Assembly Bill A8560

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires health care professionals to ask patients if they have a disability that requires accommodation under The Americans with Disabilities Act

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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-A8560 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8666
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §18-c, Pub Health L

2023-A8560 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires health care professionals to ask patients if they have a disability that requires accommodation under The Americans with Disabilities Act on patient in-take forms and what reasonable accommodations are required.

2023-A8560 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8560
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BURDICK -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  requiring  health
   care  professionals  to  ask  patients  if they have a disability that
   requires accommodation under The Americans with Disabilities Act
 
   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
 18-c to read as follows:
   § 18-C. PATIENT INFORMATION FORMS. 1. EACH  HEALTH  CARE  PROFESSIONAL
 LICENSED,  REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCA-
 TION LAW SHALL INCLUDE ON THEIR PATIENT INTAKE FORMS THE FOLLOWING QUES-
 TIONS:
   (A) DOES THE PATIENT HAVE A  DISABILITY  THAT  REQUIRES  ACCOMMODATION
 UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT?
   (B) IF SO, WHAT IS THE NATURE OF THE PATIENT'S DISABILITY?
   (C)  IS THE PATIENT REQUESTING A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION, AND, IF SO,
 WHAT IS THE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION REQUESTED?
   2. NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL REQUIRE  A  PATIENT  TO  ANSWER  THE
 INQUIRIES ABOUT A DISABILITY IF THEY WISH NOT TO DO SO.
   3.  EACH  HEALTH  CARE  PROFESSIONAL LICENSED, REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED
 PURSUANT TO TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW SHALL NOTIFY THE DEPARTMENT
 OF EDUCATION THAT THEY HAVE COMPLIED WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION
 WITHIN SIX MONTHS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF  THIS  SECTION.  A  HEALTH
 CARE  PROFESSIONAL  ENTERING  INTO  PRACTICE AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
 THIS SECTION SHALL NOTIFY THE DEPARTMENT OF  EDUCATION  THAT  THEY  HAVE
 COMPLIED WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION WITHIN SIX MONTHS AFTER THE
 HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL COMMENCES PRACTICE IN THIS STATE. A GROUP PRAC-
 TICE  MAY  PROVIDE  SUCH NOTICE FOR ALL HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS IN THE
 GROUP PRACTICE.
   § 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.
                                                            LBD13332-01-3

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