Assembly Bill A6472

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires physicians and hospitals to obtain the name of the school attended by school-aged patients and to include this information in their admission registration forms

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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-A6472 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§230-f & 2805-aa, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3548
2011-2012: A3198
2013-2014: A4729
2015-2016: A6427
2017-2018: A352
2019-2020: A6023
2021-2022: A1615

2023-A6472 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires physicians and hospitals to obtain the name of the school attended by school-aged patients and to include this information in their admission registration forms.

2023-A6472 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6472
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 11, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. CHANDLER-WATERMAN -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  requiring  physi-
   cians  and  hospitals  to  obtain  the  name of the school attended by
   school-aged patients and to include this information in  their  admis-
   sion registration forms

   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
 230-f to read as follows:
   §  230-F. REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS. EVERY PHYSICIAN SHALL INQUIRE AND
 DOCUMENT AS PART OF HIS  OR  HER  PATIENT  REGISTRATION,  THE  NAME  AND
 ADDRESS  OF THE SCHOOL ATTENDED BY SUCH PHYSICIAN'S SCHOOL-AGED PATIENTS
 AND INCLUDE SUCH INFORMATION IN THE PATIENTS' MEDICAL REGISTRATION FORM.
   § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section  2805-aa
 to read as follows:
   §  2805-AA. ADMISSION REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS. ALL GENERAL HOSPITALS
 SHALL INQUIRE AND DOCUMENT THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE  SCHOOL  ATTENDED
 BY  SCHOOL-AGED PATIENTS UPON ADMISSION, AND INCLUDE SUCH INFORMATION ON
 THE HOSPITALS' ADMISSION REGISTRATION FORM.
   § 3. This act shall take effect one year after the date upon which  it
 shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02633-01-3

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