Committee on Public Health
The Committee focuses on legal issues in the realm of public health,
or the health of communities or populations. It serves as a forum to
discuss current public health issues and undertake various types of
projects to educate our members as well as other attorneys and the
general public on legal issues in public health. Past activities have
included:
- An in-person program on legal issues related to
emergency preparedness;
- A written analysis comparing current New York laws
with model laws related to public health emergencies;
- A policy paper on legal issues, barriers, and
solutions regarding health care costs;
- Participation in planning a full-day continuing legal
education seminar on accountable care organizations; the opportunity to
comment on proposed New York State bills on public health issues;
and
- Speakers on conference calls about various public
health topics our committee chooses. The speaker series in 2012 has
centered around how the public health sector’s long experience in
gathering and interpreting data can assist in healthcare reform and its
data-driven paradigms.
The committee holds regular conference calls on the second Wednesday
of each month for about 1 hour and an in-person meeting at the NYSBA
annual meeting in January 2012. On our Wednesday, November 14, 2012 call
at 9 am our guest speaker is Daniel Porreca, executive director of
HEALTHeLINK, Western New York’s clinical information exchange.
Interested members should contact:
Committee Chair
Julia C. Goings-Perrot, Esq.
(845) 569-4397
jgoings-perrot@tclmm.com
Committee
Roster
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