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Senate Bill S3841

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-S3841 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A724
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2801-d, Pub Health L

2009-S3841 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2009-S3841 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S3841 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3841

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              April 2, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  DUANE  -- 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  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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