Assembly Bill A5406

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides for the designation by a general hospital of persons to identify infectious disease processes

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee


  • 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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2023-A5406 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4950
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2831, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10671, S8185
2019-2020: A3705, S5186
2021-2022: A5668, S4472

2023-A5406 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the designation by a general hospital of persons to identify infectious disease processes, conduct surveillance and epidemiologic investigations, and develop plans to prevent and control the transmission of infectious agents within general hospitals.

2023-A5406 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5406
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, WOERNER, SANTABARBARA, TAYLOR, L. ROSEN-
   THAL, BRABENEC, HEVESI, BRAUNSTEIN, REYES, BUTTENSCHON, SAYEGH -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the employment of
   persons to function as infection  preventionists  in  certain  general
   hospitals

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 2831 to read as follows:
   § 2831. INFECTION PREVENTIONISTS. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,
 THE TERMS:
   (A)  "INFECTION  PREVENTIONIST"  SHALL  MEAN  A PERSON DESIGNATED BY A
 GENERAL HOSPITAL  TO  IDENTIFY  INFECTIOUS  DISEASE  PROCESSES,  CONDUCT
 SURVEILLANCE  AND  EPIDEMIOLOGIC  INVESTIGATIONS,  AND  DEVELOP PLANS TO
 PREVENT AND CONTROL THE TRANSMISSION OF INFECTIOUS AGENTS WITHIN GENERAL
 HOSPITALS.
   (B) "PROFESSIONAL" SHALL MEAN A PERSON LICENSED OR CERTIFIED  PURSUANT
 TO TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
   2.  A  PERSON  SHALL  NOT  FUNCTION AS AN INFECTION PREVENTIONIST IN A
 GENERAL HOSPITAL AND A GENERAL HOSPITAL SHALL NOT  EMPLOY  OR  OTHERWISE
 CONTRACT  FOR  THE  SERVICES  OF  AN INFECTION PREVENTIONIST UNLESS SUCH
 PERSON MEETS ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (A) (I) HAS SUCCESSFULLY PASSED AN EXAM FROM A  NATIONALLY  ACCREDITED
 INFECTION PREVENTION AND EPIDEMIOLOGY ACCREDITING ORGANIZATION; AND (II)
 HOLDS  AND  MAINTAINS  CERTIFICATION IN INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL
 FROM A  NATIONALLY  ACCREDITED  INFECTION  PREVENTION  AND  EPIDEMIOLOGY
 CERTIFICATION ORGANIZATION; OR
   (B)  PROVIDES  EVIDENCE  THAT  SUCH  PERSON  WAS EMPLOYED OR OTHERWISE
 CONTRACTED FOR THE SERVICES AS AN INFECTION PREVENTIONIST IN  A  GENERAL
 HOSPITAL  FOR  A  CUMULATIVE  PERIOD  OF ONE YEAR, OCCURRING WITHIN FOUR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07368-01-3
              

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