N.Y. Public Health Law § 2997: Patient privacy

§ 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.