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Assembly Bill A5446

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires the department of health to post on its website certain data relating to COVID-19 cases in hospitals and nursing homes

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2021-A5446 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4029
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §206-c, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S8997

2021-A5446 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the department of health to post on its website certain data relating to COVID-19 cases in hospitals and nursing homes, including total COVID-19 cases and deaths in nursing homes.

2021-A5446 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5446
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 16, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LAWLER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public health law, in relation to requiring the
   department of health to post on its website certain data  relating  to
   COVID-19 cases in hospitals and nursing homes

   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
 206-c to read as follows:
   §  206-C.  SPECIAL  REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO COVID-19 DATA. 1. FOR
 THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOW-
 ING MEANINGS:
   (A) "HOSPITAL" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED BY SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT
 HUNDRED ONE OF THIS CHAPTER, AND SHALL INCLUDE ANY TEMPORARY HEALTH CARE
 FACILITY IN NEW YORK STATE ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE OR  FEDERAL  GOVERN-
 MENT  IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC OR ANY OTHER PANDEMIC-RELATED
 RESPONSE.
   (B) "NURSING HOME" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED BY SECTION  TWENTY-
 EIGHT HUNDRED ONE OF THIS CHAPTER.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL COMPILE AND POST ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE
 IN  A  CONSPICUOUS  LOCATION  AND  IN  A FORMAT CAPABLE OF DOWNLOAD IN A
 SPREADSHEET FORMAT, THE FOLLOWING DATA ON A WEEKLY BASIS:
   (A) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 AND DEATHS RESULT-
 ING FROM COVID-19 IN NURSING HOMES IN NEW YORK STATE;
   (B) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WITH A CONFIRMED CASE OF  COVID-19
 TRANSFERRED FROM A NURSING HOME TO A HOSPITAL IN NEW YORK STATE;
   (C)  THE  TOTAL  NUMBER OF CONFIRMED DEATHS OF INDIVIDUALS TRANSFERRED
 FROM A NURSING HOME TO A HOSPITAL RESULTING FROM  A  CONFIRMED  CASE  OF
 COVID-19; AND
   (D)  THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WITH A CONFIRMED CASE OF COVID-19
 DISCHARGED FROM A HOSPITAL TO A NURSING HOME.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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