N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 2998-b

§ 2998-b. Safety goals. 1. The center shall:\n (a) Promote the development and dissemination or regional and\nstatewide performance information, and efforts by health care\norganizations, health plans, health care providers and health care\nprofessionals to participate in voluntary, cooperative efforts to\nimprove patient safety and health care quality, consistent with state\nlaw;\n (b) Utilize the information collected pursuant to this title to\nrecommend statewide medical safety goals and track the progress of\nhealth care providers in meeting these safety goals;\n (c) Develop programs to assure the validity of statewide data\nreporting systems, including the use of random audit;\n (d) Analyze and report on health care performance of health care\nproviders and health care professionals in New York state pursuant to\nthis title; and\n