NY State Senate Bill 2015-S8085

Senate Bill S8085

2015-2016 Legislative Session

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

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Jun 10, 2016	referred to rules

2015-S8085 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6427
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add §§230-e & 2805-y, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: A3548
2011-2012: A3198
2013-2014: A4729
2017-2018: S2113, A352
2019-2020: S5618, A6023
2021-2022: S213, A1615
2023-2024: A6472

2015-S8085 (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-S8085 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S8085

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring
physicians and hospitals to obtain the name of the school attended by
school-aged patients and to include this information in their
admission registration forms

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

This bill provides that hospital, medical clinics, and private
practice physicians' offices include a request for the name of the
current school attendance of their patients.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

This bill would add a new section 230-e to the public health law, to
require physicians to request and record the name and address of the
school attended by school-aged patients as part of the registration
process and include that information in the patients' medical
registration form.

This bill would additionally add a new section 2805-y to the public
health law, to require hospitals and medical clinics to request, upon
treatment of patients who are currently enrolled in school, the name

of the school that said patient attends and to include the same in the
patient's records.

 JUSTIFICATION :

The death of 12 year-old Omar Rivera, who attended I.S. 211 in
Brooklyn, from the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus,
commonly known as MRSA, and the increasing number of reported infected
students across the state, illustrates the need for health
practitioners to be more responsive in alerting the affected community
of their potential exposure to infectious diseases, and of immediate
preventative.

This bill seeks to do just that, in a responsive, responsible way.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

This is a new bill

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None Noted

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect one year after the date upon which it shall
have become law.

2015-S8085 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  8085

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 10, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  FELDER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

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.
                                                           LBD03292-04-6

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