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Assembly Bill A724

Signed By Governor

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides clarification regarding retaliation against a patient or a patient's legal representative for asserting such patient's right of action

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2009-A724 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3841
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2801-d, Pub Health L

2009-A724 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides clarification regarding retaliation against a patient or a patient's legal representative for asserting such patient's right of action.

2009-A724 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A724 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   724

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, PAULIN, GALEF, ROBINSON, JAFFEE, MILL-
  MAN, COLTON, CHRISTENSEN, LANCMAN, PERRY, HOOPER, GREENE, SCARBOROUGH,
  CAHILL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRENNAN, DINOWITZ, EDDINGTON,
  GLICK,  LIFTON,  MAGEE,  McENENY, McKEVITT, MOLINARO, PHEFFER, STIRPE,
  TITONE, TOWNS, WALKER, WEISENBERG -- read once  and  referred  to  the
  Committee on Health

AN  ACT  to  amend  the public health law, in relation to retaliation by
  residential health care facilities where a patient asserts  a  private
  right of action

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

  Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 10  of  section  2801-d  of  the
public  health  law,  as  amended by chapter 649 of the laws of 1975, is
amended to read as follows:
  a. No person shall discriminate against any patient of  a  residential
health care facility because such patient, OR THE PATIENT'S LEGAL REPRE-
SENTATIVE,  has  brought  or caused to be brought any action pursuant to
this section, or against any patient or employee of a residential health
care facility because such patient or employee has given or provided  or
is to give or provide testimony or other evidence for purposes of [said]
SUCH action.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01112-01-9

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