S02796 Summary:

BILL NOS02796
 
SAME ASSAME AS A01143
 
SPONSORCOMRIE
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §2805-z, Pub Health L
 
Requires hospitals to provide forms in Punjabi.
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S02796 Actions:

BILL NOS02796
 
01/29/2019REFERRED TO HEALTH
01/08/2020REFERRED TO HEALTH
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S02796 Committee Votes:

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S02796 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S02796 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2796
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 29, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  requiring  hospi-
          tals to provide forms in Punjabi
 
          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  2805-z to read as follows:
     3    §  2805-z.  Forms  printed  in  Punjabi.  Every  hospital  shall, at a
     4  patient's request, provide any medical form or printed information which
     5  is given to a patient or required to be signed by  such  patient  trans-
     6  lated into Punjabi.
     7    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
     8  have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00178-01-9
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