House Sponsors: SAVIANO-RYDER-BUGIELSKI-CAPPARELLI-HOLBROOK AND BRADLEY. Senate Sponsors: BURZYNSKI Short description: HEALTH CARE PRO CREDENTIALING Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Creates the Health Care Professional Credentialing Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall develop a standardized credentials verification program to provide guidelines to credentials verification organizations in providing a health care professional's core credentials data. Creates the Credentials Verification Advisory Council. Provides for registration of credentials verification organizations. Effective January 1, 2000. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Deletes everything except the short title Section. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Adds reference to: New Act Deletes everything. Creates the Health Care Professional Credentials Data Collection Act. Establishes the Health Care Credentials Council consisting of 13 members. Requires the Department, in consultation with the council, to establish a uniform health care credentials form, a uniform health care recredentials form, a uniform hospital credentials form, a uniform hospital recredentials form, and uniform updating forms. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2000, hospitals, health care entities, and health care plans only require the uniform forms for the purposes of credentialing or recredentialing. Provides that the Department must establish a single credentialing cycle and a single site survey. Provides that the Department shall study the need for coordinated credentials data verification. Effective immediately. SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 3. Provides that the claim of confidentiality shall not be invoked to deny a health care professional, health care entity, health care plan, or hospital access to or use of credentials data in any proceeding to challenge credentialing or recredentialing or in any judicial review. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0602 Last action date: 99-08-16 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 3 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status