Extends legal protection to telehealth providers in the state of New York offering telehealth reproductive health services, regardless of the location of the patient.
Requires health care professionals to prescribe opioid antagonists when prescribing an opioid and discuss the dangers of opioid addiction with such patient in a manner consistent with regulations promulgated by the commissioner of health.
Establishes the New York state vaccination awareness campaign and directs the department of health to establish and contract with a consultant to promote and maintain the New York state vaccination awareness campaign; establishes the gift for the New York state vaccination awareness campaign and allows a check-off space on the personal income tax return to enable a taxpayer to make such contribution; makes related provisions.
Requires the commissioner of health to publish certain information relating to home care services usage on the department's website on an annual basis including the number of individuals receiving care, those that have had permanent transfers and aggregated service usage.
Relates to creating NYCHA-based health centers to provide basic health services for residents living on NYCHA campuses, specifically specialty care and testing for lead poisoning and mold exposure and specifically respiratory related illnesses.
Establishes the home care jobs innovation program and the home care jobs innovation fund to identify, develop and support projects throughout the state designed to increase the number of individuals who become home care workers and to increase the employment retention of individuals who are employed as home care workers; provides for the granting of awards to such projects; makes an appropriation.
Establishes the "Safe Staffing for Hospital Care Act"; establishes minimum staffing levels for various health care workers in different health care facilities; requires submission of staffing plans; prohibits most mandatory overtime.
Requires all health care practitioners who treat a child to provide the parent of such child with evidence-based information about certain immunizations; such information to be provided by the commissioner of health.
Limits exemptions from immunization requirements by local governments and private entities to medical exemptions; repeals religious exemptions for certain post-secondary students.
Requires the advisory council on maternal mortality and morbidity to undertake a review of the cesarean births at hospitals in the state; requires two licensed midwives to be on the advisory council.
Prohibits charging a fee to obtain a certified copy or certified transcript of birth when the department of corrections and community supervision or a local correctional facility requests such for an individual under community supervision in connection with his or her ongoing supervision in the community.