Assembly Bill A6427

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Provides that hospital admission registration forms include the name of school attended by school-aged patients

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  • Delivered to Governor
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2015-A6427 - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§230-e, 2805-x & 2113, amd §2101, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3548
2011-2012: A3198
2013-2014: A4729
2017-2018: A352
2019-2020: A6023
2021-2022: A1615
2023-2024: A6472

2015-A6427 - Summary

Provides that hospital admission registration forms include the name of school attended by school-aged patients; provides a protocol for notification to parents.

2015-A6427 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6427

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 24, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. PERRY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GALEF,
  HOOPER, PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on
  Health

AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring hospi-
  tals to obtain the name of the school attended by school-aged patients
  and to include this information in their admission registration forms

  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 section
230-e to read as follows:
  S 230-E. REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS. EVERY PHYSICIAN SHALL INQUIRE  AND
DOCUMENT  AS  PART  OF  HIS  OR  HER  PATIENT REGISTRATION, THE NAME AND
ADDRESS OF THE SCHOOL ATTENDED BY SUCH PHYSICIAN'S SCHOOL-AGED  PATIENTS
AND INCLUDE SUCH INFORMATION IN THE PATIENTS' MEDICAL REGISTRATION FORM.
  S  2.  The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2805-x
to read as follows:
  S 2805-X. ADMISSION REGISTRATION  REQUIREMENTS.  ALL  HOSPITALS  SHALL
INQUIRE  AND  DOCUMENT  THE  NAME  AND ADDRESS OF THE SCHOOL ATTENDED BY
SCHOOL-AGED PATIENTS UPON ADMISSION, AND INCLUDE SUCH INFORMATION ON THE
HOSPITALS' ADMISSION REGISTRATION FORM.
  S 3. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2113  to
read as follows:
  S 2113. INFECTIOUS AND COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; NOTIFICATION PROTOCOL FOR
SCHOOL-AGED  CHILDREN. NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED TEN OF
THIS TITLE, THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF  ONE
MILLION OR MORE. 1. WHERE A SCHOOL-AGED PATIENT IS REGISTERED FOR TREAT-
MENT,  ADMITTED  WITH  AN INFECTIOUS OR COMMUNICABLE DISEASE OR ADMITTED
FOR OBSERVATION TO RULE OUT AN INFECTIOUS OR COMMUNICABLE DISEASE,  SUCH
HOSPITAL  SHALL  NOTIFY  THE  LOCAL  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IMMEDIATELY AS
REQUIRED BY SECTION TWENTY-ONE HUNDRED ONE OF THIS TITLE. IN A CITY WITH
A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, HOSPITALS SHALL CONTACT THE DEPART-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03292-01-5

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2015-A6427A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§230-e, 2805-x & 2113, amd §2101, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3548
2011-2012: A3198
2013-2014: A4729
2017-2018: A352
2019-2020: A6023
2021-2022: A1615
2023-2024: A6472

2015-A6427A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that hospital admission registration forms include the name of school attended by school-aged patients; provides a protocol for notification to parents.

2015-A6427A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 6427--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 24, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. PERRY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GALEF,
  HOOPER, PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on
  Health  --  recommitted  to the Committee on Health in accordance with
  Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  requiring  physi-
  cians  and  hospitals  to  obtain  the  name of the school attended by
  school-aged patients and to include this information in  their  admis-
  sion registration forms

  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  section
230-e to read as follows:
  S  230-E. REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS. EVERY PHYSICIAN SHALL INQUIRE AND
DOCUMENT AS PART OF HIS  OR  HER  PATIENT  REGISTRATION,  THE  NAME  AND
ADDRESS  OF THE SCHOOL ATTENDED BY SUCH PHYSICIAN'S SCHOOL-AGED PATIENTS
AND INCLUDE SUCH INFORMATION IN THE PATIENTS' MEDICAL REGISTRATION FORM.
  S 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new  section  2805-y
to read as follows:
  S  2805-Y.  ADMISSION REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS. ALL GENERAL HOSPITALS
SHALL INQUIRE AND DOCUMENT THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE  SCHOOL  ATTENDED
BY  SCHOOL-AGED PATIENTS UPON ADMISSION, AND INCLUDE SUCH INFORMATION ON
THE HOSPITALS' ADMISSION REGISTRATION FORM.
  S 3. This act shall take effect one year after the date upon which  it
shall have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03292-03-6

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