Assembly Bill A7379

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to procedures by health care providers to detect elder abuse or maltreatment in their patients

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  • 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

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2017-A7379 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2136
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 19 §§1900 - 1901, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S6925

2017-A7379 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of health to develop screening tools and procedures to be used by health care providers to detect elder abuse or maltreatment in their patients.

2017-A7379 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7379
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 25, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  screening  for
   elder abuse and maltreatment
 
   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 article 19
 to read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 19
                  ELDER ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT SCREENING
 SECTION 1900. LEGISLATIVE PURPOSE.
         1901. ELDER ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT SCREENING.
   § 1900. LEGISLATIVE PURPOSE. THE CORRELATION BETWEEN ELDER  ABUSE  AND
 MALTREATMENT  WITH  INCREASED HOSPITALIZATIONS, ADMISSIONS AND MORTALITY
 HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED FOR INCREASED MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS, PARTICULARLY AS
 NEW YORK CONTINUES TO IMPLEMENT NATIONAL HEALTHCARE REFORM  INITIATIVES.
 A  SCREENING  TOOL, TO BE UTILIZED BY MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AT IMPORTANT
 JUNCTURES IN THE LIVES OF THOSE SIXTY YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER, PRESENTS A
 SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITY FOR TRUSTED MEDICAL PROVIDERS TO  HELP  IDENTIFY
 HIGH RISK PATIENTS AND HELP TO ENSURE THEIR CONTINUED HEALTH AND SAFETY.
   §  1901.  ELDER  ABUSE AND MALTREATMENT SCREENING. 1. THE COMMISSIONER
 SHALL ESTABLISH A SCREENING TOOL TO IDENTIFY ABUSE IN  ELDERLY  INDIVID-
 UALS.  PHYSICIANS,  PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS AND NURSE PRACTITIONERS MAY USE
 THE TOOL TO ASSIST IN IDENTIFYING ABUSE OR MALTREATMENT IN THEIR ELDERLY
 PATIENTS DURING THE COURSE OF TREATMENT INCLUDING, BUT NOT  LIMITED  TO,
 ANNUAL  PHYSICAL EXAMS OR AS PART OF PATIENT SCREENING UNDER THE UNIFORM
 ASSESSMENT SYSTEM FOR LONG TERM CARE AS ESTABLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
   2. THE SCREENING TOOL SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   A. A UNIFORM INTERVENTION QUESTIONNAIRE WITH A COMMON SCALE  THAT  CAN
 BE USED ACROSS HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENTS AND POPULATIONS TO ASSIST IN THE
 IDENTIFICATION OF HIGH RISK PATIENTS;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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