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NY A01475
Bill
Status
2/14/2025
Primary Sponsor
Christopher Burdick
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AI Summary
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Requires general hospitals to obtain and record information during patient intake and registration to determine whether a patient needs a reasonable accommodation for a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act
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Gives the Department of Health authority to specify through regulation or guidance what information hospitals must collect regarding disability accommodations
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Replaces specific statutory questionnaire language from a 2024 law with broader departmental discretion over the intake questions
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Preserves patient right to decline answering disability-related inquiries
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Extends the effective date of the underlying 2024 disability accommodation law from 90 days to 180 days after enactment
Legislative Description
Requires hospitals record information during intake and registration if a patient requires a disability accommodation; allows such patient to decline such request for information.
Last Action
signed chap.48
2/14/2025