§ 2804-A — State task force on clinical practice guidelines and medical technology assessment

* § 2804-a. State task force on clinical practice guidelines and\nmedical technology assessment.\n 1. A state task force is hereby created on clinical practice\nguidelines and medical technology assessment which shall consist of\nsixteen members. At least half of the membership shall be physicians\ncertified by specialty society boards officially recognized by the\nAmerican Board of Medical Specialties. Such physician board members\nshall be selected from nominees recommended by specialty societies\nrecognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties. Appointments\nshall be made as follows: six shall be appointed by the governor of\nwhich at least two shall be from specialty society nominees; four shall\nbe appointed by the temporary president of the senate of which at least\ntwo shall be from specialty society nominees; four shall be appointed by\nthe speaker of the assembly of which at least two shall be from\nspecialty society nominees; and one each shall be appointed by the\nminority leaders of the senate and assembly both of whom shall be\nspecialty society nominees. The commissioner shall also serve as an ex\nofficio member of the task force. The membership of the task force shall\nappoint a chairperson who shall be selected by a majority vote of the\ntask force membership. All appointments shall be made by April first,\nnineteen hundred ninety-four.\n 2. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have\nthe following meanings: (a) "clinical practice guidelines" shall mean\nsystematically developed statements to assist physician and patient\ndecisions about appropriate health care for specific clinical\ncircumstances; and\n (b) "medical technology" shall mean an instrument or unit of equipment\nor technique for use as a health related treatment, testing or\ndiagnostic tool.\n 3. Task force members shall receive no compensation but shall be\nreimbursed for travel expenses incurred in the performance of their\nduties.\n 4. The task force may establish medical specialty advisory committees\nto assist in carrying out its responsibilities pursuant to this section.\n 5. The task force shall solicit the cooperation and participation of\nmedical specialty organizations recognized by the American Board of\nMedical Specialties with clinical practice guideline experience. The\nstate task force shall meet as necessary to fulfill its\nresponsibilities.\n 6. The task force, in consultation with the commissioner, shall\nsolicit specific research and/or project proposals from medical\nspecialty societies recognized by the American Board of Medical\nSpecialties to promote the development and application of clinical\npractice guidelines and appropriate use of medical technology.\nSpeciality societies, at their option, may incorporate the involvement\nof any other organization which they deem appropriate into their\nproposal. The task force shall then recommend to the commissioner\nspecific research projects to be undertaken by such specialty society\ncandidates for grants and contracts pursuant to subdivision fifteen of\nsection two hundred six of this chapter. The task force shall not\nrecommend any projects for the purpose of developing clinical practice\nguideline-based reimbursement methodologies or any other regulations.\n 7. The task force in cooperation with the medical specialty\norganizations recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties\nshall issue a report to the governor and legislature by May first,\nnineteen hundred ninety-five which shall:\n (i) describe the current status of practice guidelines, their uses and\ntheir impact on health care delivery and outcomes;\n (ii) identify appropriate uses of practice guidelines and medical\ntechnology for purposes of improving health care quality and efficiency;\n (iii) identify inappropriate uses or applications of practice guide-\nlines and medical technology;\n (iv) identify by what means the uses of practice guidelines should be\nfacilitated, if appropriate or warranted; and\n (v) identify what role, if any, state government should have relative\nto practice guidelines.\n 8. Staff of the department shall be made available to provide\ntechnical assistance to the task force as necessary.\n * NB Expired June 30, 1996\n