Do you support this bill?

Senate Bill S5922

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting the admission of COVID-19 positive residents to residential facilities for persons with developmental disabilities

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Disabilities Committee

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

co-Sponsors

2021-S5922 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Disabilities
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Add §13.44, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S7313

2021-S5922 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the admission of COVID-19 positive residents to residential facilities for persons with developmental disabilities.

2021-S5922 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S5922 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5922
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 23, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. MARTUCCI, PALUMBO, AKSHAR, BORRELLO, BOYLE, HELMING,
   JORDAN, MATTERA, OBERACKER, ORTT, RITCHIE, TEDISCO, WEIK -- read twice
   and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
   on Disabilities
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to prohibiting the
   admission of COVID-19 positive residents to residential facilities for
   persons with developmental disabilities
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section
 13.44 to read as follows:
 § 13.44 ADMISSION OF COVID-19 POSITIVE RESIDENTS.
   NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW, RULE, REGULATION OR GUIDANCE TO THE CONTRARY,
 NO RESIDENTIAL FACILITY FOR THE  CARE  AND  TREATMENT  OF  PERSONS  WITH
 DEVELOPMENTAL  DISABILITIES INCLUDING A FAMILY CARE HOME SHALL KNOWINGLY
 ALLOW A RESIDENT WHO HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 TO ENTER OR  REEN-
 TER  THAT  FACILITY  AS  A  TEMPORARY  OR PERMANENT RESIDENT UNLESS SUCH
 PERSON PROVIDES PROOF OF A NEGATIVE TEST FOR COVID-19.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10531-01-1

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.