Assembly Bill A5062

2025-2026 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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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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2025-A5062 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10564
2021-2022: A2218
2023-2024: A1058

2025-A5062 (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).

2025-A5062 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5062
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 11, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON, EACHUS -- 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.
                                                            LBD03963-01-5

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