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.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6023--B
Cal. No. 227
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 26, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. PERRY, BARRON, COLTON, COOK, TAYLOR, WEPRIN --
Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GALEF, HYNDMAN, PEOPLES-STOKES -- read
once and referred to the Committee on Health -- ordered to a third
reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the
order of third reading -- again amended on third reading, ordered
reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading
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 his or her 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.
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