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                                 746--A
                                                          Cal. No. 7

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL,  MILLMAN,  JAFFEE,  COOK, MAISEL,
  BOYLAND, WEPRIN, GOTTFRIED -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  GLICK,
  JACOBS, SWEENEY, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on  Health  --  reported  from committee, advanced to a third reading,
  amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place  on  the  order  of
  third reading

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public health law, in relation to providing all
  blind and visually impaired patients with a large  print  version  or,
  upon  request of the patient, with an audio recording of the discharge
  plan and preadmission information

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 2803-i of the public health law is
renumbered  subdivision  10  and a new subdivision 9 is added to read as
follows:
  9. UPON DISCHARGE OF A BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PATIENT, A  HOSPITAL
SHALL  OFFER  TO  PROVIDE  THE PATIENT'S DISCHARGE PLAN IN A LARGE PRINT
VERSION OR, AT THE PATIENT'S OR PATIENT'S REPRESENTATIVE'S  REQUEST,  AS
AN  AUDIO  RECORDING,  TO  BE  MADE  AVAILABLE  TO  SUCH PATIENT OR SUCH
PATIENT'S REPRESENTATIVE ON COMPACT DISC OR OTHER MEDIUM AS THE HOSPITAL
MAY OFFER, OR AS AN ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED DIGITAL FILE, IN ADDITION
TO A WRITTEN COPY OF THE DISCHARGE PLAN.
  S 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new  section  2803-t
to read as follows:
  S  2803-T. PREADMISSION INFORMATION. ANY HOSPITAL THAT PROVIDES PREAD-
MISSION INFORMATION TO A  PATIENT,  SHALL  OFFER  A  BLIND  OR  VISUALLY
IMPAIRED PATIENT A LARGE PRINT VERSION OR, AT THE PATIENT'S OR PATIENT'S
REPRESENTATIVE'S  REQUEST,  AN  AUDIO RECORDING, TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO
SUCH PATIENT OR SUCH PATIENT'S REPRESENTATIVE ON COMPACT DISC  OR  OTHER
MEDIUM  AS  THE  HOSPITAL MAY OFFER, OR AS AN ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02139-02-3

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DIGITAL FILE, IN ADDITION TO A WRITTEN COPY OF ANY PREADMISSION INFORMA-
TION.
  S  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.