital patients to adult homes
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§ 2803-m. Discharge of hospital patients to adult homes. (1) A patient\nabout to be discharged as an inpatient from a hospital as defined in\nsection twenty-eight hundred one of this article to an adult home,\nenriched housing program or residence for adults as defined in sectio…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2803-N Hospital care for maternity patients
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§ 2803-n. Hospital care for maternity patients. 1. When a general\nhospital provides maternity care:\n (a) Inpatient care for mothers and newborns shall be offered for not\nless than forty-eight hours after childbirth for any delivery other than\na caesarean section, and for mor…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2803-O Hospital care for mastectomy, lumpectomy, and lymph node dissection patients
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§ 2803-o. Hospital care for mastectomy, lumpectomy, and lymph node\ndissection patients. 1. When a general hospital provides mastectomy\nsurgery, lymph node dissection or a lumpectomy, inpatient care shall be\noffered for a period as determined by the attending physician in\ncon…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2803-P Disclosure of information concerning family violence
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§ 2803-p. Disclosure of information concerning family violence. 1. As\nused in this section:\n (a) Domestic violence shall mean acts as referred to in and qualified\nby section four hundred fifty-nine-a of the social services law.\n (b) Child abuse and maltreatment shall have th…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2803-Q Family councils in residential health care facilities
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§ 2803-q. Family councils in residential health care facilities. 1. As\nused in this section:\n (a) Family council means an organization of family members, friends,\nor representatives of two or more residents of a residential health care\nfacility, organized to act under this s…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2803-R Dissemination of information about the abandoned infant protection act
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§ 2803-r. Dissemination of information about the abandoned infant\nprotection act. 1. All hospitals and clinics shall notify their prenatal\ncare and obstetric patients of the provisions of the abandoned infant\nprotection act, using materials provided by the office of children …
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2803-S Access to product recall information
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§ 2803-s. Access to product recall information. The commissioner shall\nrequire that every hospital and birth center distribute at the time of\npre-booking or admission directly to each maternity patient and, upon\nrequest, to the general public an informational leaflet. Such le…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2803-T Preadmission information
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§ 2803-t. Preadmission information. 1. Any general hospital that\nprovides preadmission information to a patient, shall offer a blind or\nvisually impaired patient a large print version or, at the patient's or\npatient's representative's request, an audio recording, to be made\n…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2803-U Hospital substance use disorder policies and procedures
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§ 2803-u. Hospital substance use disorder policies and procedures. 1.\nThe office of alcoholism and substance abuse services, in consultation\nwith the department, shall develop or utilize existing educational\nmaterials to be provided to general hospitals to disseminate to\nind…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2803-V Lymphedema information distribution
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* § 2803-v. Lymphedema information distribution. 1. For the purposes\nof this section, the term "lymphedema" shall mean an accumulation of\nfluid in the interstitial tissue that causes swelling, most often in the\narms and/or legs, and occasionally in other parts of the body, fr…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2803-V*2 Standing orders for newborn care in a hospital
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* § 2803-v. Standing orders for newborn care in a hospital. 1. A\nhospital may establish standing orders for the care of newborns in the\nhospital until the discharge of the newborn from the hospital following\nthe birth, which may authorize an attending nurse to provide service…