Assembly Bill A4227

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires hospitals to provide certain information to patients who have suffered a traumatic brain injury

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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
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A4227 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2803-bb, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A9126

2023-A4227 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires hospitals to provide information on care and resources for brain injuries to patients who have suffered a traumatic brain injury and to also provide such information to a patient's family and/or caregivers.

2023-A4227 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4227
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. RA -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  requiring  hospi-
   tals  to  provide  certain information to patients who have suffered a
   traumatic brain injury
 
   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-bb to read as follows:
   § 2803-BB. TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION. 1. FOR THE
 PURPOSES OF THIS  SECTION,  "TRAUMATIC  BRAIN  INJURY"  SHALL  MEAN  ANY
 ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY RESULTING FROM SUDDEN TRAUMA CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE
 BRAIN.
   2.  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL DESIGN AN INFORMATIONAL PACKET ABOUT TRAU-
 MATIC BRAIN INJURIES AND  SHALL  REQUIRE  THAT  EVERY  GENERAL  HOSPITAL
 DISTRIBUTE  SUCH  PACKET  TO  ALL  PATIENTS,  CAREGIVERS,  AND FAMILY OF
 PATIENTS WHO HAVE SUFFERED A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.
   3. SUCH PACKET SHALL INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO,  INFORMATION
 REGARDING  SHORT-TERM  AND  LONG-TERM  CARE  OPTIONS FOR TRAUMATIC BRAIN
 INJURY PATIENTS, RESOURCES FOR OBTAINING SUCH  CARE,  AND  CURRENT  BEST
 PRACTICES  ON  POST-TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY CARE AND REHABILITATION. SUCH
 PACKET SHALL  ADDITIONALLY,  WHEREVER  PRACTICABLE,  AVOID  THE  USE  OF
 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY AND INSTEAD USE WORDS WITH COMMON AND EVERYDAY MEAN-
 INGS  TO FACILITATE UNDERSTANDING. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED WITHIN SAID
 PACKET SHALL ALSO BE POSTED ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE.
   4. IN PREPARING THE INFORMATION REGARDING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES  AS
 PROVIDED  IN THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CONSULT WITH APPROPRI-
 ATE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS AND THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ENSURE THAT THE
 INFORMATION IS MAINTAINED AND UPDATED TO REFLECT FUTURE CHANGES TO CLIN-
 ICAL GUIDELINES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08873-01-3

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