Requires enhanced federal medical assistance percentage funds be directly shared with the counties and the city of New York; requires the comptroller examine and audit all funds received from the enhanced federal medical assistance percentage and the distributions made to counties and the city of New York.
Expands health care services provided by telehealth to include services delivered through a facility licensed under article twenty-eight of the public health law that is eligible to be designated or has received a designation as a federally qualified health center, including those facilities that are also licensed under article thirty-one or article thirty-two of the mental hygiene law.
Establishes a drug-induced movement disorder screening education program; provides that the department shall develop such program to educate the public about the importance of screening for drug-induced movement disorders, develop and disseminate educational materials for healthcare providers regarding treatment for drug-induced movement disorders, and eliminate bias and reduction of stigma for people living with drug-induced movement disorders related to the treatment of mental health conditions.
Establishes a community-based paramedicine demonstration program to operate with the flexibility authorized under Executive Order Number 4 of 2021, and in the same manner and capacity as currently approved for a period of two years.
Relates to allergy awareness and training in restaurants; requires allergen awareness training; requires certification within thirty days after hire date.
Requires all insurance policies and health maintenance organization contracts to provide coverage for maternity patients and their newborns for hospital stays of at least 48 hours following childbirth by natural delivery and 96 hours following childbirth by caesarean section; provides similar coverage for patients who are recipients of medicaid.
Requires that newborns are tested for duchenne muscular dystrophy using a test validated by the Wadsworth center for laboratories and research; directs the Wadsworth center for laboratories and research to begin the process of testing validation upon the development of a test for duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Adds domestic partner, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews of the deceased individual or the lawful representative of such persons to receive death certificates.
Requires every food establishment to label all prepackaged food with a written notification on the package or on a label attached to the package identifying all ingredients and labeling for major food allergens in such form and manner as required pursuant to the federal Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of 2004, as amended.
Makes conforming changes reflecting the previously authorized scope of practice of nurse practitioners; adds nurse practitioners as persons who can authorize or make certain determinations authorized to be made or determined by physicians.
Requires patient hospital admissions form to allow a patient to designate a domestic partner with the same privileges as a next-of-kin respecting visitation and the authorizing of surgery for a patient in the absence and unavailability of a next-of-kin or nearest relative where the patient has given no specific instructions and becomes unable to execute a health care proxy or make decisions about his/her health care.
Requires a health care provider who administers an immunization to a person nineteen years of age or older to report such information to the department of health or to a regional health information organization unless such person objects to such reporting.
Makes technical, minor and coordinating amendments regarding health care agents and proxies, decisions under the family health care decisions act, and nonhospital orders not to resuscitate.