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Assembly Bill A8191

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring hospitals to provide forms in Punjabi

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2013-A8191 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง2805-w, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A952
2017-2018: A640
2019-2020: A1143

2013-A8191 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires hospitals to provide forms in Punjabi.

2013-A8191 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8191

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             October 4, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Health

AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring hospi-
  tals to provide forms in Punjabi

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

  Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
2805-w to read as follows:
  S 2805-W. FORMS  PRINTED  IN  PUNJABI.  EVERY  HOSPITAL  SHALL,  AT  A
PATIENT'S REQUEST, PROVIDE ANY MEDICAL FORM OR PRINTED INFORMATION WHICH
IS  GIVEN  TO  A PATIENT OR REQUIRED TO BE SIGNED BY SUCH PATIENT TRANS-
LATED INTO PUNJABI.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11811-01-3

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