Senate Bill S5945

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to incident notifications and reports

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-S5945 - Details

Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §33.23, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S6682

2021-S5945 - 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.

2021-S5945 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S5945 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5945
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 23, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. REICHLIN-MELNICK -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to incident  notifi-
   cations and reports
 
   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]  WITHIN  TEN DAYS OF THE INCIDENT, the director shall
 [promptly] 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 on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08345-01-1
              

2021-S5945A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §33.23, Ment Hyg L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S6682

2021-S5945A (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.

2021-S5945A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S5945A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5945--A
     Cal. No. 1175
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 23, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. REICHLIN-MELNICK -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health  --
   reported  favorably  from  said  committee,  ordered  to first report,
   amended on first report,  ordered  to  a  second  report  and  ordered
   reprinted, retaining its place in the order of second report
 
 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.
 
              

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