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NY A02960
Bill
Status
5/19/2014
Primary Sponsor
Keith Wright
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AI Summary
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Amends Social Services Law Section 332-b to require referred health care practitioners to provide explicit written determinations explaining disagreements with an applicant's treating health care practitioner's disability determination
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Mandates that referred practitioners present evidence supporting their opinion when it differs from the treating practitioner's disability assessment
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Establishes that a treating health care practitioner's opinion is generally controlling when it differs from a referred practitioner's opinion, subject to consideration of four specific factors
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Lists factors for consideration as: length and frequency of treatment provided, consistency of the opinion with the record as a whole, degree of support by concrete evidence, and the practitioner's specialty
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Takes effect 90 days after becoming law
Legislative Description
Provides factors to be considered when a health care practitioner's opinion differs from that of referral's treating health care practitioner as to a disability; requires such health care practitioner to provide an explicit written determination and to present evidence when such practitioner's diagnosis differs from that of the treating health care practitioner who referred the patient.
Last Action
REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES
5/19/2014