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Assembly Bill A3258

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Allows attending physicians to admit persons arriving at the hospital for emergency treatment when such attending physician deems this necessary for care

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2013-A3258 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2805-b, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1381
2011-2012: A754

2013-A3258 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows attending physicians to admit persons arriving at the hospital for emergency treatment when such attending physician deems this necessary for care.

2013-A3258 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3258

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 24, 2013
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the public health  law,  in  relation  to  admission  of
  patients in need of emergency medical care

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

  Section 1. Section 2805-b of the  public  health  law  is  amended  by
adding a new subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
  4-A.  NO  ATTENDING  PHYSICIAN  SHALL BE PREVENTED FROM ADMITTING TO A
GENERAL HOSPITAL, AS A PATIENT, ANY PERSON ARRIVING AT THE HOSPITAL  FOR
EMERGENCY  TREATMENT  IF SUCH ATTENDING PHYSICIAN DETERMINES THAT ADMIT-
TANCE OF SUCH PERSON IS REQUIRED FOR CARE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05401-01-3

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