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NY A05635

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

2/18/2025

Primary Sponsor

Phara Souffrant Forrest

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Amends Public Health Law section 2803-c to establish a new patient right requiring every nursing home patient have access to a telephone capable of making local and long-distance calls
  • Telephone must be provided at the patient's bedside or in their room, with placement determined by the patient's mobility level
  • Commissioner of Health authorized to promulgate regulations governing implementation of this requirement
  • Takes effect 180 days after becoming law, with immediate authorization for regulatory agencies to develop necessary rules before the effective date

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

referred to health

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Health2/18/2025

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