New York A 4479: Relates to health facilities and services in correctional facilities

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A04479 Summary:

BILL NOA04479 

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Amd §§2801, 2803 & 206, Pub Health L

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Relates to health facilities and services in correctional facilities.

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BILL NOA04479 

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02/04/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4479

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 4, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. CUNNINGHAM -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to health facilities
 and services in correctional facilities

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2801 of the public health law, as
 2 amended by section 2 of part E of chapter 57 of the laws of 2023, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 1. "Hospital" means a facility or institution engaged principally in
 5 providing services by or under the supervision of a physician or, in the
 6 case of a dental clinic or dental dispensary, of a dentist, or, in the
 7 case of a midwifery birth center, of a midwife, for the prevention,
 8 diagnosis or treatment of human disease, pain, injury, deformity or
 9 physical condition, including, but not limited to, a general hospital,
 10 public health center, diagnostic center, treatment center, a rural emer-
 11 gency hospital under 42 USC 1395x(kkk), or successor provisions, dental
 12 clinic, dental dispensary, rehabilitation center other than a facility
 13 used solely for vocational rehabilitation, nursing home, tuberculosis
 14 hospital, chronic disease hospital, maternity hospital, midwifery birth
 15 center, lying-in-asylum, out-patient department, out-patient lodge,
 16 dispensary, correctional health care facility and a laboratory or
 17 central service facility serving one or more such institutions, but the
 18 term hospital shall not include an institution, sanitarium or other
 19 facility engaged principally in providing services for the prevention,
 20 diagnosis or treatment of mental disability and which is subject to the
 21 powers of visitation, examination, inspection and investigation of the
 22 department of mental hygiene except for those distinct parts of such a
 23 facility which provide hospital service. The provisions of this article
 24 shall not apply to a facility or institution engaged principally in
 25 providing services by or under the supervision of the bona fide members

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06493-01-5

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 1 and adherents of a recognized religious organization whose teachings
 2 include reliance on spiritual means through prayer alone for healing in
 3 the practice of the religion of such organization and where services are
 4 provided in accordance with those teachings. No provision of this arti-
 5 cle or any other provision of law shall be construed to: (a) limit the
 6 volume of mental health, substance use disorder services or develop-
 7 mental disability services that can be provided by a provider of primary
 8 care services licensed under this article and authorized to provide
 9 integrated services in accordance with regulations issued by the commis-
 10 sioner in consultation with the commissioner of the office of mental
 11 health, the commissioner of the office of [alcoholism and substance
 12 abuse] addiction services and supports and the commissioner of the
 13 office for people with developmental disabilities, including regulations
 14 issued pursuant to subdivision seven of section three hundred sixty-
 15 five-l of the social services law or part L of chapter fifty-six of the
 16 laws of two thousand twelve; (b) require a provider licensed pursuant to
 17 article thirty-one of the mental hygiene law or certified pursuant to
 18 article sixteen or article thirty-two of the mental hygiene law to
 19 obtain an operating certificate from the department if such provide