Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|
---|---|
Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to health |
Jan 07, 2015 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S334
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health 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
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
2015-S334 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S334 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S334 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the public health law, in relation to patient rights PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : The purpose of this bill is to ensure that immediate hospitalization is given to any person in need, regardless of legal status, as well as to inform patients of their rights in such circumstances. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2801-i that mandates the posting of Patients' rights in cases of immediate hospitalization. A sign, no less than eight and one-half inches by fourteen inches must be posted conspicuously stating that "each patient shall have the right to emergency treatment regardless of age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, source of payment, or immigration status. No patient shall be required to answer questions prior to providing treatment concerning their insurance or method of payment." Subdivision 1 of section 2805-b of the public health law is amended so that all general hospitals which provide emergency services may not inquire as to the patient's immigration status prior to providing treatment. Nor shall the patient be required to answer questions relating to his or her immigration status after treatment is provided.
2015-S334 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 334 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sens. ESPAILLAT, KRUEGER, MONTGOMERY, PERKINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to patient rights 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 2801-i to read as follows: S 2801-I. PATIENT RIGHTS TO BE POSTED. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REQUIRE ALL GENERAL HOSPITALS, WHICH PROVIDE EMERGENCY SERVICES, TO CONSPICUOUS- LY POST IN A PROMINENT AND VISIBLE AREA A SIGN WHICH SHALL BE NO SMALLER THAN EIGHT AND ONE-HALF INCHES BY FOURTEEN INCHES AND WHICH SHALL CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGE: "PATIENTS' RIGHTS IN CASE OF IMMEDIATE HOSPITALIZATION EACH PATIENT SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO EMERGENCY TREATMENT REGARDLESS OF AGE, RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, SOURCE OF PAYMENT, OR IMMIGRATION STATUS. NO PATIENT SHALL BE REQUIRED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS CONCERNING THEIR INSURANCE OR METHOD OF PAYMENT PRIOR TO RECEIVING TREATMENT." S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 2805-b of the public health law, as amended by chapter 121 of the laws of 1987, is amended to read as follows: 1. Every general hospital shall admit any person who is in need of immediate hospitalization with all convenient speed and shall not before admission question the patient or any member of his or her family concerning insurance, credit or payment of charges, OR THE IMMIGRATION STATUS OF THE PATIENT, provided[, however,] that the patient or a member of his or her family shall agree to supply such information promptly after the patient's admission WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT THE PATIENT SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS RELATING TO HIS OR HER IMMIGRATION EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
Comments
Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.
Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.
Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.