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NY Pub Health L § 2785-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 27-F - HIV and AIDS Related Information 2785-A - Court Order for HIV Related Testing in Certain Cases.

§  2785-a.  Court  order  for HIV related testing in certain cases. 1.   Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law or  regulation,  a  state,   county  or local public health officer to whom an order or a consent for   an HIV test is addressed or sent, in accordance with section  390.15  of   the  criminal  procedure  law  or section 347.1 of the family court act,   must cause HIV related testing to be administered to the  subject  named   therein  and,  if  the test is pursuant to court order, must immediately   provide to the court that issued the order a written  report  specifying   the  date  on  which  such  test was completed. Such report to the court   shall not, however, disclose the results of such test. Such officer must   disclose the results of the testing to the victim indicated in the order   or consent and must also disclose the  results  to  the  person  tested,   unless  the  person  tested  has been asked to but declines to authorize   such disclosure to himself or herself.2. At the time of communicating the test results to the subject or the   victim, such public health officer shall directly provide the victim and   person tested with (a) counseling or referrals for  counseling  for  the   purposes  specified  in  subdivision  five of section two thousand seven   hundred eighty-one of this article; (b) counseling with  regard  to  HIV   disease  and  HIV  testing  in  accordance  with law and consistent with   subdivision five of section two thousand  seven  hundred  eighty-one  of   this  article;  and (c) appropriate health care and support services, or   referrals to such available services. If at the  time  of  communicating   the  test results, the person tested is in the custody of the department   of corrections and community supervision, office of children and  family   services,  office  of mental health or a local correctional institution,   the counseling and services required by this subdivision may be provided   by a public health officer associated with the county or facility within   which the person tested is confined.3. Unless inconsistent with  this  section,  the  provisions  of  this   article  regarding  the  confidentiality  and  disclosure of HIV related   information shall apply to proceedings  conducted  pursuant  to  section   390.15  of  the  criminal  procedure  law or section 347.1 of the family   court act.
NY Pub Health L § 2787 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 27-F - HIV and AIDS Related Information 2787 - Separability.

§  2787.  Separability.    If any section, clause or provision of this   article shall be deemed by any court of  competent  jurisdiction  to  be   unconstitutional  or ineffective in whole or in part, to the extent that   it is not  unconstitutional  or  ineffective,  it  shall  be  valid  and   effective  and  no  other  section, clause or provision shall on account   thereof be deemed invalid or ineffective.
NY Pub Health L § 2796 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 27-H* - Diabetes Research and Education Program 2796 - Special Programs With Respect to Diabetes.

§  2796.  Special  programs with respect to diabetes. The commissioner   shall establish within the department a program to promote research  and   patient  education regarding diabetes. To carry out the purposes of this   section, the commissioner shall have the following powers and duties:1. to promote scientific investigations with respect  to  the  causes,   prevention and treatment of diabetes;2. to promote patient education programs designed to reduce or prevent   the incidence and severity of diabetes;3.  to  accept  and  expend  any  grants,  awards  or  other  funds or   appropriations as  may  be  available  for  these  purposes  subject  to   limitations  as  to the approval of expenditures and audit as prescribed   for state funds by the state finance law; and4. to enter into contracts within the amounts  available  therefor  as   may be necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
NY Pub Health L § 2797 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 27-H - The Tick-Borne Disease Institute 2797 - Tick-Borne Disease Institute.

§  2797. Tick-borne disease institute.  1. There is hereby established   within the department the tick-borne disease  institute.  The  institute   shall  have  responsibility  for  administering  the  provisions of this   article and otherwise coordinating the state's policies with respect  to   lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases.2.  The commissioner shall appoint a director to the institute and may   assign such personnel within the amounts appropriated as is necessary to   carry out the provisions of this article.
NY Pub Health L § 2798 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 27-H - The Tick-Borne Disease Institute 2798 - Powers and Duties.

§   2798.   Powers   and  duties.  The  tick-borne  disease  institute   established by section twenty-seven hundred ninety-seven of this article   shall have the following powers and duties:1. to develop and promote investigations into the  cause,  prevention,   detection,   spread,  methods  of  treatment,  and  cure  of  tick-borne   diseases; and2. to  develop  and  promote  an  outreach  campaign  directed  toward   targeted   high-risk  populations  to  provide  coordinated  information   regarding the cause, prevention, detection, and treatment of  tick-borne   disease.
NY Pub Health L § 2799-O (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 27-K - New York Wellness Works 2799-O - New York Wellness Works; Program Established.

§  2799-o.  New  York  wellness works; program established. 1. The New York wellness works program  is  hereby  established  as  a  partnership between the state and employers to encourage health screening, education and  incentives  tailored  to  employees' specific needs to help promote health and prevent disease.   2.  Upon  the  commissioner's  approval,   and   within   the   amount appropriated, the department shall make available grants for the purpose of  enabling  employers  to  develop  and implement health promotion and disease prevention initiatives. Such initiatives may include, but  shall not be limited to:  (a)  the  compilation  of  individual  or  aggregate  employee  health profiles, on an individual voluntary  basis,  with  recommendations  and incentives  for  health  promotion  activities  based  on  individual or aggregate health information; or  (b) specific screening, education and health incentives; or  (c) such other employer-based health promotion and disease  prevention measures,  including  changes to the work environment and policy changes in the worksite, as the commissioner may approve in accordance with this article.   3. The department may contract with an organization  or  organizations for  the  administration of the program, in accordance with the criteria for participation in said program as set forth in section  two  thousand seven hundred ninety-nine-q of this article.   4.  In  addition to any amounts as may be appropriated for grants, the commissioner is authorized to seek and receive funds from  philanthropic foundations and other sources to further support such purposes.
NY Pub Health L § 2799-Q (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 27-K - New York Wellness Works 2799-Q - Participation in New York Wellness Works.

§  2799-q. Participation in New York wellness works. The commissioner, in consultation with the advisory panel, shall  establish  criteria  for implementation  and  operation  of  the New York wellness works program, which at a minimum shall include:  (a) applicant eligibility and selection criteria;  (b) program operating requirements and standards;  (c) employee safeguards.
NY Pub Health L § 2799-R (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 27-K - New York Wellness Works 2799-R - Program Evaluations and Recommendations; Reports and Statewide Conference on Best Practices.

§   2799-r.  Program  evaluations  and  recommendations;  reports  and   statewide conference on best practices. 1.  Employers  participating  in   the  New  York  wellness  works  program  pursuant to this article shall   report to the commissioner on  the  findings,  experience  and  benefits   pursuant to such program.2.  The  commissioner  shall  evaluate  and report his or her findings   concerning the New  York  wellness  works  program,  including  but  not   limited  to the health and cost benefits, and shall make recommendations   for modifying, expanding or otherwise improving the program as  well  as   recommendations  for  other  health  system  improvements  based on such   program.  Such  report  shall  incorporate  the  information   submitted   pursuant  to  subdivision  one of this section and shall be submitted to   the governor, temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly   and the school of public health and health professions at the university   at Buffalo on or before February first, two thousand nine.On or before May first, two thousand nine,  and  at  least  biennially   thereafter,  the  commissioner  in  consultation with the advisory panel   shall convene a statewide conference to further promote the  sharing  of   best practices among employers and others in pursuit of the goals of the   New York wellness works program.
NY Pub Health L § 2800 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 28 - Hospitals 2800 - Declaration of Policy and Statement of Purpose.

§  2800. Declaration of policy and statement of purpose.  Hospital and   related  services  including  health-related  service  of  the   highest   quality,  efficiently  provided  and  properly  utilized at a reasonable   cost, are of vital concern to the public health. In order to provide for   the protection and promotion of the health of  the  inhabitants  of  the   state,   pursuant   to   section  three  of  article  seventeen  of  the   constitution,  the  department  of  health  shall  have   the   central,   comprehensive  responsibility  for the development and administration of   the state's policy with respect to hospital and  related  services,  and   all  public  and private institutions, whether state, county, municipal,   incorporated or not incorporated, serving principally as facilities  for   the  prevention,  diagnosis or treatment of human disease, pain, injury,   deformity or physical condition or for the rendering  of  health-related   service shall be subject to the provisions of this article.
NY Pub Health L § 2801-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 28 - Hospitals 2801-C - Injunctions.

§  2801-c.  Injunctions.    The supreme court may enjoin violations or   threatened violations of any provisions of  this  article;  and  it  may   enjoin   violations   of  the  regulations  of  the  department  adopted   thereunder.  Upon  request  of  the  public  health   council   or   the   commissioner,  the  attorney  general  shall  maintain  an action in the   supreme court in the name of the people of the state to enjoin any  such   violation.  Notwithstanding any limitation of the civil practice law and   rules, such court may, on motion and affidavit, and upon proof that such   violation  is  one  which reasonably may result in injury to any person,   whether or not such person is a party to such action, grant a  temporary   injunction  upon such terms as may be just, pending the determination of   the action. No security on the part of the people of this state shall be   required. In any action for injunction brought pursuant to this article,   any finding of the public health council or the commissioner or  hearing   officer  designated  by either shall be prima facie evidence of the fact   or facts found therein.
NY Pub Health L § 2801-F (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 28 - Hospitals 2801-F - Residential Health Care Facility Quality Incentive Payment Program.

§  2801-f.  Residential health care facility quality incentive payment   program. Subject to amounts appropriated for the residential health care   facility quality incentive payment program, the department  may  make  a   payment  to  operators of residential health care facilities, located in   social services districts which do not include a city with a  population   of  over  one  million  persons,  that are in compliance with applicable   statutes and regulations in order to enhance the quality of patient care   and patient safety. Provided that prior to receiving  quality  incentive   payment  program funds, the facility shall submit an expenditure plan to   the department. Such plan shall detail how the quality incentive payment   program funds will be used to improve the physical  environment  of  the   facility or the quality of care and services rendered to residents.
NY Pub Health L § 2801-G (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 28 - Hospitals 2801-G - Community Forum on Hospital Closure.

§ 2801-g. Community forum on hospital closure. 1. No later than thirty days  after  the  closure  of a general hospital, the commissioner shall hold a public community forum for the purpose of obtaining public  input concerning  the  anticipated impact of the general hospital's closure on access to health care services by members of the surrounding  community, including  but not limited to recipients of medical assistance for needy persons, the uninsured, and underserved  populations,  and  options  and proposals  to ameliorate such anticipated impact. The commissioner shall afford community members, health care providers, labor  unions,  payers, businesses  and  consumers  a  reasonable  opportunity  to  speak  about relevant matters at such community forum.   2. No later than sixty days after holding a community  forum  pursuant to  subdivision  one  of  this  section,  the  commissioner  shall  make available  to  the  public  on  the  department's  website   information regarding:  (a) the anticipated impact of the general hospital's closure on access to  health  care  services  by  members  of  the  surrounding community, including but not limited to recipients of medical assistance for  needy persons, the uninsured, and underserved populations;  (b)  specific  measures the department and other parties have taken or will take to ameliorate such anticipated impact; and  (c) any  further  recommendations  regarding  access  to  health  care services in communities impacted by the general hospital's closure.   3.  A community forum conducted pursuant to this section shall be held at a location within a reasonable  proximity  to  the  general  hospital subject  to  closure, and shall be announced no less than ten days prior to the date of such community forum.
NY Pub Health L § 2802-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 28 - Hospitals 2802-A - Transitional Care Unit Demonstration Program.

§   2802-a.   Transitional   care   unit   demonstration  program.  1. Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law  to  the  contrary,  the commissioner  is  authorized to approve up to eighteen general hospitals within the state to operate transitional care units by and  within  such general  hospitals.  For  purposes  of this section, "transitional care" shall mean sub acute care services provided to  patients  of  a  general hospital  who  no  longer  require acute care general hospital inpatient services, but continue to need specialized medical,  nursing  and  other hospital ancillary services and are not yet appropriate for discharge.   2.  In  order  to  receive approval from the commissioner to operate a transitional care unit and to  provide  transitional  care  services,  a general  hospital  shall  file  an application on forms prescribed by or acceptable to the commissioner.  (a) The commissioner shall act upon  such  applications  in  a  manner consistent  with  section  twenty-eight  hundred  two  of  this  article provided that the commissioner may not waive review  and  recommendation by  the  public health and health planning council. In the public health and  health  planning  council's  evaluation  of  applications  and  the commissioner  acting  upon such applications, priority shall be given to applicants who have a memorandum of understanding or  other  cooperative agreement  with  one  or  more skilled nursing facilities located within their service area. Further, in the public health  and  health  planning council  evaluating  applications  and the commissioner acting upon such applications, consideration  shall  also  be  given  to  the  geographic distribution  of  applicants  throughout the state, so that applications may be approved from the various geographic regions of the state.  (b) The care provided in a transitional care unit shall be limited  in duration  and  designed  to  resolve  a patient's sub acute care medical problems and result in the timely and appropriate discharge  of  such  a patient to a home, residential health care facility or other appropriate setting.  (c) In order to be approved to operate a transitional care unit and to provide  transitional  care  services, an applicant must comply with and meet all applicable requirements  of  and  conditions  of  participation under title XVIII of the federal Social Security Act (Medicare).   3.  The  commissioner shall report to the governor and the legislature concerning the implementation of  this  section  and  the  operation  of transitional  care  units within three years after the effective date of this section.
NY Pub Health L § 2803-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 28 - Hospitals 2803-A - Authority to Contract.

§  2803-a.  Authority  to  contract.  Hospitals,  including  hospitals   described in subdivision ten of section 1.03 of the mental hygiene  law,   are  hereby  authorized, under such rules and regulations as the council   may authorize, to enter  into  contracts  and  make  arrangements  among   themselves  and among other municipal, state, federal or privately owned   hospitals, or any medical schools, or other  health  related  facilities   having  or  utilizing  hospital  services  or  facilities  or  voluntary   ambulance services registered or certified pursuant to article thirty of   the public health law or nutrition programs that receive federal,  state   or  local  government  funding,  whether or not located in this state or   elsewhere, for the1. mutual use, or exchange of medical  resources  including,  but  not   limited to, real or personal property or employment of personnel;2. joint purchases of goods, supplies and services; or3.  development  of  medical  information,  techniques  and facilities   useful in the progress of the medical art; reduction  of  medical  costs   and promotion of a more efficient and effective approach to the delivery   of health care services.Any  contract  between any such hospitals and such voluntary ambulance   services shall be limited to  joint  purchases  of  goods  and  supplies   necessary  for  the support of such ambulance services or otherwise used   by such hospitals.
NY Pub Health L § 2803-E (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 28 - Hospitals 2803-E - Residential Health Care Facilities; Return and Redistribution of Unused Medication.

* §   2803-e.   Residential   health   care   facilities;  return  and   redistribution of unused medication. 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent   provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary,  the  commissioner   is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  permit  either  a resident or   consultant pharmacist in a residential health care facility to return to   the pharmacy from which it was purchased any unused medication  provided   that  such medication is sealed in unopened, individually packaged units   and within the recommended period of shelf life, and provided that  such   medication   is  not  a  controlled  substance  as  defined  in  section   thirty-three hundred six of the public health law.2. The pharmacy to which such medication as described  in  subdivision   one  of  this section is returned shall be permitted to receive, restock   and redistribute that medication.3. The pharmacy to which such medication as described  in  subdivision   one of this section is returned shall be required to reimburse or credit   the  purchaser  of  that  medication  for  the unused medication that is   restocked and redistributed. No pharmacy shall be required to accept any   medication returned under subdivision one of this section.4. Neither an individual patient or the  state,  if  a  patient  is  a   recipient  of  a  state  funded  program,  shall  be  charged for unused   medication which according to the provisions of this law is returned for   reimbursement or credit.* NB There are 2 § 2803-e's
NY Pub Health L § 2803-F (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 28 - Hospitals 2803-F - Respite Projects.

§  2803-f.  Respite projects. Residential health care facilities shall   be  permitted,  with  the  prior  approval  of   the   commissioner   in   consultation  with  the  director  of the state office for the aging, to   participate in respite projects pursuant to section two hundred eight of   the elder law.  No person shall receive services providing respite in  a   residential  health  care  facility  unless  such  person  is  medically   eligible for admission to such facility. Reimbursement for services in a   residential health care  facility  shall  be  as  provided  in  sections   twenty-eight  hundred  seven  and  twenty-eight  hundred  eight  of this   article  for  skilled  nursing  facility  services   or   health-related   services.  The  commissioner,  in  consultation with the director of the   state office for the aging, shall promulgate rules  and  regulations  to   implement the provisions of this section.
NY Pub Health L § 2803-H (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 28 - Hospitals 2803-H - Health Related Facility; Pet Therapy Programs.

§   2803-h.   Health   related   facility;   pet   therapy   programs.   Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, rule or regulation to   the contrary, and subject to the approval  of  the  commissioner,  every   residential  health  care  facility,  as defined in section twenty-eight   hundred one of this article, may, at the discretion  of  such  facility,   board  animals  in  such  facility  where  such  boarding  would, in the   determination of the commissioner and such facility, tend to promote the   general well-being of the residents of such facility.  The  commissioner   shall  adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions   of this section.