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NY A01967
Bill
Status
1/14/2025
Primary Sponsor
Amy Paulin
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AI Summary
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Grants nursing home patients and assisted living residents (or their lawful representatives if lacking capacity) the right to install, operate, and maintain electronic monitoring devices in their rooms at their own expense
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Restricts video capture to only the patient's or resident's personal space, defined as the area including and immediately surrounding their bed, furniture, equipment, and possessions
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Requires written consent from all roommate patients or residents (or their lawful representatives) before audio recording can be enabled; without consent, devices may only capture silent video
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Mandates nursing home facility administrators maintain a report of electronic monitoring device installations and all required consents as part of patient records
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Takes effect 30 days after becoming law
Legislative Description
Relates to the use of electronic monitoring devices to monitor residents in assisted living residences and patients in nursing homes; requires consent from roommates to such electronic monitoring.
Last Action
ordered to third reading cal.76
1/7/2026