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Assembly Bill A9654

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires certain healthcare facilities to notify residents of changes involving such patient or resident in the facility

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2021-A9654 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2803-c, Pub Health L

2021-A9654 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires certain healthcare facilities to notify residents of changes involving such patient or resident in the facility, including but not limited to any accident or incident requiring intervention by a medical professional.

2021-A9654 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9654
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 28, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. WALLACE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring  certain
   healthcare  facilities  to  notify residents of changes involving such
   patient or resident in the facility
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 2803-c of the public health law is
 amended by adding a new paragraph s to read as follows:
   S. EVERY PATIENT AND RESIDENT SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE NOTIFIED, AND
 TO  DESIGNATE  A REPRESENTATIVE TO BE NOTIFIED, OF ANY CHANGES INVOLVING
 THE PATIENT'S OR RESIDENT'S CARE OR CONDITION.  A FACILITY  SHALL  IMME-
 DIATELY  INFORM  A  PATIENT OR RESIDENT WHO IS COMPETENT, AND WITHIN TWO
 HOURS NOTIFY THE PATIENT'S OR RESIDENT'S DESIGNEE, OF  ANY  ACCIDENT  OR
 INCIDENT  REQUIRING INTERVENTION BY A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL.  THE COMMIS-
 SIONER SHALL PROMULGATE ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT
 THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13505-03-2

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