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A06052 Summary:

A06052 Actions:

A06052 Committee Votes:

Committee:HEALTH   Chair:Gottfried      
DATE:03/09/2021AYE/NAY:20/4  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Gottfried
Aye
Byrne
Nay
Galef
Aye
McDonough
Excused
Dinowitz
Aye
Byrnes
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Ashby
Nay
Paulin
Aye
Miller
Aye
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Salka
Nay
Gunther
Aye
Jensen
Nay
Rosenthal L 
Aye
Hevesi
Aye
Steck
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Solages
Aye
Bichotte Hermel
Excused
Barron
Aye
Sayegh
Aye
Rosenthal D 
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Reyes
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Gottfried      
DATE:03/09/2021AYE/NAY:29/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Norris
Aye
Cook
Aye
Montesano
Aye
Glick
Aye
Ra
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Perry
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Thiele
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Dickens
Aye
Davila
Excused

A06052 Floor Votes:

A06052 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6052
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      March 5, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. LUNSFORD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Health
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  health  law,  in  relation to requiring
          infection updates and infection control planning in residential health
          care facilities
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Clause (A) of subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivi-
     2  sion  12  of  section 2803 of the public health law, as added by chapter
     3  114 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
     4    (A) to update authorized family  members  and  guardians  of  infected
     5  residents at least once per day and upon a change in a resident's condi-
     6  tion  and  at  least  once a week to update all residents and authorized
     7  families and guardians on the number of infections  and  deaths  at  the
     8  facility,  and  to  update all residents, authorized family members, and
     9  guardians of residents at  the  facility  within  twelve  hours  of  the
    10  detection of the presence of an infection by a resident or staff member,
    11  by  electronic  or such other means as may be selected by each resident,
    12  authorized family member or guardian; and
    13    § 2. Subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 12  of  section
    14  2803  of  the public health law is amended by adding a new clause (C) to
    15  read as follows:
    16    (C) a plan or procedure designating a separate cohort area  during  an
    17  infectious  disease outbreak in the residential health care facility for
    18  the separation of residents that  are  suspected  of  being  infectious,
    19  including the creation of a designated infectious disease care unit; and
    20    §  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    21  have become a law.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02906-04-1