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Senate Bill S1494

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Enacts Nursing Care Quality Protection Act

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2009-S1494 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง2805-t, Pub Health L

2009-S1494 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires facilities to disclose nursing quality indicators; provides for facilities with an operating certificate to make available to the public information regarding nurse staffing and patient outcomes; directs commissioner of health to promulgate rules and regulations on information to be disclosed.

2009-S1494 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1494 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1494

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 2, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. DeFRANCISCO, GRIFFO, LANZA, VOLKER -- 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  disclosure  of
  nursing quality indicators

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

  Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited  as  the  "Nursing
Care Quality Protection Act".
  S  2.  The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2805-t
to read as follows:
  S 2805-T. DISCLOSURE OF NURSING QUALITY INDICATORS. 1. EVERY  FACILITY
WITH AN OPERATING CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ARTI-
CLE  SHALL  MAKE  AVAILABLE  TO  THE  PUBLIC INFORMATION REGARDING NURSE
STAFFING AND PATIENT OUTCOMES AS SPECIFIED BY THE COMMISSIONER  BY  RULE
AND  REGULATION. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS
ON THE DISCLOSURE  OF  NURSING  QUALITY  INDICATORS  PROVIDING  FOR  THE
DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION INCLUDING AT LEAST THE FOLLOWING, AS APPROPRI-
ATE TO THE REPORTING FACILITY:
  (A)  THE  NUMBER  OF  REGISTERED  NURSES PROVIDING DIRECT CARE AND THE
RATIO OF PATIENTS PER REGISTERED NURSE (FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT)  PROVIDING
DIRECT  CARE.  THIS INFORMATION SHALL BE EXPRESSED IN ACTUAL NUMBERS, IN
TERMS OF TOTAL HOURS OF NURSING CARE PER PATIENT  (INCLUDING  ADJUSTMENT
FOR CASE MIX AND ACUITY), AND AS A PERCENTAGE OF PATIENT CARE STAFF, AND
SHALL  BE  BROKEN  DOWN  IN  TERMS OF THE TOTAL PATIENT CARE STAFF, EACH
UNIT, AND EACH SHIFT.
  (B) THE NUMBER OF LICENSED PRACTICAL  NURSES  PROVIDING  DIRECT  CARE.
THIS INFORMATION SHALL BE EXPRESSED IN ACTUAL NUMBERS, IN TERMS OF TOTAL
HOURS OF NURSING CARE PER PATIENT (INCLUDING ADJUSTMENT FOR CASE MIX AND
ACUITY),  AND AS A PERCENTAGE OF PATIENT CARE STAFF, AND SHALL BE BROKEN

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00983-01-9

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