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NY A06052
Bill
Status
Passed
12/7/2022
Primary Sponsor
Jennifer Lunsford
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AI Summary
- Requires residential health care facilities to update all residents, authorized family members, and guardians within twelve hours of detecting an infection in a resident or staff member
- Maintains existing requirement for daily updates to family members and guardians of infected residents and weekly facility-wide infection and death count updates
- Permits residents, family members, and guardians to select electronic or other communication methods for receiving infection notifications
- Requires facilities to develop a plan or procedure for designating a separate cohort area during infectious disease outbreaks, including creation of a designated infectious disease care unit
- Takes effect sixty days after becoming law
Legislative Description
Requires residential health care facilities to update residents, authorized family members, and guardians of residents of the presence of an infection and to have in their pandemic emergency plan a plan or procedure for designating a separate cohort area.
Last Action
approval memo.34
12/7/2022
Committee Referrals
Health3/9/2021
Rules3/9/2021
Health3/5/2021
Full Bill Text
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