NY State Senate Bill 2025-S2675

Senate Bill S2675

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires hospitals record information during intake and registration if a patient requires a disability accommodation

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Current Bill Status - On Floor Calendar

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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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 27, 2025	ordered to third reading cal.158
Jan 22, 2025	referred to rules

Votes

- Jan 27, 2025 - Rules Committee Vote
  S2675
  
  19
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jan 27, 2025
      
      aye (19)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Comrie
      
      Fernandez
      
      Gianaris
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Krueger
      
      Liu
      
      Mayer
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Lanza
      
      excused (1)
      
      Gallivan

2025-S2675 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1475
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §2803-t, Pub Health L; amd §2, Chap of 2024 (as proposed in S.8666-A & A.8560-A)

2025-S2675 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires hospitals record information during intake and registration if a patient requires a disability accommodation; allows such patient to decline such request for information.

2025-S2675 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S2675

SPONSOR: FAHY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring  general
hospitals to obtain and record certain information during the intake and
registration of a patient, and to amend a chapter of the laws of 2024
amending the public health law relating to requiring hospitals to ask
patients if they have a disability that requires accommodation under The
Americans with Disabilities Act, as proposed in legislative bills
numbers S. 8666-A and A. 8560-A, in relation to the effectiveness there-
of

 
PURPOSE:

This is a chapter amendment that makes changes to provisions of L.2024,
c.624, to require general hospitals to obtain and record certain infor-
mation during the intake and registration of a patient

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

This legislation amends the underlying chapter by removing the require-
ment for hospitals, rehabilitation facilities, and nursing homes to
include a disability accommodation needs assessment on patient intake
forms. It replaces it with the requirement for general hospitals to
obtain and record information during the intake and registration process
to determine whether a patient requires a reasonable accommodation for a
disability. Lastly, it extends the effective date from 90 to 180 days
after becoming law, to give the Department of Health more time to circu-
late the guidance and hospitals time to ensure compliance with the guid-
ance.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This legislation is a negotiated change to the underlying chapter.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

Chapter Amendment to Chapter 624 of the Laws of 2024. S.8666-A and
A.8560-A both passed the Senate and Assembly in June and May 2024,
respectively.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that section
one of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the public health law
relating to requiring hospitals to ask patients if they have a disabili-
ty that requires accommodation under The Americans with Disabilities
Act, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.  8666-A and A. 8560-A,
takes effect.

2025-S2675 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2675
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 22, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  FAHY  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring  general
   hospitals to obtain and record certain information during  the  intake
   and  registration  of a patient, and to amend a chapter of the laws of
   2024 amending the public health law relating to requiring hospitals to
   ask patients if they have a  disability  that  requires  accommodation
   under  The Americans with Disabilities Act, as proposed in legislative
   bills numbers S. 8666-A and A. 8560-A, in relation to  the  effective-
   ness thereof
 
   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  a
 chapter  of  the laws of 2024 amending the public health law relating to
 requiring hospitals to ask patients  if  they  have  a  disability  that
 requires  accommodation  under  The  Americans with Disabilities Act, as
 proposed in legislative bills  numbers  S.  8666-A  and  A.  8560-A,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   §  2803-t.  Preadmission  information.  1.  Any  GENERAL 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 preadmis-
 sion information.
   2.  Each  GENERAL hospital, DURING THE INTAKE AND REGISTRATION OF EACH
 PATIENT, shall [include a]  OBTAIN AND RECORD INFORMATION  AS  SPECIFIED
 BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  IN REGULATION OR GUIDANCE TO DETERMINE WHETHER SUCH
 PATIENT REQUIRES A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION FOR A  disability  [accommo-
 dations  needs  assessment  on their patient intake forms. The following

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02722-01-5

 S. 2675                             2

 statement and questions related to a patient's disability accommodations
 needs assessment 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.  Section  2 of a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the public
 health law relating to requiring hospitals to ask patients if they  have
 a  disability that requires accommodation under The Americans with Disa-
 bilities Act, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8666-A and  A.
 8560-A, is amended to read as follows:
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the [ninetieth] ONE HUNDRED EIGHT-
 IETH day after it shall have become a law.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
 section  one  of  this act shall take effect on the same date and in the
 same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the public  health
 law relating to requiring hospitals to ask patients if they have a disa-
 bility that requires accommodation under The Americans with Disabilities
 Act,  as  proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8666-A and A. 8560-A,
 takes effect.

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