Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 10, 2022 |
held for consideration in health |
Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to health |
Feb 16, 2021 |
referred to health |
Assembly Bill A5446
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
LAWLER
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Michael Durso
Jodi Giglio
Joe DeStefano
John Salka
multi-Sponsors
Joe Angelino
2021-A5446 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-A5446 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5446 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 16, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LAWLER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring the department of health to post on its website certain data relating to COVID-19 cases in hospitals and nursing homes 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 206-c to read as follows: § 206-C. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO COVID-19 DATA. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOW- ING MEANINGS: (A) "HOSPITAL" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED BY SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED ONE OF THIS CHAPTER, AND SHALL INCLUDE ANY TEMPORARY HEALTH CARE FACILITY IN NEW YORK STATE ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE OR FEDERAL GOVERN- MENT IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC OR ANY OTHER PANDEMIC-RELATED RESPONSE. (B) "NURSING HOME" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS DEFINED BY SECTION TWENTY- EIGHT HUNDRED ONE OF THIS CHAPTER. 2. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL COMPILE AND POST ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE IN A CONSPICUOUS LOCATION AND IN A FORMAT CAPABLE OF DOWNLOAD IN A SPREADSHEET FORMAT, THE FOLLOWING DATA ON A WEEKLY BASIS: (A) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 AND DEATHS RESULT- ING FROM COVID-19 IN NURSING HOMES IN NEW YORK STATE; (B) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WITH A CONFIRMED CASE OF COVID-19 TRANSFERRED FROM A NURSING HOME TO A HOSPITAL IN NEW YORK STATE; (C) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CONFIRMED DEATHS OF INDIVIDUALS TRANSFERRED FROM A NURSING HOME TO A HOSPITAL RESULTING FROM A CONFIRMED CASE OF COVID-19; AND (D) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WITH A CONFIRMED CASE OF COVID-19 DISCHARGED FROM A HOSPITAL TO A NURSING HOME. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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