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I N A S S E M B L Y
May 11, 2020
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. D. Rosen-
thal) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT in relation to requiring that nursing home patients who have
previously tested positive for COVID-19 shall produce a negative test
result before he or she can be readmitted to such nursing home
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a nursing home
resident who has been admitted to a hospital as a result of testing
positive for COVID-19 shall not be readmitted to such nursing home
unless such resident submits to retesting for COVID-19 by a licensed
medical professional and can produce a negative test result, irrespec-
tive of whether such resident's COVID-19 symptoms have subsided.
ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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