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A05662 Summary:

BILL NO	A05662
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	Chandler-Waterman
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add §2831, Pub Health L
Enacts the "Nurse Safety Work Act," which requires the implementation of safety procedures when hospital staff is alone with a patient.

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A05662 Actions:

BILL NO	A05662
03/20/2023	referred to health
01/03/2024	referred to health

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A05662 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5662
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     March 20, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        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 enacting the nurse
          safety work act
 
          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  2831 to read as follows:
     3    § 2831. Nurse safety work act. 1. This section shall be known and  may
     4  be cited as the "nurse safety work act".
     5    2. Hospitals will be required to implement safety procedures to ensure
     6  that hospital staff is never alone with a patient unless:
     7    (a)  the staff member has a tracking device that can be used to signal
     8  for assistance; or
     9    (b) additional hospital staff is within a close distance or range  and
    10  is able to hear and assist a co-worker's call for help.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08116-01-3

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