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Assembly Bill A1058

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Rules and regulations requiring nursing homes and residential health care facilities to test all residents of such nursing homes and residential healthcare facilities for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)

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2023-A1058 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10564
2021-2022: A2218
2025-2026: A5062

2023-A1058 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the commissioner of health to promulgate rules and regulations requiring nursing homes and residential health care facilities to test all residents of such nursing homes and residential healthcare facilities for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

2023-A1058 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1058
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. JACOBSON, DINOWITZ, TAYLOR, SEAWRIGHT, BRONSON,
   HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT requiring the commissioner of  health  to  promulgate  rules  and
   regulations requiring nursing homes and residential health care facil-
   ities  to  test  all  residents  of such nursing homes and residential
   health care facilities for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.   Within 14 days after the effective date of this act, the
 commissioner of health shall promulgate rules and regulations  requiring
 nursing  homes  and residential health care facilities to test all resi-
 dents of such nursing homes and residential health care  facilities  for
 the  novel  coronavirus  (COVID-19)  within 7 days after a member of the
 staff or another resident of such nursing  home  or  residential  health
 care  facility  tests  positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and
 shall subsequently be tested 30 days thereafter.
   ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03740-02-3

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