Assembly Bill A2987

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides for notification to hospital patients upon intake of reports of hospital-acquired infections

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A2987 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S496
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2819, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A2052, S5283
2013-2014: A4960, S2143
2015-2016: S4572
2017-2018: S6193
2019-2020: S3276
2021-2022: S6179
2023-2024: S5047

2009-A2987 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for notification to hospital patients upon intake of reports of hospital-acquired infections.

2009-A2987 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2987

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 22, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to notifying hospital
  patients upon intake of reports of hospital-acquired infections

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 2819 of the public health law is amended by  adding
a new subdivision 6-a to read as follows:
  6-A.  NO  LATER THAN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS AFTER THE ISSUANCE OF THE
REPORTS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH  (III)  OF  PARAGRAPH  (C)  OF
SUBDIVISION  FIVE  OF  THIS  SECTION,  EACH  GENERAL  HOSPITAL  SHALL BE
REQUIRED TO NOTIFY PATIENTS AS A COMPONENT  OF  PREBOOKING,  INTAKE  AND
REGISTRATION OF THE HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS, THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED
TO BE REPORTED TO THE DEPARTMENT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, THAT OCCURRED
IN THE HOSPITAL FOR THE PRIOR THIRTY DAY PERIOD. SUCH NOTIFICATION SHALL
BE  UPDATED  ON  A  DAILY  BASIS  AND  SHALL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE
CONSPICUOUS POSTING OF SIGNS, WHICH ARE  EASILY  UNDERSTANDABLE  BY  THE
GENERAL PUBLIC, AND SHALL INCLUDE DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION.  TO  THE DEGREE PRACTICABLE, THE FORMAT OF SUCH SIGNS SHALL
BE CONSISTENT WITH THE FORMAT OF THE SUMMARY TABLE REQUIRED TO BE DEVEL-
OPED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION SIX  OF  THIS  SECTION.  UPON  REQUEST  THE
HOSPITAL SHALL PROVIDE A PATIENT WITH AN INDIVIDUAL COPY OF THE INFORMA-
TION  CONTAINED  ON  SUCH  SIGN. THE DEPARTMENT THROUGH REGULATION SHALL
ESTABLISH PENALTIES APPLICABLE TO THE FIRST AND SUBSEQUENT VIOLATIONS OF
THE REQUIREMENT IMPOSED BY THIS SUBDIVISION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02615-01-9

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