New York Laws
Title 1 - Health Information
2995 - Structure and Definitions.

(b) The department shall promulgate rules for the purpose of
implementing the provisions of this title.
2. Definitions. For the purposes of this title:
(a) "Health care plan" shall mean a health maintenance organization,
as defined by subdivision one of section forty-four hundred one of this
chapter, a health service corporation licensed pursuant to article
forty-three of the insurance law, a prepaid health services plan
licensed pursuant to section forty-four hundred three-a of this chapter,
or an integrated delivery system licensed pursuant to section forty-four
hundred eight-a of this chapter.
(b) "Health information" shall mean physician data, hospital data, and
health care plan data, to the extent such data is disclosable pursuant
to any provision of law. Such term shall not include individual patient
data, except to the extent such data is disclosable pursuant to any
other provision of law.
(c) "Individual patient data" shall mean any information concerning an
individual patient, whether held orally or recorded in any form or
medium, including, but not limited to, information derived from a
biological sample from the patient, the sample itself or genetic
information that:
(i) relates to the physical or mental health of the patient, the
provision of health care to the patient, or the payment for the
provision of health care to the patient; and
(ii) (A) identifies the individual patient;
(B) could forseeably be used or manipulated to identify the individual
patient; or
(C) could forseeably be linked or matched to any other information
described in clause (A) or (B) of this subparagraph.
(d) "Statewide health information system" shall mean a collection of
health information to be publicly available on an ongoing basis for the
purpose of making statewide comparisons.
(e) "Preferred provider organization data" shall mean data collected
from an insurance company subject to article thirty-two of the insurance
law, a corporation subject to article forty-three of the insurance law,
or a municipal cooperative health benefit plan certified pursuant to
article forty-seven of the insurance law, with respect to preferred

provider organization (PPO) products, as defined by the commissioner in
consultation with the superintendent, offered by such entities.
(f) "Health care practitioner" shall mean a physician, nurse
practitioner, or physician assistant licensed or certified pursuant to
title eight of the education law.
(g) "Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy" shall mean sudden,
unexpected death in patients with epilepsy, with or without evidence of
a seizure.