Assembly Bill A2734

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires hospitals and residential health care facilities to have a three-month supply of personal protective equipment in stock on the premises

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A2734 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2803, add §2801-i, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A7915

2023-A2734 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires hospitals and residential health care facilities to have a three-month supply of personal protective equipment in stock on the premises; requires the department of health to conduct an annual audit of the availability of such personal protective equipment in hospitals and residential health care facilities.

2023-A2734 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2734
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. J. A. GIGLIO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  requiring  hospi-
   tals  and  residential  health  care  facilities to have a three-month
   supply of personal protective equipment in stock on the  premises  and
   requiring  the  department of health to conduct an annual audit of the
   availability of such personal protective equipment  in  hospitals  and
   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 (B) of subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of  subdi-
 vision  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:
   (B) a plan for such residential health care facility  to  maintain  or
 contract  to  have at least a [two-month] THREE-MONTH supply of personal
 protective equipment; and
   § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new  section  2801-i
 to read as follows:
   §  2801-I.  PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. 1. EVERY HOSPITAL AND RESI-
 DENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY SHALL HAVE AT LEAST A THREE-MONTH SUPPLY OF
 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT IN STOCK ON THE PREMISES.
   2. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CONDUCT AN ANNUAL AUDIT TO  ENSURE  COMPLIANCE
 WITH  THIS  SECTION  AND  TO MAINTAIN AN ACCURATE ACCOUNTING OF PERSONAL
 PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT INVENTORY AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE  STATE.  IN  THE
 EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY WHERE A HOSPITAL OR RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACIL-
 ITY  DOES  NOT HAVE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT,
 THE DEPARTMENT MAY DIRECT A HOSPITAL OR RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY
 TO PROVIDE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT TO ANOTHER HOSPITAL OR RESIDEN-
 TIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY IN THE  STATE;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  THE
 DEPARTMENT  SHALL  REIMBURSE  THE  HOSPITAL  OR  RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE
 FACILITY FOR ANY  PERSONAL  PROTECTIVE  EQUIPMENT  PROVIDED  TO  ANOTHER
 HOSPITAL  OR  RESIDENTIAL  HEALTH CARE FACILITY AND SHALL REPLENISH SUCH
 ITEMS.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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