S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6472
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 11, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. CHANDLER-WATERMAN -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring physi-
cians and hospitals to obtain the name of the school attended by
school-aged patients and to include this information in their admis-
sion registration forms
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
230-f to read as follows:
§ 230-F. REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS. EVERY PHYSICIAN SHALL INQUIRE AND
DOCUMENT AS PART OF HIS OR HER PATIENT REGISTRATION, THE NAME AND
ADDRESS OF THE SCHOOL ATTENDED BY SUCH PHYSICIAN'S SCHOOL-AGED PATIENTS
AND INCLUDE SUCH INFORMATION IN THE PATIENTS' MEDICAL REGISTRATION FORM.
§ 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2805-aa
to read as follows:
§ 2805-AA. ADMISSION REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS. ALL GENERAL HOSPITALS
SHALL INQUIRE AND DOCUMENT THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE SCHOOL ATTENDED
BY SCHOOL-AGED PATIENTS UPON ADMISSION, AND INCLUDE SUCH INFORMATION ON
THE HOSPITALS' ADMISSION REGISTRATION FORM.
§ 3. This act shall take effect one year after the date upon which it
shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02633-01-3