Relates to medically fragile young adults and pediatric specialized nursing facilities; allows for such young adults to remain in such facilities from age twenty-one until age thirty-six.
Relates to physician charges for missed appointments by patients; bars physicians from charging fees if a patient arrives on time for appointment but was not seen; requires written policy about missed appointments be prominently posted in patient waiting room and included in bills mailed to patients.
Establishes the requirement of testing for a fetal heartbeat prior to the performance of an abortion; establishes standards for informed consent; directs the department of public health to prepare and disseminate certain materials regarding abortion and providing for certain civil remedies; expands the definition of medical professional misconduct to include certain acts of abortion and authorizes certain sanctions for violations; criminalizes the performance of an abortion under certain circumstances; establishes the joint legislative committee on adoption promotion and support; provides for certain remedies in the event that the supreme court of the United States overrules Roe v. Wade; and authorizes the commissioner of the department of public health to promulgate certain rules and regulations.
Authorizes retail clinics to provide certain services; directs the commissioner of health to enact regulations imposing certain standards and restrictions.
Requires managed care providers to annually provide each participant in their programs with a written list of mail-order pharmacies with which the managed care provider has a contract for coverage of prescription drugs.
Relates to the Chisholm Chance Act; creates centers of maternal and childcare services in Kings county and Bronx county to coordinate community-based organizations and community health workers to combat the maternal health crisis.
Clarifies the standard for intentional discrimination or retaliation claims by requiring a person or persons prove that an unlawful motivation was a motivating factor and not "the sole motivating factor" or a "but-for cause" of the challenged treatment.
Provides that where the commissioner of health assumes the responsibility for the transportation of medicaid recipients in rural areas, existing public transportation systems shall be used when such systems are appropriate, available and the least expensive modes of transportation.
Establishes a long COVID-19 review board for the purpose of reviewing the research and data in the state on long COVID and developing and disseminating findings, recommendations, and best practices to contribute to the prevention of long COVID.
Relates to definitions of certain terms relating to the NYS medical indemnity fund; repeals certain provisions relating to claims for qualifying health care costs under the NYS medical indemnity fund; and relates to the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to the NYS medical indemnity fund.