N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 2997

Current through 2024 NY Law Chapter 443

Section 2997 - Patient privacy

1. The department shall examine state laws protecting the privacy of individual patient data, and determine the necessity of supplementing existing protections.

2. The department shall examine federal initiatives protecting the privacy of individual patient data, and such federal initiatives' potential preemptive effect on state law protections.

3. The department shall provide a report of its findings to the governor and the legislature within eighteen months of the effective date of this section.

N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 2997