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2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 24 - Control of Malignant Diseases › Title 1 - General Provisions › 2404-A - Prostate Cancer; Duty to Inform.

§  2404-a.  Prostate cancer; duty to inform. 1. The commissioner shall
develop a standardized written summary, in plain non-technical language,
which shall explain the following:
(a) the symptoms and risk factors for prostate cancer;
(b) the available methods for the detection and diagnosis of  prostate
cancer,  including information on the relative accuracy of the available
detection and diagnostic techniques;
(c) the availability of insurance coverage  for  diagnostic  screening
for prostate cancer without cost sharing pursuant to subparagraph (B) of
paragraph  eleven-a  of  subsection  (i)  of  section three thousand two
hundred sixteen, subparagraph (B) of paragraph  eleven-a  of  subsection
(1)  of  section three thousand two hundred twenty-one and paragraph two
of subsection (z-1) of section four thousand three hundred three of  the
insurance law; and
(d)  the  alternative  medically  viable  methods of treating prostate
cancer,  including  but   not   limited   to   hormonal,   radiological,
chemotherapeutic  or  surgical  treatments, or combinations thereof. The
summary shall contain information on prostate post-treatment  risks  and
other  pertinent  information  to  aid  a person in deciding a course of
treatment. The summary shall be updated as is necessary.
2. The summary shall be  provided  to  any  health  care  provider  or
practitioner  providing medical treatment to adult men without charge or
fee for distribution  in  accordance  with  subdivision  three  of  this
section.
3. The standardized written summary provided for by subdivision one of
this  section  may  be provided by a health care provider to each person
under his or her care who is or may be at risk for  prostate  cancer  or
who  has  been  diagnosed to be afflicted with prostate cancer upon said
diagnosis, or as soon thereafter as practicable.
4. Nothing in this section shall be construed to  create  a  cause  of
action  for lack of informed consent in any instance in which such cause
of action would be limited by section  twenty-eight  hundred  five-d  of
this chapter.
5.  The  commissioner shall have the written summary, required by this
section, completed and prepared for distribution on  or  before  January
first, nineteen hundred ninety-eight.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 24 - Control of Malignant Diseases › Title 1 - General Provisions › 2404-B - Breast Cancer; Duty of Providers of Mammography Services to Ascertain and Provide Clinical Breast Examination Information.

§  2404-b. Breast cancer; duty of providers of mammography services to
  ascertain and provide clinical  breast  examination  information.  Every
  provider  who provides mammography services shall ascertain when, or if,
  their patients have had a clinical breast examination prior to providing
  such service and shall include such  information  with  any  mammography
  results  or  reports  to alert healthcare providers if a clinical breast
  examination has not recently  been  performed.  Criminal  penalties  for
  violation  pursuant  to  subdivisions one and two of section twelve-b of
  this chapter shall not apply to this section.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 24 - Control of Malignant Diseases › Title 1 - General Provisions › 2404-C - Breast Cancer; Duty of Providers of Mammography Services to Notify and Inform.

§  2404-c. Breast cancer; duty of providers of mammography services to
  notify and inform. Every provider of mammography services  shall,  if  a
  patient's   mammogram   demonstrates   dense   breast   tissue,  provide
  notification to such patient that shall include, but not be limited  to,
  the  following  information,  in  any  summary of the mammography report
  sent, pursuant to the federal mammography quality standards act, to  the
  patient:
Your  mammogram  shows  that your breast tissue is dense. Dense breast
  tissue is very common and is not abnormal. However, dense breast  tissue
  can  make  it  harder  to  find  cancer  on  a mammogram and may also be
  associated with an increased risk of breast cancer.
This information about the result of your mammogram is given to you to
  raise your awareness. Use this information to talk to your doctor  about
  your  own risks for breast cancer. At that time, ask your doctor if more
  screening tests might be useful, based on your risk. A  report  of  your
  results was sent to your physician.
For  the  purposes  of  this  section  dense  breast tissue shall mean
  heterogeneously dense or extremely dense tissue as defined in nationally
  recognized  guidelines  or  systems  for  breast  imaging  reporting  of
  mammography screening, including, but not limited to, the breast imaging
  reporting  and data system of the American College of Radiology, and any
  equivalent new terms, as such guidelines or systems are updated.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 24 - Control of Malignant Diseases › Title 1 - General Provisions › 2404-D - Breast Cancer; Duty to Provide Extended Hours.

§   2404-d.   Breast  cancer;  duty  to  provide  extended  hours.  1.
Applicability. This section shall  apply  to  any  general  hospital  or
extension clinic that is certified as a mammography facility pursuant to
the federal mammography quality standards act (MQSA).
2.  Extended  service  hours. Any general hospital or extension clinic
certified as a mammography facility pursuant to the MQSA  shall  provide
extended  hours,  i.e.  in the early morning, evening, or weekend hours,
for  screening  mammography  services.  Extended  hours  for   screening
mammography  services  shall be provided on at least two days each week,
for at least two hours each day offered, for a total of  at  least  four
hours each week, including but not limited to the following times:
(a) Monday through Friday, between the hours of 7:00 AM and 9:00 AM;
(b)  Monday  through Friday, between the hours of 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM;
or
(c) Saturday or Sunday, between the hours of 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM.
3. Waiver. (a) A facility may submit an application for a waiver  from
the  requirements  of  this  section,  in  whole  or  in part, if it can
demonstrate, to the department's satisfaction, that the facility:
(i) does not have sufficient  staff  to  provide  extended  hours  for
screening mammography services in accordance with this section, and that
it  is  making  diligent  efforts  to  obtain  staffing such that it can
provide extended hours;
(ii)  is  in  the  process  of  discontinuing  screening   mammography
services, as part of a consolidation or similar change; or
(iii)  is  subject  to  such  other  hardships as the department deems
appropriate.
(b) The department may deny, grant or  extend  a  waiver  pursuant  to
paragraph  (a)  of  this  subdivision  for  ninety  days, or more if the
department determines appropriate, in its sole discretion.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 24 - Control of Malignant Diseases › Title 1-A - Cancer Detection and Education Program › 2405 - Cancer Detection and Education Program; Establishment.

§  2405.  Cancer  detection  and  education program; establishment. 1.
There is hereby created within the department the cancer  detection  and
education  program,  also  known  as  the  cancer services program. This
program is established to promote  screening  and  detection  of  cancer
among  unserved  or  underserved  populations,  to  educate  the  public
regarding cancer and the benefits of early  detection,  and  to  provide
counseling   and  referral  services.  For  purposes  of  this  section,
"unserved  or  underserved  populations"  shall  mean   persons   having
inadequate access and financial resources to obtain cancer screening and
detection services, including persons who lack health insurance or whose
health  insurance  coverage  is  inadequate  or  who  cannot  meet their
deductible obligations for purposes of accessing  coverage  under  their
health insurance.
2. The program shall include:
(a)  establishment  of  a  statewide  public  education  and  outreach
campaign to publicize evidence  based  cancer  detection  and  education
services,  such  campaign  shall  include:  general community education,
outreach to specific underserved populations,  evidence  based  clinical
cancer  screening  services,  and  an  informational  summary that shall
include an explanation of the importance of  clinical  examinations  and
what  to  expect  during  clinical  examinations  and  cancer  screening
services;
(b) provision  of  grants  to  approved  organizations  under  section
twenty-four hundred six of this title;
(c)  compilation of data concerning the cancer detection and education
program and dissemination of the data to the public; and
(d) development  of  professional  education  programs  including  the
benefits  of  early  detection  of cancer and clinical examinations, the
recommended frequency of  clinical  examinations  and  cancer  screening
services, and professionally recognized best practices guidelines.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 24 - Control of Malignant Diseases › Title 1-A - Cancer Detection and Education Program › 2406 - Grants to Approved Organizations.

§  2406.  Grants  to approved organizations. 1. The commissioner shall
make grants within the amounts appropriated  to  approved  organizations
for  the  provision of services relating to the evidence based screening
and detection of cancer as part of this  program.  Such  services  shall
include but not be limited to:
(a)  promotion  and  provision of early detection of cancer, including
clinical examinations and cancer screening services;
(b) provision of counseling and information on treatment  options  and
referral for appropriate medical treatment;
(c)   dissemination   of   information  to  unserved  and  underserved
populations, to the general public  and  to  health  care  professionals
concerning  cancer,  the  benefits of early detection and treatment, and
the availability of cancer screening services;
(d) identification of  local  cancer  screening  services  within  the
approved organization's region;
(e)  provision  of  information,  counseling  and referral services to
individuals diagnosed with cancer; and
(f) provision of information regarding  the  availability  of  medical
assistance,   including   medical  assistance  under  paragraph  (v)  of
subdivision four of  section  three  hundred  sixty-six  of  the  social
services law, to an individual who requires treatment for cancer.
2.  The  commissioner  shall  give  notice  and provide opportunity to
submit applications to provide cancer detection and education  programs.
In  order  to  be considered for a grant to provide cancer detection and
education programs, applicants must show evidence of the following:
(a) ability to provide and to ensure  consistent  and  quality  cancer
detection services;
(b) expertise in cancer detection and treatment;
(c)  capacity  to  coordinate  services with physicians, hospitals and
other appropriate local institutions or agencies;
(d) ability to provide cancer  detection  and  education  services  to
unserved or underserved populations; and
(e)  ability  to implement a cancer detection and education program in
accordance with the standards specified in  subdivision  three  of  this
section.
Applications shall be made on forms provided by the commissioner.
3.  The commissioner shall develop standards for the implementation of
cancer detection and education programs by approved organizations  which
shall ensure the following:
(a) integration of the approved organization with existing health care
providers;
(b) maximizing third party reimbursement;
(c) provision of services to unserved or underserved populations.
4.  Within  the  amounts  of  state  or federal funds appropriated for
cancer early detection and  diagnosis,  approved  organizations  may  be
authorized  by  the  department to provide such services for populations
served pursuant to this title. Early detection services  shall  include,
but  not be limited to, complete examinations, evidence based screening,
patient education, counseling, follow-up and referral.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 24 - Control of Malignant Diseases › Title 1-A - Cancer Detection and Education Program › 2406-A - Grants to Community-Based Organizations.

§ 2406-a. Grants to community-based organizations. 1. The commissioner
  shall  make  grants  within  any  such  amount  as  may  be appropriated
  specifically for community-based  organizations  for  the  provision  of
  counseling,  education  and outreach programs for persons diagnosed with
  breast cancer.
2. For the purposes of this section,  "community-based  organizations"
  shall  mean  grass  roots,  free-standing  organizations in which breast
  cancer survivors hold significant  decision-making  responsibility,  and
  which  offer  a  broad  range  of  breast  cancer  education and support
  services free of charge.
3.  The  commissioner  shall  provide  notice  and   opportunity   for
  community-based   organizations   to   submit  applications  to  provide
  post-diagnosis  breast  cancer  counseling,   education   and   outreach
  programs.  Such  applications  shall  be  on  forms  established  by the
  commissioner.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 24 - Control of Malignant Diseases › Title 1-A - Cancer Detection and Education Program › 2408 - Annual Report.

§  2408.  Annual  report.  The  commissioner shall submit on or before
  December first, an annual report to the  governor  and  the  legislature
  concerning the operation of the breast and cervical cancer detection and
  education  program.  Commencing  in  nineteen  hundred ninety-five, such
  reports shall  include  the  experience  of  the  program  in  providing
  cervical  cancer  early  detection  and  diagnostic services. The annual
  report shall include  strategies  for  implementation  of  the  cervical
  cancer prevention plan and for promoting the plan to the general public,
  state  and  local  elected  officials,  and  various  public and private
  organizations,  associations,  businesses,  industries,  and   agencies.
  Approved  organizations  shall  provide  such data and assessment as the
  commissioner may require for such report. Such report shall also include
  any recommendations  for  additional  action  to  respond  to  the  high
  incidence of breast cancer in this state.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 24 - Control of Malignant Diseases › Title 1-A - Cancer Detection and Education Program › 2409 - Ovarian Cancer Information Program.

§ 2409. Ovarian cancer information program. 1. There is hereby created
within  the  department the ovarian cancer information program (referred
to in this section as the "program"), which  shall  provide  information
for  consumers,  patients, and health care providers relating to ovarian
cancer, including signs and symptoms,  risk  factors,  the  benefits  of
early  detection  through  appropriate  diagnostic testing and treatment
options.
2. The program may  include  but  not  be  limited  to  the  following
elements:
(a)  educational  and  informational materials in print, audio, video,
electronic, or other media;
(b) public service announcements and advertisements; and
(c)  establishment  of  toll-free  telephone   hotlines   to   provide
information.
3.  The  department  shall  produce,  make  available  to  others  for
reproduction, or contract with others to develop the materials mentioned
in this section as the commissioner deems appropriate.  These  materials
shall  be  made available to the public free of charge as appropriate or
for a fee under certain circumstances. The commissioner  shall  require,
where  appropriate,  health  care  providers  to  provide  or make these
materials available to patients.
4. In exercising any of his or her  powers  under  this  section,  the
commissioner  shall  consult with appropriate health care professionals,
providers, consumers and patients, or organizations representing them.
5. In addition to any state funds appropriated for  the  program,  the
commissioner  may  accept  grants from public or private sources for the
program. The commissioner, in administering this section, shall seek  to
coordinate  the  program  with other public and private efforts, and may
undertake joint or cooperative programs with  other  public  or  private
entities.
6.  The  commissioner  may  make  rules  and regulations necessary and
appropriate for the implementation of this section.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 24 - Control of Malignant Diseases › Title 1-A - Cancer Detection and Education Program › 2409-A - Advisory Council.

§  2409-a.  Advisory  council.  1.  There is hereby established in the
  department the cancer detection and education program advisory  council,
  for  the  purpose of advising the commissioner with regards to providing
  information to consumers, patients, and health care providers  relating,
  but  not  limited to, breast, cervical, prostate, testicular and ovarian
  cancer, including signs and symptoms,  risk  factors,  the  benefits  of
  prevention  and  early  detection, guideline concordant cancer screening
  and disease management, options for diagnostic  testing  and  treatment,
  new technologies, and survivorship.
2.  The  advisory  council  shall:  (a)  make  recommendations  to the
  department regarding the promotion and implementation of programs  under
  sections  twenty-four  hundred  six and twenty-four hundred nine of this
  title; and (b) prior to the department providing  grants  from  the  New
  York  State  prostate and testicular cancer research and education fund,
  created pursuant to section ninety-five-e  of  the  state  finance  law,
  advise   the  department  on  various  components  of  the  department's
  solicitation to distribute such funds, including but not limited to, the
  potential uses of the funds, the entities that may be eligible to  apply
  for  the  funds,  the  recommended  contract  deliverables  for entities
  receiving the funds, the  recommended  geographic  distribution  of  the
  funds, and the recommended award amounts.
3.  The  commissioner  shall  appoint twenty-one voting members, which
  shall include representation of health  care  professionals,  consumers,
  patients,  one  voting  member  who shall be a person who has or has had
  prostate or testicular cancer, one voting member who shall be  a  person
  who  has  or  has  had  breast,  cervical  or  ovarian  cancer and other
  appropriate interests reflective of the diversity  of  the  state,  with
  expertise  in  breast,  cervical,  prostate,  testicular  and/or ovarian
  cancer. The commissioner shall appoint one member as a chairperson.  The
  members of the council shall receive no compensation for their services,
  but  shall  be  allowed  their actual and necessary expenses incurred in
  performance of their duties.
4. A majority of the appointed voting membership of  the  board  shall
  constitute quorum.
5.  The  advisory  council  shall  meet  at least twice a year, at the
  request of the department.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 24 - Control of Malignant Diseases › Title 1-B - Health Research Science Board › 2412 - Agency Implementation.

§ 2412. Agency implementation.  All state agencies, including, but not
  limited  to,  the  departments of agriculture and markets, environmental
  conservation, and health, shall review  their  programs  and  operations
  (pursuant  to  guidelines established by the board) to determine whether
  they currently collect data which may be of use to  researchers  engaged
  in breast, prostate or testicular cancer research. Any agency collecting
  such data shall forward a description of the data to the health research
  science board.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 24 - Control of Malignant Diseases › Title 1-B - Health Research Science Board › 2413 - Biennial Report.

§  2413. Biennial report. The commissioner shall submit a report on or
  before January first commencing in  nineteen  hundred  ninety-nine,  and
  biennially  thereafter,  to the governor, the temporary president of the
  senate and the speaker of the assembly concerning the operation  of  the
  health research science board. Such report shall include recommendations
  from  the  health  research science board including, but not limited to,
  the types of data that would be useful for breast cancer researchers and
  whether private citizen use of residential pesticides should be added to
  the reporting requirements. The report shall also include a  summary  of
  research  requests  granted  or  denied.  In addition, such report shall
  include an evaluation by  the  commissioner,  the  commissioner  of  the
  department of environmental conservation and the health research science
  board of the basis, efficiency and scientific utility of the information
  derived  from  pesticide  reporting  pursuant  to  sections  33-1205 and
  33-1207 of the environmental conservation law and recommend whether such
  system should be modified or  continued.  The  report  shall  include  a
  summary  of  the comments and recommendations presented by the public at
  the board's public hearings.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 24 - Control of Malignant Diseases › Title 2 - State Institute for the Study of Malignant Diseases › 2420 - Cancer Institute; Continued.

§ 2420. Cancer institute; continued. The state institute for the study
  of  malignant  diseases,  known as the Roswell Park Cancer Institute, is
  hereby continued under the management and control of the department.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 24 - Control of Malignant Diseases › Title 2 - State Institute for the Study of Malignant Diseases › 2421 - Cancer Institute; Functions; Powers and Duties.

§  2421. Cancer institute; functions; powers and duties.  1. The state
  institute  for  the  study  of   malignant   diseases,   shall   conduct
  investigations  of  the cause, mortality, treatment, prevention and cure
  of cancer and allied diseases.
2. Persons afflicted with cancer or allied diseases, may  be  received
  free  of  charge  in the said state institute for study, experimental or
  other treatment, under regulations established by the commissioner.
3. The direction of related research work in whole or in  part  toward
  malignant diseases in connection with conditions other than cancer shall
  not  be a violation of the conditions of the grants made pursuant to the
  provisions of chapter one hundred twenty-eight of the laws  of  nineteen
  hundred eleven.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 24 - Control of Malignant Diseases › Title 2 - State Institute for the Study of Malignant Diseases › 2422 - Cancer Institute; Commissioner's Duty to Publish Reports.

§ 2422. Cancer institute; commissioner's duty to publish reports.  The
  commissioner  shall  publish  from  time  to  time  the  result  of  the
  investigations by  the  state  institute  for  the  study  of  malignant
  diseases  for  the  benefit of humanity, and from time to time, he shall
  collate its publications in a  scientific  report  for  distribution  to
  scientific organizations and to medical scientists and qualified members
  of the medical profession.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 24 - Control of Malignant Diseases › Title 2 - State Institute for the Study of Malignant Diseases › 2423 - Cancer Institute; Administration of Gifts and Trusts.

§  2423.  Cancer  institute;  administration of gifts and trusts.  The
  commissioner, as the successor of the board of  trustees  of  the  state
  institute  for  the  study  of  malignant  diseases,  shall  execute and
  administer any gifts, transfer or trust heretofore made to  or  for  the
  benefit  of such institute and may receive gifts, legacies and bequests,
  and use the same for the advancement of the subjects and purposes of the
  institute.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 24-A - Protection of Human Subjects › 2440 - Policy and Purpose.

§  2440.  Policy  and  purpose.   The use of human subjects in medical
  research projects has brought about many beneficial scientific  advances
  resulting  in  the  increased  health  and well-being of the human race.
  Safeguarding the rights and welfare of individual human subjects in  the
  conduct  of  these  human  research  projects is a matter of vital state
  concern. Every human being has the right to  be  protected  against  the
  possible  conduct  of  medical  or  psychological research upon his body
  without his  voluntary  informed  consent.  Human  research  may  effect
  dangerous  and  unanticipated results causing irreversible damage to the
  human subject. Accordingly, it shall be the  policy  of  this  state  to
  protect  its  people  against the unnecessary and improper risk of pain,
  suffering or injury resulting  from  human  research  conducted  without
  their knowledge or consent.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 24-A - Protection of Human Subjects › 2442 - Informed Consent.

§  2442. Informed consent.  No human research may be conducted in this
  state in the absence of the voluntary informed consent subscribed to  in
  writing  by  the  human  subject.  If the human subject be a minor, such
  consent shall be subscribed to in writing by the minor's parent or legal
  guardian. If the human subject be otherwise  legally  unable  to  render
  consent,  such  consent  shall be subscribed to in writing by such other
  person as may be legally  empowered  to  act  on  behalf  of  the  human
  subject.  No  such voluntary informed consent shall include any language
  through which the human subject waives, or appears to waive, any of  his
  legal  rights,  including  any release of any individual, institution or
  agency, or any agents thereof, from liability for negligence.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 24-A - Protection of Human Subjects › 2445 - Applicability.

§  2445.  Applicability.  1.  The provisions of this article shall not
  apply to the conduct of human research which is subject to, and which is
  in compliance with, policies and regulations promulgated by  any  agency
  of the federal government for the protection of human subjects.
2.   Upon   attestation,  satisfactory  to  the  commissioner,  by  an
  institution or agency that such institution or agency (a) conducts human
  research that is subject to and  is  in  compliance  with  policies  and
  regulations  promulgated by any agency of the federal government for the
  protection of human subjects, and (b) conducts or proposes to conduct or
  authorize human research, which is not subject  to  but  does  or  shall
  comply with federal policies and regulations, the commissioner may deem,
  subject  to  conditions,  such institution or agency's human research in
  compliance with  this  article.  Such  attestation  shall  be  submitted
  annually  on  or  before  January  first  to  the  department  on a form
  prescribed by the commissioner.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 24-B - Information Program on Dioxin › 2475 - Special Policies With Respect to Dioxin Exposure.

§  2475.  Special policies with respect to dioxin exposure. 1. For the
purpose  of  identifying  persons  who  were  exposed  to  an  herbicide
containing  dioxin  and  for the purpose of compiling data on the health
effects of this exposure, the commissioner of health shall:
(a) establish, promote and maintain a public  information  program  on
dioxin. Such program shall include, but may not be limited to, an effort
to  contact Vietnam era veterans and employees of the public and private
sectors within the state who were exposed  to  an  herbicide  containing
dioxin;
(b)  initiate  an  epidemiological  study  of  the  health  effects of
exposure to herbicides containing dioxin;
(c) maintain a central data bank within the department for information
collected on the health effects  of  exposure  to  dioxin  and  for  the
cataloguing  of existing scientific and medical literature on the health
effects of this exposure; and
(d) initiate education for health  professionals  to  assist  them  in
understanding  the  potential  risks and state-of-the-art knowledge with
regard to detection,  diagnosis  and  treatment  of  acute  and  chronic
symptoms associated with dioxin exposure.
2. The commissioner may request and shall receive from any department,
division,  board,  bureau,  commission  or agency of the state or of any
political subdivision thereof such assistance and data  as  will  enable
him  to  properly  carry out his activities hereunder and effectuate the
purposes herein set forth. The commissioner  may  also  enter  into  any
contract  for  services  as  he deems necessary with a private agency or
concern  upon  said  terms  and  conditions  as  he  deems  appropriate.
Information   concerning  patient  and  medical  data  provided  to  the
commissioner pursuant to this subdivision  shall  be  kept  confidential
according  to  the  provisions  of  paragraph  (j) of subdivision one of
section two hundred six of this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 24-C - Information Program on Low-Level Radioactive Waste › 2485 - Program to Inform and Educate the Public on Low-Level Radioactive Waste.

§  2485.  Program  to  inform  and  educate  the  public  on low-level
  radioactive waste.  In consultation and cooperation  with  the  advisory
  committee  established  pursuant to section 29-0501 of the environmental
  conservation law, and with the department of environmental conservation,
  the commissioner of health shall plan and carry out a  statewide  public
  information  program  on  the  public  health and safety implications of
  low-level radioactive waste management.   The content  of  such  program
  shall  include  a  basic  explanation  of  the  types of materials which
  comprise low-level radioactive waste  and  why  such  materials  require
  special  handling  and  care;  and  reasonably  detailed explanations of
  alternative disposal methods and their probable effects.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 24-D - New York State Occupational Health Clinics Oversight Committee › 2490 - Oversight Committee.

§  2490.  Oversight  committee.  1.  There  is  hereby established the
occupational health clinics oversight committee to be comprised  of  the
following  persons  or  their designees: the commissioner of health; the
commissioner of labor; the  chairperson  of  the  workers'  compensation
board;  six  persons  appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be on
nomination of the New York state American federation  of  labor-congress
of  industrial organizations, and one of whom shall be on the nomination
of the business council of the state of New York; two persons  appointed
by  the  temporary president of the senate; two persons appointed by the
speaker of the assembly; one person appointed by the minority leader  of
the  senate  and  one  person  appointed  by  the minority leader of the
assembly. The governor shall designate  a  chairperson  from  among  the
members  of  the committee. The initial appointments shall be made on or
before September first, two thousand eight.
2. The committee shall meet  at  least  four  times  a  year.  Special
meetings may be called by the chairperson.
3.  Members  of  the oversight committee shall receive no compensation
for their services, but shall be  allowed  their  actual  and  necessary
expenses incurred in the performance of their duties hereunder.
4.  Vacancies  shall  be  filled  in  the  same manner as the original
appointments.
5. The committee shall make recommendations to the  governor  and  the
legislature  on  or  before  September  thirtieth,  two  thousand  nine,
regarding:
(a) statewide needs to be met by the network;
(b) coordination of clinic  activities  with  not-for-profit,  private
sector  concerns  and  state  agencies,  including but not limited to an
evaluation of current jurisdictional and oversight responsibilities;
(c) coordination and sharing of clinic resources and services;
(d) dissemination of research results and educational information;
(e) identification of funding sources for the network;
(f) the activities of the clinics and their effectiveness  in  meeting
the  objectives as set forth in statute and in clinic specific contracts
with the state;
(g) local, regional, occupation or business sector specific needs that
may be met by one or more clinic;
(h) other issues as determined by the oversight committee; and
(i) incorporation of provisions to implement  its  recommendations  in
requests  for  applications  of  state  funding  for occupational health
clinics.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 24-D - New York State Occupational Health Clinics Oversight Committee › 2490-A - Occupational Health Clinic Advisory Committees.

§  2490-a.  Occupational  health clinic advisory committees. The chief
  executive officer of every clinic  in  the  occupational  health  clinic
  network  shall  convene  an  advisory  committee consisting of two local
  representatives each of business, labor unions, public  health  agencies
  and  community  groups  which shall be selected in consultation with the
  occupational health clinics oversight committee. The oversight committee
  will  assist  in  the  development  of  policies,   the   creation   and
  implementation  of  a  targeted outreach plan for working with business,
  unions and workers, an assessment of clinic-specific funding  needs  and
  potential  funding  sources,  and overall guidance for the clinics on an
  ongoing basis.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 24-E - Information About Hysterectomy › 2495 - Legislative Findings and Intent.

§  2495.  Legislative  findings and intent. Hysterectomy is one of the
  most common major surgical  procedures  performed  on  women  and  is  a
  commonly recommended treatment for some gynecological disorders, such as
  uterine  leiomyofibroma,  endometriosis,  disorders of menstruation, and
  uterine neoplasms.  Some disorders, depending on the patient's diagnosis
  and situation, may be managed with alternative treatments. In an  effort
  to promote patients' involvement in health care decisions and to promote
  informed   consultation  with  their  physician  or  other  health  care
  practitioner, the department of health shall make available  information
  which  describes  the medical diagnoses that are commonly treated with a
  hysterectomy,  the  various  hysterectomy  procedures,   and   treatment
  alternatives to the diagnoses commonly treated with hysterectomy.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 24-E - Information About Hysterectomy › 2496 - Written Summary Regarding Hysterectomy.

§  2496. Written summary regarding hysterectomy.  The commissioner, in
  consultation with  the  medical  society  of  the  state  of  New  York,
  consumers  and  others  knowledgeable on the topic of hysterectomy shall
  develop a standardized written summary which shall explain:
1. the common diagnoses for which hysterectomy is a  common  treatment
  including  but  not  limited  to  uterine leiomyofibroma, endometriosis,
  disorders of menstruation, premalignant or malignant changes  in  uterus
  or cervix and salpingo-oophoritis;
2.  alternative  treatments  to  hysterectomy  for  such diagnoses, in
  accordance with accepted medical practices;
3. the types of hysterectomy including  radical,  subtotal  abdominal,
  total abdominal and vaginal;
4.  the common physiological changes, side effects, risks and benefits
  which  result  after  each  type  of  hysterectomy  or  alternative   is
  performed;
5.  that  the hysterectomy is irreversible, results in infertility and
  the end of menstruation; and
6. an oophorectomy, a treatment often  associated  with  hysterectomy,
  including unilateral, bilateral and salpingo-oophorectomy.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 24-E - Information About Hysterectomy › 2497 - Availability of Written Summary.

§  2497. Availability of written summary.  The commissioner shall make
  the summary provided for in section twenty-four  hundred  ninety-six  of
  this article available free of charge to all clinics, health maintenance
  organizations, hospitals, and physician offices.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 24-E - Information About Hysterectomy › 2499 - Informed Consent.

§  2499. Informed consent.  Nothing in this section shall be construed
  to create a cause of action for lack of informed consent in any instance
  in which such cause of action would be limited by  section  twenty-eight
  hundred five-d of this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 25 - Maternal and Child Health › Title 1 - General Provisions › 2500 - Maternal and Child Health; Duties of Commissioner.

§  2500.  Maternal  and  child  health; duties of commissioner. 1. The
  commissioner shall act in  an  advisory  and  supervisory  capacity,  in
  matters  pertaining to the safeguarding of motherhood, the prevention of
  maternal, perinatal, infant  and  child  mortality,  the  prevention  of
  diseases,  low birth weight, childhood obesity, and defects of childhood
  and the promotion of maternal, prenatal and child health, including care
  in hospitals, and shall administer such services bearing on  the  health
  of  mothers  and children for which funds are or shall hereafter be made
  available.
2. The commissioner shall establish minimum  standards  in  accordance
  with  established and accepted medical principles for local maternal and
  child health services administered by or under the  general  supervision
  of the commissioner.
3.   In   conjunction   with   the  state  department  having  general
  supervision,  the  commissioner  may  make  or  may  cause  to  be  made
  investigation  of  the  conditions  affecting  the health of children in
  institutions for day care or domiciliary care.  If  he  shall  find  any
  conditions detrimental to health in such institutions, he shall make and
  report recommendations thereon to the appropriate state department.
4.  The  commissioner  shall  cooperate  with  other state departments
  having jurisdiction over matters affecting the  health  of  mothers  and
  children,  to  the  end  that existing activities may be coordinated and
  duplication of effort avoided. He shall  cooperate  with  and  stimulate
  local  agencies,  public  and  private,  in  promoting such measures and
  undertakings as may be designed  to  accomplish  the  purposes  of  this
  section.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 25 - Maternal and Child Health › Title 1 - General Provisions › 2500-B - Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

§ 2500-b. Sudden infant death syndrome.  (a) Declaration of policy.
Occurrence of sudden deaths of infants is a tragedy for the child, the
family  and  the  community, and a matter 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, the department of health shall
have the central and comprehensive responsibility  for  the  development
and administration of the state's policy with respect thereto.
(b)  The  commissioner  shall  establish a program to study the sudden
deaths of infants which are unexpected by medical history, and for which
adequate causes of death have not been demonstrated.
(c) Such program may initially consist of pilot projects  which  shall
include  epidemiological investigation, family counseling and evaluation
in order to identify the major risk factors in sudden infant deaths with
the objective of preventing such deaths.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 25 - Maternal and Child Health › Title 1 - General Provisions › 2500-F - Human Immunodeficiency Virus; Testing of Newborns.

§  2500-f.  Human  immunodeficiency virus; testing of newborns.  1. In
  order to improve the health outcomes of newborns, and to improve  access
  to  care  and  treatment  for newborns infected with or exposed to human
  immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and their mothers, the  commissioner  shall
  establish  a  comprehensive  program for the testing of newborns for the
  presence  of  human  immunodeficiency  virus  and/or  the  presence   of
  antibodies to such virus.
2.   The  commissioner  shall  promulgate  regulations  governing  the
  implementation of the program required pursuant to  subdivision  one  of
  this  section,  including  the  administration  of  testing, counseling,
  tracking, disclosure of test results pursuant  to  section  twenty-seven
  hundred  eighty-two  of this chapter, follow-up reviews, and educational
  activities relating to such testing.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 25 - Maternal and Child Health › Title 1 - General Provisions › 2500-F-1 - Special Program for HIV Services for Women and Children, Including Adolescents.

§  2500-f-1.  Special program for HIV services for women and children,
  including adolescents. The  commissioner,  pursuant  to  a  request  for
  proposal,  shall  make  grants  to  programs to provide HIV services for
  women and children, including adolescents which may include outreach and
  education concerning HIV infection, modes of transmission, the  benefits
  of  early  diagnosis  and  medical  intervention and the availability of
  services in the community for women and children, including adolescents,
  including those in  need  of  prenatal  and  postpartum  services.  Such
  programs  may  make  referrals  for  and  may  deliver medical and other
  appropriate services  to  assist  such  women  and  children,  including
  adolescents.  The  commissioner  is  authorized  to  make  grants within
  amounts available therefor to hospitals,  community-based  organizations
  and  community  service  programs  for  programs  authorized  under this
  section.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 25 - Maternal and Child Health › Title 1 - General Provisions › 2500-H - Statewide Perinatal Data System.

* §  2500-h.  Statewide  perinatal data system. 1. In order to support
  quality care at all hospitals with obstetric services, the department is
  authorized to provide de-identified information for all births  at  each
  affiliate  hospital  in  each regional perinatal center's network to the
  regional  perinatal  center  and  the  affiliate,   except   that   such
  information  shall  include  zip  code  and  a unique identifier such as
  medical record number.
2. The information when received  by  the  department  shall  be  used
  solely  for  the  purpose  of improving quality of care and shall not be
  subject to release under article six of the  public  officers  law,  and
  where  applicable, shall be subject to the confidentiality provisions of
  section twenty-eight hundred five-m of this  chapter,  except  that  the
  release  of  birth  certificate  information shall be subject to section
  forty-one hundred seventy-four of this chapter.
3. The commissioner may  release  information  collected  through  the
  statewide  perinatal  data  system  to  his  or her designees, including
  persons or entities under contract with the department to review quality
  of care issues, as required to monitor regional  perinatal  centers  and
  affiliate  hospitals  and  conduct  quality  improvement  initiatives as
  needed to monitor, evaluate and improve patient care and outcomes.  Such
  designee  or  person  or  entity  under  contract with the department to
  review quality of care issues shall maintain the confidentiality of  all
  such  information  and  shall use it only to improve quality of care, as
  approved by the department.
* NB There are 2 § 2500-h's
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 25 - Maternal and Child Health › Title 1 - General Provisions › 2500-I - Child Food Choking Prevention.

§  2500-i.  Child  food  choking  prevention.  1. The department shall
  establish criteria for determining which foods  and  food  products  may
  pose a significant choking risk for children in various age groups.
2.  The  department  shall  conduct  an  ongoing  public awareness and
  education program under section two hundred seven  of  this  chapter  on
  choking  risks,  precautions  and life-saving procedures, including, but
  not limited to, listing on its internet website information that assists
  members of the public  in  locating  infant  and  child  cardiopulmonary
  resuscitation classes.
3.  The  department shall produce and distribute educational materials
  on food choking risks,  precautions  and  life-saving  procedures.  Such
  materials  shall  be made available to child care centers, pediatricians
  and nursery,  elementary  and  secondary  schools  for  distribution  to
  persons  in  parental  relation  to children, and to hospitals, birthing
  centers and other appropriate health care providers for distribution  to
  maternity  patients.  In  addition,  such materials shall be provided to
  health care professionals engaged in the care and treatment of  children
  for  distribution to such children and persons in parental relation. The
  department  shall  also  provide  information  on  food  choking  risks,
  precautions  and  life-saving  procedures  on  the department's internet
  website. No provision of this subdivision shall be  deemed  to  prohibit
  the  utilization  and  distribution  of  educational  materials relating
  thereto produced by any public, private or governmental entity, in  lieu
  of the department's production of such materials.
4.  The department shall periodically review available data on choking
  incidents in children and  update  the  information  on  choking  risks,
  precautionary  measures  and  life-saving  procedures  provided  in  its
  educational materials and on its internet website, as appropriate.
5. The department shall report every three years,  commencing  January
  first,  two  thousand eighteen, to the governor, the temporary president
  of the senate and the speaker of the assembly on the  implementation  of
  this  section and any recommendations for furthering the purpose of this
  section.
6. Implementation of this section shall be contingent upon  and  shall
  be conducted within appropriations made therefor.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 25 - Maternal and Child Health › Title 1 - General Provisions › 2500-J - Autism Spectrum Disorders; Screening of Children.

§  2500-j.  Autism  spectrum  disorders; screening of children. 1. The
commissioner  shall  establish,  for  use  by  pediatric  primary   care
providers,  best  practice protocols for early screening of children for
autism spectrum disorders, including but not  limited  to  developmental
screening  for  children  three  years  of age and under. Such protocols
shall incorporate standards and guidelines established by  the  American
Academy  of  Pediatrics, shall be updated at least biennially, and shall
include, but not be limited to:
(a) the routine  employment  of  objective  autism  spectrum  disorder
screening   tools   at   regular  intervals  during  critical  childhood
developmental stages;
(b) a provider/parental dialogue, utilizing the modified checklist for
autism in toddlers as a reference, intended to educate parents in regard
to autism spectrum disorders; and
(c) an appropriate referral mechanism for  children  who,  based  upon
results   of  the  aforementioned  screening  process,  require  further
evaluation.
2. The modified checklist  for  autism  in  toddlers  referred  to  in
subdivision one of this section shall be accessible by the public on the
department's internet website.
3.  The  commissioner  shall  promulgate  any  rules  and  regulations
necessary to implement the provisions of this section.