{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-2996","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Public Health Law § 2996","heading":"Study of physician credentialing","body":"§ 2996. Study of physician credentialing. 1. The department shall\nexamine the feasibility of establishing a clearinghouse for\ncredentialing information to reduce the burden for physicians required\nto submit credentials to entities licensed and regulated by the state.\nAs part of such examination, the department shall:\n  (a) examine the efficacy of the credentialing process prescribed by\nsection twenty-eight hundred five-j of this chapter;\n  (b) determine which methods of organizing such a clearinghouse with\nstandardized data in a standardized format will provide the greatest\nusability and convenience to health care providers and health care\nplans;\n  (c) identify the most appropriate entity to administer such a\nclearinghouse, and verify collected credential information; and\n  (d) identify safeguards to protect the privacy of providers\nparticipating in such a credentialing system.\n  2. The department shall provide a report of its findings and\nrecommendations to the governor and legislature within eighteen months\nof the effective date of this section.","path":["Public Health Law","Article 29-D. Health Information and Quality Improvement","Title 1. Health Information"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/PBH/2996","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"aca5f8288d004fa24902a418635e611e0433edb3f9dd645ee724b26b94cbadb1","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-2995-d","next":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-2997"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}