Assembly Bill A2989

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires the commissioner of health to notify patients who have been exposed to a communicable disease; and includes exposure to a communicable disease

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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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2019-A2989 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §206, Pub Health L; amd §6530, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A1886
2015-2016: A1654
2017-2018: A1314

2019-A2989 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the duties of the commissioner of public health to include notifying the patient or patients of a health care provider if such health care provider is determined to have exposed such patient or patients to a communicable disease through reckless conduct; includes exposing patients to a communicable disease due to reckless conduct in the definition of professional medical malpractice.

2019-A2989 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2989
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 28, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, MOSLEY, RIVERA, GALEF, OTIS, ABINANTI,
   RAIA,  BARCLAY,  MONTESANO  --  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ARROYO,
   COOK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  expanding  the
   duties of the commissioner of health to notify the patient or patients
   of  a  health care provider if such health care provider is determined
   to have exposed such patient or patients  to  a  communicable  disease
   through  reckless conduct; and to amend the education law, in relation
   to including exposing patients to a communicable disease due to  reck-
   less conduct in the definition of professional medical malpractice
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 206 of the public  health  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (w) to read as follows:
   (W)  NOTIFY  THE PATIENT OR PATIENTS OF A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER IF SUCH
 HEALTH CARE PROVIDER IS DETERMINED  TO  HAVE  EXPOSED  SUCH  PATIENT  OR
 PATIENTS  TO A COMMUNICABLE DISEASE THROUGH RECKLESS CONDUCT, INCLUDING,
 BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE REUSE OF A SYRINGE, NEEDLE OR OTHER SHARP.
   § 2. Section 6530 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 50 to read as follows:
   50.  EXPOSING  PATIENTS  TO  A  COMMUNICABLE  DISEASE  DUE TO RECKLESS
 CONDUCT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE REUSE OF A  SYRINGE,  NEEDLE
 OR OTHER SHARP.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06167-01-9

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