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NY A02491
Bill
Status
1/17/2025
Primary Sponsor
Scott Bendett
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AI Summary
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Requires every nursing home patient to have access to a telephone capable of making local and long-distance calls in their room or at their bedside, depending on the patient's mobility
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Amends Section 2803-c of the Public Health Law by adding this as a new patient right (paragraph s)
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Grants the Commissioner authority to promulgate regulations governing implementation of this telephone access requirement
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Takes effect 180 days after becoming law, with rule-making authority granted immediately to allow timely implementation
Legislative Description
Relates to requiring telephones capable of making local and long-distance telephone calls be in every nursing home patient's room, either at such patient's bedside or in the patient's room depending on the patient's mobility.
Last Action
enacting clause stricken
2/4/2025