Senate Bill S8666A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires hospitals to ask patients if they have a disability that requires accommodation under The Americans with Disabilities Act

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Current Bill Status Via A8560 - Passed Senate

  • 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-S8666 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8560
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2803-t, Pub Health L

2023-S8666 - Summary

Requires hospitals to ask patients if they have a disability that requires accommodation under The Americans with Disabilities Act on patient intake forms and what reasonable accommodations are required.

2023-S8666 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8666 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8666
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 28, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. MANNION -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  requiring  health
   care  professionals  to  ask  patients  if they have a disability that
   requires accommodation under The Americans with Disabilities Act

   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
 18-c to read as follows:
   § 18-C. PATIENT INFORMATION FORMS. 1. EACH  HEALTH  CARE  PROFESSIONAL
 LICENSED,  REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCA-
 TION LAW SHALL INCLUDE ON THEIR PATIENT INTAKE FORMS THE FOLLOWING QUES-
 TIONS:
   (A) DOES THE PATIENT HAVE A  DISABILITY  THAT  REQUIRES  ACCOMMODATION
 UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT?
   (B) IF SO, WHAT IS THE NATURE OF THE PATIENT'S DISABILITY?
   (C)  IS THE PATIENT REQUESTING A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION, AND, IF SO,
 WHAT IS THE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION REQUESTED?
   2. NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL REQUIRE  A  PATIENT  TO  ANSWER  THE
 INQUIRIES ABOUT A DISABILITY IF THEY WISH NOT TO DO SO.
   3.  EACH  HEALTH  CARE  PROFESSIONAL LICENSED, REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED
 PURSUANT TO TITLE EIGHT OF THE EDUCATION LAW SHALL NOTIFY THE DEPARTMENT
 OF EDUCATION THAT THEY HAVE COMPLIED WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION
 WITHIN SIX MONTHS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF  THIS  SECTION.  A  HEALTH
 CARE  PROFESSIONAL  ENTERING  INTO  PRACTICE AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
 THIS SECTION SHALL NOTIFY THE DEPARTMENT OF  EDUCATION  THAT  THEY  HAVE
 COMPLIED WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION WITHIN SIX MONTHS AFTER THE
 HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL COMMENCES PRACTICE IN THIS STATE. A GROUP PRAC-
 TICE  MAY  PROVIDE  SUCH NOTICE FOR ALL HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS IN THE
 GROUP PRACTICE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13332-01-3

2023-S8666A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8560
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2803-t, Pub Health L

2023-S8666A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires hospitals to ask patients if they have a disability that requires accommodation under The Americans with Disabilities Act on patient intake forms and what reasonable accommodations are required.

2023-S8666A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8666A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8666--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 28, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. MANNION -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Health  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring hospi-
   tals to ask patients if they have a disability that requires  accommo-
   dation under The Americans with Disabilities Act
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 2803-t of the public  health  law,  as  amended  by
 chapter 92 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   §  2803-t.  Preadmission  information.  1.  Any hospital that provides
 preadmission information to a patient, shall offer a blind  or  visually
 impaired patient a large print version or, at the patient's or patient's
 representative's  request,  an  audio recording, to be made available to
 such patient or such patient's representative on compact disc  or  other
 medium  as  the  hospital may offer, or as an electronically transmitted
 digital file, in addition to a written copy of any preadmission informa-
 tion.
   2. EACH HOSPITAL  SHALL  INCLUDE  A  DISABILITY  ACCOMMODATIONS  NEEDS
 ASSESSMENT  ON  THEIR  PATIENT INTAKE FORMS. THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT AND
 QUESTIONS RELATED TO A PATIENT'S DISABILITY ACCOMMODATIONS NEEDS ASSESS-
 MENT SHALL READ AS FOLLOWS:
   "PLEASE NOTE, THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS REGARDING YOUR DISABILITY STATUS
 ARE VOLUNTARY AND YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IF YOU DO
 NOT WISH TO.
   (A) DOES THE PATIENT HAVE A  DISABILITY  THAT  REQUIRES  ACCOMMODATION
 UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT?
   (B) IF SO, WHAT IS THE NATURE OF THE PATIENT'S DISABILITY?
   (C) IS THE PATIENT REQUESTING A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION?
   (D) IF SO, WHAT IS THE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION REQUESTED?
   (E) DOES THE PATIENT WISH TO DISCUSS ACCOMMODATIONS WITH THEIR HEALTH-
 CARE PROVIDER?"
   3.  NOTHING  CONTAINED  HEREIN  SHALL  REQUIRE A PATIENT TO ANSWER THE
 INQUIRIES ABOUT A DISABILITY IF THEY WISH NOT TO DO SO.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.

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