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Assembly Bill A9264

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Enacts the "protection, respect, inclusion, dignity, and equality (PRIDE) care act"

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2025-A9264 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3602, add §3604, Pub Health L

2025-A9264 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a home care services bill of rights for patients of home care services agencies and certified home health agencies; requires training for staff and contractors of such agencies to eliminate certain discriminations; makes related provisions.

2025-A9264 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9264
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 21, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health  law,  in  relation  to  enacting  the
   "protection,  respect,  inclusion,  dignity, and equality (PRIDE) care
   act"
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.   Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "protection, respect, inclusion, dignity, and equality (PRIDE)  care
 act".
   §  2. Section 3602 of the public health law is amended by adding seven
 new subdivisions 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24 to read as follows:
   18. "NON-DIRECT PATIENT  CONTACT  EMPLOYEE  OR  CONTRACTOR"  MEANS  AN
 EMPLOYEE  OR  CONTRACTOR  WHO  DOES  NOT  MAKE  DIRECT  CONTACT WITH THE
 PATIENT. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM "DIRECT CONTACT"
 INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE PATIENT THROUGH
 IN-PERSON INTERACTIONS, PHONE  CALLS,  TEXT  MESSAGES,  EMAILS,  VIRTUAL
 MESSAGES, AND LETTERS.
   19.  "DIRECT  CONTACT  EMPLOYEE  OR  CONTRACTOR" MEANS ANY EMPLOYEE OR
 CONTRACTOR WHO MAKES DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE PATIENT. FOR  THE  PURPOSES
 OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION, "DIRECT CONTACT" INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO,
 COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE PATIENT THROUGH  IN-PERSON  INTERACTIONS,  PHONE
 CALLS, TEXT MESSAGES, EMAILS, VIRTUAL MESSAGES, AND LETTERS.
   20.  "GENDER  IDENTITY  OR  EXPRESSION"  MEANS  A  PERSON'S  ACTUAL OR
 PERCEIVED GENDER-RELATED IDENTITY, APPEARANCE, BEHAVIOR, EXPRESSION,  OR
 OTHER  GENDER-RELATED  CHARACTERISTIC  REGARDLESS OF THE SEX ASSIGNED TO
 THE PERSON AT BIRTH, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE STATUS OF  BEING
 TRANSGENDER.
   21.  "GENDER  AFFIRMING  HEALTH  CARE" MEANS MEDICAL, SURGICAL, BEHAV-
 IORAL, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND OTHER SERVICES INTENDED TO SUPPORT AND
 AFFIRM A PERSON'S SELF-DETERMINED GENDER  IDENTITY  OR  EXPRESSION.  THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13764-02-5
              

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