LCO No. 2994 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6545 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 2994 Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH Introduced by: REP. STEINBERG, 136 th Dist. AN ACT REQUIRING A STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF EQUITY COMPANY OWNERSHIP OF MEDICAL PRACTICES ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the Commissioner of Public Health be required to study the 1 impact of equity ownership of medical practices on the public health. 2 Statement of Purpose: To determine whether equity company ownership of medical practices poses a risk to the quality of care provided by such practices.