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Jan 06, 2016 |
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Jan 07, 2015 |
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Assembly Bill A444
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GOTTFRIED
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Sandy Galef
Aileen Gunther
Amy Paulin
Earlene Hooper
multi-Sponsors
William Colton
Vivian Cook
Jeffrey Dinowitz
David McDonough
2015-A444 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-A444 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Authorizes a general hospital to identify and use immediate measures to move admitted patients from emergency departments within four hours of being admitted; provides that every general hospital shall develop planning to prevent the diversion of patients to other hospitals and the maintenance of admitted patients within emergency departments for more than four hours; stipulates that such patients should be moved to alternative appropriate locations in the hospital; directs general hospitals to plan to prevent diversion of patients to other general hospitals
2015-A444 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 444 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, GALEF, GUNTHER, PAULIN, HOOPER, TITONE, LAVINE, MARKEY, SCHIMEL, JAFFEE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CLARK, COLTON, COOK, DINOWITZ, McDONOUGH, PEOPLES-STOKES, PERRY, RIVERA, ROBINSON, TITUS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to hospital crowding THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 2805-b of the public health law is amended by adding a new subdivision 6 to read as follows: 6. (A) A GENERAL HOSPITAL SHALL IDENTIFY AND USE IMMEDIATE MEASURES TO MOVE ANY ADMITTED PATIENT IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TO AN ALTERNATE APPROPRIATE LOCATION WITHIN FOUR HOURS OF BEING ADMITTED. IN IDENTIFYING SUCH ALTERNATIVE LOCATIONS THE GENERAL HOSPITAL SHALL CONSIDER THE USE OF BEDS IN SOLARIUMS AND HALLWAYS NEAR NURSING STATIONS AS WELL AS OTHER APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS. ALL STAFFING, SERVICES, PRIVACY, INFECTION CONTROL AND CONFIDENTIALITY PROCEDURES SHALL BE CONSISTENTLY IN PLACE IN ALL GENERAL HOSPITALS REGARDLESS OF BED LOCATION. (B) EVERY GENERAL HOSPITAL SHALL HAVE IN PLACE EFFECTIVE MONITORING PROTOCOLS TO TRACK AND IDENTIFY LENGTH OF STAY PATTERNS AND DEVIATIONS, BOTH FOR INPATIENTS AND FOR PATIENTS IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT. (C) EVERY GENERAL HOSPITAL SHALL DEVELOP APPROPRIATE PLANNING TO PREVENT THE DIVERSION OF PATIENTS TO OTHER GENERAL HOSPITALS AND THE MAINTENANCE OF ADMITTED PATIENTS WITHIN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS FOR MORE THAN FOUR HOURS. (D) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CONDUCT PERIODIC INSPECTIONS OF GENERAL HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS TO: (I) DETERMINE AND ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDI- VISION; PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT AT LEAST ONE UNANNOUNCED INSPECTION OF ONE GENERAL HOSPITAL SHALL BE CONDUCTED PER REGION PER YEAR; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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