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                                  6427

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 24, 2015
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Introduced  by  M.  of A. PERRY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GALEF,
  HOOPER, PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on
  Health

AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring hospi-
  tals to obtain the name of the school attended by school-aged patients
  and to include this information in their admission registration forms

  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
230-e to read as follows:
  S 230-E. REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS. EVERY PHYSICIAN SHALL INQUIRE  AND
DOCUMENT  AS  PART  OF  HIS  OR  HER  PATIENT REGISTRATION, THE NAME AND
ADDRESS OF THE SCHOOL ATTENDED BY SUCH PHYSICIAN'S SCHOOL-AGED  PATIENTS
AND INCLUDE SUCH INFORMATION IN THE PATIENTS' MEDICAL REGISTRATION FORM.
  S  2.  The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2805-x
to read as follows:
  S 2805-X. ADMISSION REGISTRATION  REQUIREMENTS.  ALL  HOSPITALS  SHALL
INQUIRE  AND  DOCUMENT  THE  NAME  AND ADDRESS OF THE SCHOOL ATTENDED BY
SCHOOL-AGED PATIENTS UPON ADMISSION, AND INCLUDE SUCH INFORMATION ON THE
HOSPITALS' ADMISSION REGISTRATION FORM.
  S 3. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2113  to
read as follows:
  S 2113. INFECTIOUS AND COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; NOTIFICATION PROTOCOL FOR
SCHOOL-AGED  CHILDREN. NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED TEN OF
THIS TITLE, THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF  ONE
MILLION OR MORE. 1. WHERE A SCHOOL-AGED PATIENT IS REGISTERED FOR TREAT-
MENT,  ADMITTED  WITH  AN INFECTIOUS OR COMMUNICABLE DISEASE OR ADMITTED
FOR OBSERVATION TO RULE OUT AN INFECTIOUS OR COMMUNICABLE DISEASE,  SUCH
HOSPITAL  SHALL  NOTIFY  THE  LOCAL  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IMMEDIATELY AS
REQUIRED BY SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED ONE OF THIS TITLE. IN A CITY WITH
A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, HOSPITALS SHALL CONTACT THE DEPART-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03292-01-5
              

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MENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE TO INITIATE THE INSPECTION PROVIDED IN
SECTION 17-106 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
  2.  THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AND IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF
ONE MILLION OR MORE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL  HYGIENE,  SHALL
IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH NOTIFY THE SCHOOL
ATTENDED BY SUCH PATIENT AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE.
  3. THE SCHOOL  SHALL  IMMEDIATELY  FOLLOW  THE  NOTIFICATION  PROTOCOL
DEEMED  NECESSARY BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, OR IN A CITY WITH A
POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL
HYGIENE, IN NOTIFYING THE STUDENTS AND PARENTS OF SUCH SCHOOL.
  S 4. Subdivision 1 of section 2101 of the public health law is amended
to read as follows:
  1. Every physician shall immediately give  notice  of  every  case  of
communicable disease required by the department to be reported to it, to
the  health  officer  of  the  local  health district where such disease
occurs. WHERE SUCH CASE  INVOLVES  A  SCHOOL-AGED  PATIENT,  SUCH  LOCAL
HEALTH OFFICER SHALL IN CONSULTATION WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
NOTIFY  THE  SCHOOL  ATTENDED BY SUCH PATIENT AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE AND
SUCH SCHOOL SHALL IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW THE STUDENT AND PARENT NOTIFICATION
PROTOCOL, AS REFERENCED  IN  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF  SECTION  TWENTY-ONE
HUNDRED  THIRTEEN  OF  THIS  TITLE.  NOTWITHSTANDING  SECTION TWENTY-ONE
HUNDRED TEN OF THIS TITLE, THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL APPLY TO A CITY WITH A
POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.
  S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.