A01654 Summary:

BILL NOA01654
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORZebrowski
 
COSPNSRMosley, Lavine, Rivera, Galef, Otis, Abinanti, Raia, Barclay, Montesano
 
MLTSPNSRArroyo, Cook, Moya, Robinson, Saladino
 
Amd S206, Pub Health L; amd S6530, Ed L
 
Expands the duties of the commission of public health to include notifying the patient or patients of a health care provider if such health care provider is determined to have exposed such patient or patients to a communicable disease through reckless conduct; includes exposing patients to a communicable disease due to reckless conduct in the definition of professional medical malpractice.
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A01654 Actions:

BILL NOA01654
 
01/12/2015referred to health
01/06/2016referred to health
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A01654 Committee Votes:

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A01654 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A01654 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1654
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 12, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, MOSLEY, LAVINE, RIVERA, GALEF, OTIS,
          ABINANTI, RAIA, BARCLAY, BORELLI, MONTESANO -- Multi-Sponsored  by  --
          M.  of  A.  ARROYO,  COOK,  MOYA,  ROBINSON, SALADINO -- read once and
          referred to the Committee on Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  expanding  the
          duties  of  the  commission  of public health to notify the patient or
          patients of a health care provider if such  health  care  provider  is
          determined  to have exposed such patient or patients to a communicable
          disease through reckless conduct; and to amend the education  law,  in
          relation  to including exposing patients to a communicable disease due
          to reckless conduct in the definition of professional medical malprac-
          tice
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  1 of section 206 of the public health law is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph (v) to read as follows:
     3    (v) notify the patient or patients of a health care provider  if  such
     4  health  care  provider  is  determined  to  have exposed such patient or
     5  patients to a communicable disease through reckless conduct,  including,
     6  but not limited to, the reuse of a syringe, needle or other sharp.
     7    §  2.  Section  6530  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
     8  subdivision 50 to read as follows:
     9    50. Exposing patients  to  a  communicable  disease  due  to  reckless
    10  conduct,  including,  but not limited to, the reuse of a syringe, needle
    11  or other sharp.
    12    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00528-01-5
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