New York Consolidated Laws, Public Health Law - PBH § 2024. Duties of the commissioner

1. Establishing the form, content, and manner by which providers shall report ALS and MND information into the registry established under section two thousand twenty-two of this article;

2. Prescribing the permissible uses for the information made available under this article;  and

3. Establishing procedures to maintain confidentiality of information collected by providers and provided to members of the department pursuant to this article.  This shall include a procedure to ensure that confidential patient information is deidentified prior to being provided to authorized participants under this article.