Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Aug 20, 2021 | signed chap.407 |
Aug 09, 2021 | delivered to governor |
Jun 07, 2021 | returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.463 substituted for a7163 |
Jun 07, 2021 | substituted by s5945a rules report cal.463 reported |
Jun 02, 2021 | reported referred to rules |
May 25, 2021 | reported referred to codes |
Apr 23, 2021 | referred to mental health |
assembly Bill A7163
Signed By GovernorSponsored By
GUNTHER
Current Bill Status Via S5945 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed by Governor
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Carmen De La Rosa
Charles Barron
A7163 (ACTIVE) - Details
A7163 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides that within ten days of an incident, the director shall provide to the qualified person a copy of the written incident report, offer to hold a meeting with such qualified person to discuss the incident, and provide such qualified person with a written report on the actions taken to address the incident; provides for the director to provide such reports electronically.
A7163 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7163 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y April 23, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, DE LA ROSA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Mental Health AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to providing inci- dent reports to qualified persons THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 33.23 of the mental hygiene law, as added by chapter 24 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows: (a) The director of a facility, as defined in subdivision six of section 1.03 of this chapter, shall provide telephone notice of an inci- dent involving a patient receiving care and treatment at such facility to a qualified person, as defined in paragraph six of subdivision (a) of section 33.16 of this article. Such notice shall be provided within twenty-four hours of the initial report of such incident. For the purposes of this section, "incident" shall mean an accident or injury that affects the health or safety of a patient. Upon the request of a qualified person, the director shall [promptly] WITHIN TEN DAYS OF SUCH REQUEST, provide to [him or her] THE QUALIFIED PERSON a copy of the written incident report, provided that the names and other personally identifying information of patients and employees shall not be included unless such patients and employees authorize disclosure[. The director of the facility shall also], offer to hold a meeting with such qualified person to further discuss the incident[. In addition, within ten days, the director of the facility shall], AND provide such qualified person with a written report on the actions taken to address the incident. THE DIRECTOR MAY OFFER TO PROVIDE ALL REPORTS TO THE QUALIFIED PERSON ELEC- TRONICALLY. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08331-01-1