senate Bill S1783

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender long-term care facility residents' bill of rights

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Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Feb 06, 2023 advanced to third reading
Feb 01, 2023 2nd report cal.
Jan 31, 2023 1st report cal.247
Jan 13, 2023 referred to health

Votes

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Jan 31, 2023 - Health committee Vote

S1783
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Aye
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Nay
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Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
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Excused
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Health Committee Vote: Jan 31, 2023

nay (1)

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S1783 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A372
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 46-C §§4670 - 4677, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S8580, A11300
2019-2020: S2912, A866
2021-2022: S85, A7807

S1783 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender long-term care facility residents' bill of rights.

S1783 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S1783 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1783
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  HOYLMAN-SIGAL,  HINCHEY,  JACKSON,  KENNEDY, MAY,
   MYRIE, RAMOS, RIVERA, SALAZAR, SKOUFIS, STAVISKY  --  read  twice  and
   ordered  printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
   Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  establishing  the
   lesbian,  gay, bisexual, and transgender long-term care facility resi-
   dents' bill of rights
 
   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 article
 46-C to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 46-C
      LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY
                         RESIDENTS' BILL OF RIGHTS
 SECTION 4670. DEFINITIONS.
         4671. UNLAWFUL ACTIONS.
         4672. RECORDKEEPING.
         4673. PROTECTION OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION.
         4674. RESIDENT PRIVACY.
         4675. TRAINING.
         4676. APPLICATION.
         4677. VIOLATIONS.
   § 4670. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE:
   1."GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION" SHALL  MEAN  A  PERSON'S  ACTUAL  OR
 PERCEIVED  GENDER-RELATED IDENTITY, APPEARANCE, BEHAVIOR, EXPRESSION, OR
 OTHER GENDER-RELATED CHARACTERISTIC REGARDLESS OF THE  SEX  ASSIGNED  TO
 THAT PERSON AT BIRTH, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE STATUS OF BEING
 TRANSGENDER.
   2.  "GENDER-NONCONFORMING" SHALL MEAN A PERSON WHOSE GENDER EXPRESSION
 DOES NOT CONFORM TO STEREOTYPICAL EXPECTATIONS OF HOW  A  MAN  OR  WOMAN
 SHOULD APPEAR OR ACT.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01718-01-3

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