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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         746--A
                                                                  Cal. No. 7
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 9, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL,  MILLMAN,  JAFFEE,  COOK, MAISEL,
          BOYLAND, WEPRIN, GOTTFRIED -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.  of  A.  GLICK,
          JACOBS, SWEENEY, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee

          on  Health  --  reported  from committee, advanced to a third reading,
          amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place  on  the  order  of
          third reading
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public health law, in relation to providing all
          blind and visually impaired patients with a large  print  version  or,
          upon  request of the patient, with an audio recording of the discharge
          plan and preadmission information
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 2803-i of the public health law is
     2  renumbered  subdivision  10  and a new subdivision 9 is added to read as
     3  follows:
     4    9. Upon discharge of a blind or visually impaired patient, a  hospital
     5  shall  offer  to  provide  the patient's discharge plan in a large print

     6  version or, at the patient's or patient's representative's  request,  as
     7  an  audio  recording,  to  be  made  available  to  such patient or such
     8  patient's representative on compact disc or other medium as the hospital
     9  may offer, or as an electronically transmitted digital file, in addition
    10  to a written copy of the discharge plan.
    11    § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new  section  2803-t
    12  to read as follows:
    13    §  2803-t. Preadmission information. Any hospital that provides pread-
    14  mission information to a  patient,  shall  offer  a  blind  or  visually
    15  impaired patient a large print version or, at the patient's or patient's
    16  representative's  request,  an  audio recording, to be made available to

    17  such patient or such patient's representative on compact disc  or  other
    18  medium  as  the  hospital may offer, or as an electronically transmitted
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02139-02-3
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     1  digital file, in addition to a written copy of any preadmission informa-
     2  tion.
     3    §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
     4  have become a law.