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NY Pub Health L § 12-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 1 - Short Title and Definitions: General Provisions Title 2 - General Provisions 12-B - Wilful Violation of Health Laws.

§  12-b.  Wilful  violation  of  health laws. 1. A person who wilfully   violates or refuses  or  omits  to  comply  with  any  lawful  order  or   regulation  prescribed  by  any  local  board  of health or local health   officer, is guilty of a misdemeanor; except, however,  that  where  such   order or regulation applies to a tenant with respect to his own dwelling   unit  or to an owner occupied one or two family dwelling, such person is   guilty of an offense for the first violation punishable by a fine not to   exceed fifty dollars and for a second or subsequent violation is  guilty   of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars   or  by  imprisonment  not  to exceed six months or by both such fine and   imprisonment.* 2. A person who wilfully violates any provision of this chapter,  or   any  regulation  lawfully  made  or established by any public officer or   board under authority of this  chapter,  the  punishment  for  violating   which  is  not otherwise prescribed by this chapter or any other law, is   punishable by imprisonment not exceeding one year,  or  by  a  fine  not   exceeding  ten thousand dollars or by both. Effective on and after April   first, two thousand eight  the  comptroller  is  hereby  authorized  and   directed  to deposit amounts collected in excess of two thousand dollars   per violation to the patient  safety  center  account  to  be  used  for   purposes  of  the  patient safety center created by title two of article   twenty-nine-D of this chapter.* NB Effective until April 1, 2023* 2. A person who wilfully violates any provision of this chapter,  or   any  regulation  lawfully  made  or established by any public officer or   board under authority of this  chapter,  the  punishment  for  violating   which  is  not otherwise prescribed by this chapter or any other law, is   punishable by imprisonment not exceeding one year,  or  by  a  fine  not   exceeding two thousand dollars or by both.* NB Effective April 1, 2023
NY Pub Health L § 12-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 1 - Short Title and Definitions: General Provisions Title 2 - General Provisions 12-C - Obstructing Health Officer in Performance of His Duty.

§  12-c.  Obstructing  health  officer  in performance of his duty.  A   person who wilfully opposes or obstructs a health officer  or  physician   charged  with  enforcement  of  the health laws, in performing any legal   duty, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
NY Pub Health L § 12-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 1 - Short Title and Definitions: General Provisions Title 2 - General Provisions 12-D - Filing of Certain Information by Medical Facilities.

§  12-d.  Filing  of certain information by medical facilities.  1. In   the event a medical facility fails to file the  required  financial  and   statistical  reports,  or  specific  additional data related to the rate   setting process, on or before the prescribed due dates, or as  the  same   may  be  extended by the commissioner, the commissioner shall reduce the   current rate established for payments by governmental agencies by up  to   two  percent  for  a  period  beginning on the first day of the calendar   month following the  original  due  date  of  the  required  reports  or   additional  data and continuing until the last day of the calendar month   in which said reports or data are filed.2. If the financial and statistical reports required by  this  section   are  determined  by  the  commissioner  to  be incomplete, inaccurate or   incorrect, the medical facility will have thirty days from the  date  of   receipt  of  notification  to  provide the corrected or additional data.   Failure to file the corrected or additional  data  that  was  previously   required  within  such thirty day period, or as the same may be extended   by the commissioner, shall result in a reduction of the current rate  in   accordance with subdivision one of this section.3.  For purposes of this section, "specific additional data related to   the rate setting process", shall mean those for use in a wage geographic   differential survey, a peer grouping data survey and a medical  supplies   survey  and a malpractice insurance survey, as well as other information   intended for use in establishing rates. The  commissioner  shall  supply   each  medical  facility with preliminary information concerning the data   that will be required prior to the start of each rate period.    Failure   to file such additional data within thirty days from the date of receipt   of  notification  to  supply  such  information,  or  as the same may be   extended by the commissioner, shall result in a reduction of the current   rate in accordance with subdivision one of this section.4. For the purposes of this section, "medical facility" shall  mean  a   residential   health  care  facility,  general  hospital,  free-standing   ambulatory care facility, diagnostic and/or treatment center and  clinic   authorized  under  article twenty-eight of this chapter, and a certified   home health agency and long term home  health  care  program  authorized   under article thirty-six of this chapter.
NY Pub Health L § 13 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 1 - Short Title and Definitions: General Provisions Title 2 - General Provisions 13 - Enforcement: Against Officers.

§  13.  Enforcement: against officers.  The performance of any duty or   the doing of any act enjoined, prescribed or required by  this  chapter,   may be enforced by a proceeding pursuant to article seventy-eight of the   civil  practice  law and rules at the instance of the department or of a   local board of health, or of any citizen of full  age  resident  of  the   municipality where the duty should be performed or the act done.
NY Pub Health L § 14 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 1 - Short Title and Definitions: General Provisions Title 2 - General Provisions 14 - Actions Against Persons Rendering Professional Services at the Request of the Department; Defense and Indemnification.

§  14.  Actions against persons rendering professional services at the   request of the department; defense and indemnification.  The  provisions   of  section  seventeen  of  the  public  officers law shall apply to any   physician, dentist, nurse or other health care professional who: (i)  is   licensed  to  practice  pursuant  to article one hundred thirty-one, one   hundred thirty-one-B, one hundred thirty-three, one hundred  thirty-six,   one   hundred   thirty-seven,   one  hundred  thirty-nine,  one  hundred   forty-three, one hundred fifty-six, one hundred fifty-seven, one hundred   fifty-nine or one hundred sixty-four of the education  law  and  who  is   rendering  professional  treatment  or  consultation  in connection with   professional treatment authorized under such license at the  request  of   the  department,  or  at  a  departmental  facility,  including clinical   practice provided pursuant  to  a  clinical  practice  plan  established   pursuant  to  subdivision  fourteen  of  section two hundred six of this   chapter, to patients receiving care or  professional  consultation  from   the   department   while   rendering   such  professional  treatment  or   consultation; (ii) is rendering consultation in connection with an audit   or prepayment review of claims or treatment requests under  the  medical   assistance  program;  or  (iii) assists the department as consultants or   expert  witnesses  in  the  investigation  or  prosecution  of   alleged   violations   of   article   twenty-eight,   thirty-six,   forty-four  or   forty-seven of this chapter or rules and  regulations  adopted  pursuant   thereto.
NY Pub Health L § 15 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 1 - Short Title and Definitions: General Provisions Title 2 - General Provisions 15 - Examination and Inspection of Public Works.

§  15. Examination and inspection of public works.  All persons having   the control, charge or custody of any public structure, work or  ground,   or  of  any  plan,  description,  outline,  drawing  or chart thereof or   relating thereto, made, kept  or  controlled  by  or  under  any  public   authority,  shall  permit and facilitate the examination, inspection and   copying thereof by the commissioner, or by any person authorized by  him   to make such examination or inspection of such copies.
NY Pub Health L § 16 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 1 - Short Title and Definitions: General Provisions Title 2 - General Provisions 16 - Summary Action.

§ 16. Summary action.  Whenever the commissioner, after investigation,   is of the opinion that any person is causing, engaging in or maintaining   a  condition  or activity which in his opinion constitutes danger to the   health of the people, and that it therefore appears to be prejudicial to   the interests of the people to delay action for fifteen  days  until  an   opportunity  for  a  hearing  can  be  provided  in  accordance with the   provisions of section twelve-a of this chapter, the  commissioner  shall   order  the  person,  including any state agency or political subdivision   having jurisdiction, by written notice  to  discontinue  such  dangerous   condition  or  activity  or  take certain action immediately or within a   specified period of less than fifteen days.   As  promptly  as  possible   thereafter,  within  not  to exceed fifteen days, the commissioner shall   provide the person an opportunity to be heard and to present  any  proof   that  such  condition  or  activity  does not constitute a danger to the   health of the people.
NY Pub Health L § 17 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 1 - Short Title and Definitions: General Provisions Title 2 - General Provisions 17 - Release of Medical Records.

§  17.  Release  of medical records.   Upon the written request of any   competent patient, parent or guardian of an infant, a guardian appointed   pursuant to article eighty-one of the mental hygiene law, or conservator   of a conservatee, an examining,  consulting  or  treating  physician  or   hospital  must  release  and deliver, exclusive of personal notes of the   said physician or hospital, copies of all x-rays,  medical  records  and   test  records  including  all laboratory tests regarding that patient to   any other designated physician or hospital provided, however, that  such   records  concerning  the  treatment  of  an  infant patient for venereal   disease or the performance of an abortion  operation  upon  such  infant   patient  shall not be released or in any manner be made available to the   parent or guardian of such infant, and provided, further, that  original   mammograms, rather than copies thereof, shall be released and delivered.   Either  the  physician  or  hospital  incurring the expense of providing   copies of  x-rays,  medical  records  and  test  records  including  all   laboratory tests pursuant to the provisions of this section may impose a   reasonable  charge  to  be paid by the person requesting the release and   deliverance  of  such  records  as  reimbursement  for  such   expenses,   provided,  however,  that  the  physician  or  hospital may not impose a   charge for copying an original mammogram  when  the  original  has  been   released or delivered to any competent patient, parent or guardian of an   infant,  a  guardian  appointed  pursuant  to  article eighty-one of the   mental hygiene law, or a conservator  of  a  conservatee  and  provided,   further,  that  any charge for delivering an original mammogram pursuant   to this  section  shall  not  exceed  the  documented  costs  associated   therewith.  However,  the  reasonable  charge for paper copies shall not   exceed seventy-five cents per page. A  release  of  records  under  this   section  shall  not  be  denied  solely  because of inability to pay. No   charge may be imposed under this section for  providing,  releasing,  or   delivering  medical records or copies of medical records where requested   for the purpose of supporting an application, claim or  appeal  for  any   government benefit or program, provided that, where a provider maintains   medical  records in electronic form, it shall provide the copy in either   electronic or paper form, as  required  by  the  government  benefit  or   program, or at the patient's request.For  the  purposes  of  this section the term "laboratory tests" shall   include but not be limited to tests  and  examinations  administered  in   clinical  laboratories  or  blood  banks  as  those terms are defined in   section five hundred seventy-one of this chapter.
NY Pub Health L § 18-2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 1 - Short Title and Definitions: General Provisions Title 2 - General Provisions 18*2 - Registration and Notification of Boards of Directors or Trustees of Certain Voluntary, Not-for-Profit Facilities or Corporations.

* § 18.  Registration  and  notification  of  boards  of  directors or   trustees   of   certain   voluntary,   not-for-profit   facilities    or   corporations. 1.  Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation, the   executive   director,   chairperson   or   president   of  a  voluntary,   not-for-profit  corporation  or  facility  which  is  subject   to   the   jurisdiction   of   the   department   shall  furnish  annually  to  the   commissioner a list of the names and addresses of the current members of   the board of directors or trustees  of  such  facility  or  corporation.   Failure  to  furnish  such  annual  list shall remove such facility from   consideration for recertification.2. In the event that such facility or corporation is found  to  be  in   violation  of the provisions of this chapter or of rules and regulations   promulgated  pursuant  to  this  chapter  which  could  result  in   the   revocation,  cancellation,  limitation  or  suspension  of the operating   certificate of such facility and if notice of such violation is provided   to the facility pursuant to such regulations,  a  copy  of  such  notice   shall  be  provided  to  each  of  the  current  members of the board of   directors  or  trustees  of  such  facility  or   corporation   by   the   commissioner.3.  The  commissioner  is  authorized  to  promulgate  such  rules and   regulations as  are  necessary  to  implement  the  provisions  of  this   section.* NB There are 2 § 18's
NY Pub Health L § 18-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 1 - Short Title and Definitions: General Provisions Title 2 - General Provisions 18-A - Disclosure of Information.

§  18-a.  Disclosure  of information. 1. Each health care professional licensed, registered  or  certified  pursuant  to  title  eight  of  the education  law  shall,  upon  request,  provide to his or her patient or prospective patient the following:  (a) information related to the health care professional's  educational background, experience, training, specialty, and board certification, if applicable;  (b)  affiliation  with  any  health care facility licensed pursuant to article twenty-eight, thirty-six or forty-four of this chapter, and  any facility licensed pursuant to article nineteen, twenty-three, thirty-one or thirty-two of the mental hygiene law;  (c) information regarding the health care professional's participation in  continuing  education  programs  and  compliance with any licensure, certification or registration requirements, if applicable; and  (d) information regarding the health care professional's participation in clinical  performance  reviews  conducted  by  the  department  where applicable and where available.   2.  Nothing  contained  herein shall require written disclosure of the information described in subdivision one by the health care professional to the patient.
NY Pub Health L § 18-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 1 - Short Title and Definitions: General Provisions Title 2 - General Provisions 18-B - Procedures in the Course of Education or Training; Consent.

§ 18-b. Procedures in the course of education or training; consent. In   the  case  of any health care procedure or examination, the fact that it   is performed in the course of education or training shall  not  diminish   the requirement for informed consent for the procedure or examination.
NY Pub Health L § 20 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 1 - Short Title and Definitions: General Provisions Title 2 - General Provisions 20 - Accelerated Death Benefits.

§  20.  Accelerated death benefits.   1. For purposes of this section,   "health care facility" means a  hospital  and  residential  health  care   facility as defined in article twenty-eight of this chapter, a home care   services  agency  as  defined  in  article thirty-six of this chapter, a   hospice as defined in article forty of this chapter,  and  a  continuing   care  retirement  community  as  defined  in  article  forty-six of this   chapter.2. No health care facility or practitioner shall coerce or require  or   attempt to coerce or require any person to accelerate payment of part or   all  of  the  death  benefit  or  special  surrender  value under a life   insurance policy, as authorized by paragraph one of  subsection  (a)  of   section  one  thousand  one hundred thirteen of the insurance law, or to   enter into a viatical settlement pursuant to the provisions  of  article   seventy-eight  of  the  insurance  law,  as  a  condition  of admission,   providing or continuing care.
NY Pub Health L § 22 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 1 - Short Title and Definitions: General Provisions Title 2 - General Provisions 22 - Health-Related Legal Services Program.

§  22.  Health-related  legal  services  program.  1.  As used in this section, "health-related legal services program" means a program that is a collaboration between health care service providers and legal services programs to provide on site legal services without charge to assist,  on a  voluntary  basis,  income  eligible  patients  and  their families to resolve legal matters or needs that have an impact on patient health  or are created or aggravated by a patient's health. For the purpose of this section, legal matters may include, but shall not be limited to:  (a) housing, including utilities;  (b) public or private health insurance coverage;  (c) employment and eligibility for employment benefits;  (d) government benefits;  (e) immigration;  (f)  family  law,  including,  but  not limited to, domestic violence, guardianship, custody, and child support;  (g) advance planning, including, but not  limited  to,  wills,  health care proxies, powers of attorney and permanency planning;  (h) special education; and  (i) debtor and creditor issues.   2. The department may designate health-related legal services programs that comply with standards and guidelines established for such programs. The  department  shall work with legal services organizations, community health  advocacy  organizations,  hospitals,  diagnostic  and  treatment centers  and  other  primary  and  specialty  health  care providers, to establish standards and guidelines  for  health-related  legal  services programs that are designated under this section.   3.  A  health-related  legal  services  program  designated under this section shall be a not-for-profit entity operated by or affiliated  with one  or  more legal services organizations, law schools, social services organizations, or health care providers, and it shall  comply  with  the standards,  guidelines  and  regulations  under  this  section, and have demonstrated  ability   and   experience   to   provide   high   quality health-related  legal services meeting the needs of the population to be served.
NY Pub Health L § 23 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 1 - Short Title and Definitions: General Provisions Title 2 - General Provisions 23 - Claim Forms.

§ 23. Claim forms. A non-participating physician shall include a claim   form  for  a  third-party  payor  with  a  patient  bill for health care   services, other than a bill for the patient's co-payment, coinsurance or   deductible.
NY Pub Health L § 30 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 1 - Short Title and Definitions: General Provisions Title 3 - Office of the Medicaid Inspector General 30 - Legislative Intent.

§ 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 grants   such office new powers and responsibilities.  As  such,  this  title  is   intended   to   create  a  more  efficient  and  accountable  structure,   dramatically reorganize and streamline the state's process of  detecting   and  combating  Medicaid  fraud and abuse and maximize the recoupment of   improper Medicaid payments.
NY Pub Health L § 30-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 1 - Short Title and Definitions: General Provisions Title 3 - Office of the Medicaid Inspector General 30-A - Definitions.

§  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 assistance program, by providers  or   recipients of medical assistance care, services and supplies.3. "Office" means the office of the Medicaid inspector general created   by this title.