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Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to health returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 16, 2015 |
referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate |
Mar 03, 2015 |
advanced to third reading |
Mar 02, 2015 |
2nd report cal. |
Feb 26, 2015 |
1st report cal.160 |
Jan 07, 2015 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S781
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health 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
co-Sponsors
(D) 22nd Senate District
(R, C) Senate District
2015-S781 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add Art 21 Title 8 §2180, amd §2819, Pub Health L
- Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
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S4414
2015-S781 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S781 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to designating Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) as a communicable disease and requiring general hospitals to identify and track the incidence of such communicable disease in accordance with the hospital acquired infection reporting system PURPOSE: Designates Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) as a communicable disease, and requires physicians, hospitals, or institutions to identify, track, and report upon such disease. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one amends Article 21 of the Public Health Law by adding a new Title eight. Section 2180 of Title eight requires the Commissioner to designate CRE as a communicable disease in the sanitary code and requires general hospitals to track each incidence of CRE and report such incidences on a monthly basis to the department in accordance with the state's hospital acquired infection reporting system. Section two amends § 2819 of the Public Health Law to include CRE as a
2015-S781 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 781 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to designating Carba- penem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) as a communicable disease and requiring general hospitals to identify and track the incidence of such communicable disease in accordance with the hospital acquired infection reporting system THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Article 21 of the public health law is amended by adding a new title 8 to read as follows: TITLE 8 CARBAPENEM-RESISTANT ENTEROBACTERIACEAE SECTION 2180. DESIGNATION AS COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; GENERAL HOSPITAL REPORTING. S 2180. DESIGNATION AS COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; GENERAL HOSPITAL REPORT- ING. 1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL DESIGNATE AS A COMMUNICABLE DISEASE AND INCLUDE AS SUCH IN THE SANITARY CODE, CARBAPENEM-RESISTANT ENTEROBACTER- IACEAE (CRE). SUCH DISEASE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE WHICH ARE APPLICABLE TO OTHER COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. 2. EVERY GENERAL HOSPITAL SHALL IDENTIFY AND TRACK EACH INCIDENT OF CARBAPENEM-RESISTANT ENTEROBACTERIACEAE, AND SHALL, ON A MONTHLY BASIS, REPORT EACH SUCH INCIDENT TO THE DEPARTMENT. FURTHERMORE, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL INCLUDE CARBAPENEM-RESISTANT ENTEROBACTERIACEAE IN ITS REGULATIONS REQUIRING GENERAL HOSPITALS TO IDENTIFY, TRACK AND REPORT HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED NINETEEN OF THIS CHAPTER. S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 2819 of the public health law is amended by adding a new closing paragraph to read as follows: SUCH TERM SHALL ALSO INCLUDE CARBAPENEM-RESISTANT ENTEROBACTERIACEAE (CRE). S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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