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Senate Bill S334

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires general hospitals to post patient rights and provides that hospital personnel shall not inquire as to patients' immigration status

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2015-S334 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5853
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2801-i, amd §2805-b, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A6478
2011-2012: S3878, A841
2013-2014: S1791, A1917
2017-2018: S2373

2015-S334 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires all general hospitals, which provide emergency services, to post patient rights and provides that hospital personnel, prior to providing treatment, shall not inquire as to a patient's immigration status.

2015-S334 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S334 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   334

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  ESPAILLAT,  KRUEGER,  MONTGOMERY, PERKINS -- 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 patient rights

  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
2801-i to read as follows:
  S  2801-I. PATIENT RIGHTS TO BE POSTED. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REQUIRE
ALL GENERAL HOSPITALS, WHICH PROVIDE EMERGENCY SERVICES, TO CONSPICUOUS-
LY POST IN A PROMINENT AND VISIBLE AREA A SIGN WHICH SHALL BE NO SMALLER
THAN EIGHT AND ONE-HALF  INCHES  BY  FOURTEEN  INCHES  AND  WHICH  SHALL
CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGE:
         "PATIENTS' RIGHTS IN CASE OF IMMEDIATE HOSPITALIZATION
  EACH PATIENT SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO EMERGENCY TREATMENT REGARDLESS OF
AGE,  RACE,  COLOR,  RELIGION,  SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, DISABILITY, SEXUAL
ORIENTATION, SOURCE OF PAYMENT, OR IMMIGRATION STATUS. NO PATIENT  SHALL
BE  REQUIRED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS CONCERNING THEIR INSURANCE OR METHOD OF
PAYMENT PRIOR TO RECEIVING TREATMENT."
  S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 2805-b of  the  public  health  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  121  of  the  laws  of 1987, is amended to read as
follows:
  1. Every general hospital shall admit any person who  is  in  need  of
immediate hospitalization with all convenient speed and shall not before
admission  question  the  patient  or  any  member  of his or her family
concerning insurance, credit or payment of charges, OR  THE  IMMIGRATION
STATUS OF THE PATIENT, provided[, however,] that the patient or a member
of  his  or  her  family shall agree to supply such information promptly
after the patient's admission WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT THE PATIENT  SHALL
NOT  BE  REQUIRED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS RELATING TO HIS OR HER IMMIGRATION

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

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