BILL NO | A02675A |
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SAME AS | No same as |
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SPONSOR | Gottfried (MS) |
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COSPNSR | Galef, Gantt, Magnarelli, Paulin, Perry, Rivera |
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MLTSPNSR | Brennan, Colton, Dinowitz, Hooper, Jacobs, Ortiz, Weinstein, Wright |
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Add S2805-x, Pub Health L |
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Requires health care providers (i.e., an entity licensed/certified under certain articles of the public health law or the mental hygiene law, a health care practitioner licensed/registered/certified under title eight of the education law, or a provider of pharmaceutical products/services or durable medical equipment) to disclose errors in diagnosis, treatment or other services that the provider knows has caused substantial harm or significant risk of substantial harm; provides there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the provider knew of the error and the harm or risk of harm if, under the circumstances, the provider reasonably should have had knowledge thereof; provides such disclosure shall be made within a reasonable period of time and be reasonably understandable. |