S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2002
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring residen-
   tial health care facilities to notify certain persons of a  contagious
   or  infectious  disease in the facility and where a list of violations
   the facility has received can be found

   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
 2803-z to read as follows:
   § 2803-Z. NOTIFICATION OF THE PRESENCE OF A CONTAGIOUS  OR  INFECTIOUS
 DISEASE. THE OPERATOR OF A RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY SHALL NOTIFY
 ALL  RESIDENTS  AND THEIR DESIGNATED CONTACTS WITHIN TWELVE HOURS OF THE
 PRESENCE OF A CONTAGIOUS OR INFECTIOUS DISEASE IN THE FACILITY.
   § 2. Section 2803 of the public health law is amended by adding a  new
 subdivision 13 to read as follows:
   13. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REQUIRE EACH RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACIL-
 ITY  PROVIDE  RESIDENTS  AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH A SEPARATE DOCUMENT, AS
 PART OF AN INTAKE APPLICATION, ADVISING, IN NO  LESS  THAN  TWELVE-POINT
 FONT,  WHERE ONLINE THE POTENTIAL RESIDENT AND THEIR FAMILY CAN LOCATE A
 LIST OF ANY VIOLATIONS THE FACILITY HAS RECEIVED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2002--B
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. GOTTFRIED, DINOWITZ, BRONSON, GONZALEZ-ROJAS,
   JACOBSON, CUSICK, STECK, ANDERSON, SIMON -- read once and referred  to
   the Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted  to  said  committee -- again
   reported from said committee with  amendments,  ordered  reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  health  law,  in  relation to requiring
   infection updates and infection control planning in residential health
   care facilities
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Clause (A) of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivi-
 sion  12  of  section 2803 of the public health law, as added by chapter
 114 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   (A) to update authorized family  members  and  guardians  of  infected
 residents at least once per day and upon a change in a resident's condi-
 tion  and  at  least  once a week to update all residents and authorized
 families and guardians on the number of infections  and  deaths  at  the
 facility,  AND  TO  UPDATE ALL RESIDENTS, AUTHORIZED FAMILY MEMBERS, AND
 GUARDIANS OF RESIDENTS AT  THE  FACILITY  WITHIN  TWELVE  HOURS  OF  THE
 DETECTION OF THE PRESENCE OF AN INFECTION BY A RESIDENT OR STAFF MEMBER,
 by  electronic  or such other means as may be selected by each RESIDENT,
 authorized family member or guardian; and
   § 2. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 12  of  section
 2803  of  the public health law is amended by adding a new clause (C) to
 read as follows:
   (C) A PLAN OR PROCEDURE DESIGNATING A SEPARATE COHORT AREA  DURING  AN
 INFECTIOUS  DISEASE OUTBREAK IN THE RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY FOR
 THE SEPARATION OF RESIDENTS THAT  ARE  SUSPECTED  OF  BEING  INFECTIOUS,
 INCLUDING THE CREATION OF A DESIGNATED INFECTIOUS DISEASE CARE UNIT; AND
   §  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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