Requires physicians and hospitals to obtain the name of the school attended by school-aged patients and to include this information in their admission registration forms.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A7153
SPONSOR: Chandler-Waterman TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring physi-
cians and hospitals to obtain the name of the school attended by school-
aged patients and to include this information in their admission regis-
tration forms
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring physi-
cians and hospitals to obtain the name of the school attended by school-
aged patients and to include this information in their admission regis-
tration forms,
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
§ 230-f. Registration requirements. Every physician shall inquire and
document as part of his or her patient registration, the name and
address of the school attended by such physician's school-aged patients
and include such information in the patients' medical registration form,
§ _2805-aa. Admission registration requirements. All general hospitals
shall inquire and document the name and address of the school attended
by school-aged patients upon admission and include such information on
the hospitals' admission registration form.
JUSTIFICATION:
The cases of young children within school serve as the basis for this
bill as it will emphasize the significance for the need for health prac-
titioners to be more responsive in alerting the affected community of
their potential exposure to infectious diseases, and of immediate
preventative measures.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2024-2025: A6472 Referred to health
2019-2020: A6023, 55618
2017-2018: A352, S2113
2015-2016: A6427, 58085
2013-2014: A4729
2011-2012: A3198
2009-2010: A3548
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
Please see fiscal note
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect one year after the date upon which it shall
have become a law.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7153
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 21, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. CHANDLER-WATERMAN -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring physi-
cians and hospitals to obtain the name of the school attended by
school-aged patients and to include this information in their admis-
sion registration forms
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
2 230-f to read as follows:
3 § 230-f. Registration requirements. Every physician shall inquire and
4 document as part of such physician's patient registration, the name and
5 address of the school attended by such physician's school-aged patients
6 and include such information in the patients' medical registration form.
7 § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2805-aa
8 to read as follows:
9 § 2805-aa. Admission registration requirements. All general hospitals
10 shall inquire and document the name and address of the school attended
11 by school-aged patients upon admission, and include such information on
12 the hospitals' admission registration form.
13 § 3. This act shall take effect one year after the date upon which it
14 shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07467-01-5
