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A00754 Summary:

BILL NO	A00754
SAME AS	No same as
SPONSOR	Rabbitt (MS)
COSPNSR	Finch
MLTSPNSR
Amd S2805-b, Pub Health L
Allows attending physicians to admit persons arriving at the hospital for emergency treatment when such attending physician deems this necessary for care.

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A00754 Actions:

BILL NO	A00754
01/05/2011	referred to health
05/24/2011	held for consideration in health
01/04/2012	referred to health

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A00754 Floor Votes:

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A00754 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           754
 
                               2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 5, 2011
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. RABBITT, FINCH -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the public health  law,  in  relation  to  admission  of
          patients in need of emergency medical care
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-

        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 2805-b of the  public  health  law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
     3    4-a.  No  attending  physician  shall be prevented from admitting to a
     4  general hospital, as a patient, any person arriving at the hospital  for
     5  emergency  treatment  if such attending physician determines that admit-
     6  tance of such person is required for care.
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
     8  it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01631-01-1

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