Assembly Actions -
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Feb 22, 2010 |
reported and committed to finance |
Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to aging |
Feb 13, 2009 |
referred to aging |
Senate Bill S2189
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2009-S2189 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Finance
- Law Section:
- Elder Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §202, add Art 4 §401, Eld L; amd §201, Pub Health L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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S2181
2009-S2189 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2189 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the elder law and the public health law, in relation to establishing a coordinated statewide policy, investigation and reporting requirements with respect to infections, including certain staphylococcus infections SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1. Legislative Intent. Section 2. Amends the elder by adding a new subdivision 14 to section 202 to require that the office of aging in cooperation and after consultation with the department of health, establish regulations concerning the use and implementation of best practices for the prevention, prohibition, reporting, and treatment of staphylococcus and other infections by services and programs by or under the jurisdiction of the office, and that SOFA also promote public awareness concerning the threat to the aging from such infections, support studies, research and education relating to this threat, and act as or aid in the development of a clearinghouse for information relating to the needs of the aging.
2009-S2189 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2189 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 13, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging AN ACT to amend the elder law and the public health law, in relation to establishing a coordinated statewide policy, investigation and report- ing requirements with respect to infections, including certain staphy- lococcus infections THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative Intent. The legislature hereby finds and declares that Staphylococcus Aureus, or "staph" infections, including MRSA or methicillin-resistant staph aureus infections, occur most frequently in hospital and health-care facilities, but that there have been increased recent reports of community-associated MRSA infections. The legislature further finds that the danger that staph and other infections will become life-threatening is greater among the young and the old and those undergoing health procedures, and declares that the goal of the state should be to not only reduce or eliminate the number of infections including MRSA in health-care facilities but to reduce or eliminate health-care setting and community setting infections altogeth- er. The legislature finds since 2004, there have been 50 reported MRSA-re- lated outbreaks in hospitals in this state, and that nationally, serious MRSA infections occur in approximately 94,000 persons annually and are associated with approximately 19,000 deaths, and that of these infections, about 86% are healthcare-associated and 14% are community- associated. The legislature further finds that in New York hospitals, according to a state health department pilot program, about five percent of central- line associated bloodstream infections in critical care unit patients involve MRSA, while 95 percent of infections involve other bacterial infections, and that the data shows that MRSA is the fourth-leading EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07651-01-9
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