Assembly Bill A203

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires hospitals to develop a violence prevention program

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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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2025-A203 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2832, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10733
2019-2020: A6728
2021-2022: A4848, A9910
2023-2024: A474

2025-A203 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires hospitals to establish a violence prevention program consistent with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services conditions of participation regarding emergency events and the workplace violence standards of any accrediting organization by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under which such hospital maintains accreditation.

2025-A203 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    203
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CRUZ,  DINOWITZ,  SEAWRIGHT -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  requiring  hospi-
   tals to develop a violence prevention program

   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
 2832 to read as follows:
   §  2832. VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM. 1.  EVERY GENERAL HOSPITAL SHALL
 ESTABLISH A VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM CONSISTENT WITH THE CENTERS  FOR
 MEDICARE  AND  MEDICAID  SERVICES  CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION REGARDING
 EMERGENCY EVENTS (42 C.F.R § 482.15(D)(1) AND 24  C.F.R  482.15(A))  AND
 THE  WORKPLACE VIOLENCE STANDARDS OF ANY ACCREDITING ORGANIZATION BY THE
 CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES  UNDER  WHICH  SUCH  HOSPITAL
 MAINTAINS  ACCREDITATION PROVIDED HOWEVER, SUCH STANDARDS ARE COMPARABLE
 TO THOSE ESTABLISHED BY THE JOINT COMMISSION ON  HEALTH  CARE  ORGANIZA-
 TIONS.
   2.  GENERAL HOSPITALS LOCATED IN A CITY OR COUNTY WITH A POPULATION OF
 ONE MILLION OR MORE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE OFF-DUTY  LAW
 ENFORCEMENT  OFFICER  OR  TRAINED  SECURITY  PERSONNEL BE PRESENT AT ALL
 TIMES IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, EXCEPT IN EMERGENT CIRCUMSTANCES THAT
 REQUIRE A LARGE SECURITY PRESENCE ELSEWHERE IN THE FACILITY.
   3. GENERAL HOSPITALS LOCATED IN A CITY OR  COUNTY  WITH  A  POPULATION
 LESS  THAN  ONE  MILLION SHALL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE OFF-DUTY
 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR TRAINED SECURITY PERSONNEL ON PREMISES AT ALL
 TIMES IN A MANNER THAT PRIORITIZES PHYSICAL  PRESENCE  NEAR,  OR  WITHIN
 CLOSE  PROXIMITY  TO,  THE  EMERGENCY  DEPARTMENT  OF SUCH HOSPITAL WITH
 DIRECT RESPONSIBILITY TO THE EMERGENCY  DEPARTMENT.  THE  PROVISIONS  OF
 THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  NOT  APPLY  TO GENERAL HOSPITALS DESIGNATED AS
 CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITALS, SOLE COMMUNITY HOSPITALS OR  RURAL  EMERGENCY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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