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A07163 Summary:

BILL NOA07163
 
SAME ASSAME AS S05945-A
 
SPONSORGunther
 
COSPNSRDe La Rosa, Barron
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §33.23, Ment Hyg L
 
Provides that within ten days of an incident, the director shall provide to the qualified person a copy of the written incident report, offer to hold a meeting with such qualified person to discuss the incident, and provide such qualified person with a written report on the actions taken to address the incident; provides for the director to provide such reports electronically.
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A07163 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7163
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     April 23, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER, DE LA ROSA -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Mental Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to  providing  inci-
          dent reports to qualified persons
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision (a) of section 33.23 of the mental hygiene law,
     2  as added by chapter 24 of the laws  of  2007,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    (a)  The  director  of  a  facility,  as defined in subdivision six of
     5  section 1.03 of this chapter, shall provide telephone notice of an inci-
     6  dent involving a patient receiving care and treatment at  such  facility
     7  to a qualified person, as defined in paragraph six of subdivision (a) of
     8  section  33.16  of  this  article.  Such notice shall be provided within
     9  twenty-four hours of the  initial  report  of  such  incident.  For  the
    10  purposes  of  this  section, "incident" shall mean an accident or injury
    11  that affects the health or safety of a patient. Upon the  request  of  a
    12  qualified  person, the director shall [promptly] within ten days of such
    13  request, provide to [him or her] the qualified  person  a  copy  of  the
    14  written  incident  report,  provided that the names and other personally
    15  identifying information of patients and employees shall not be  included
    16  unless  such  patients and employees authorize disclosure[. The director
    17  of the facility shall also], offer to hold a meeting with such qualified
    18  person to further discuss the incident[. In addition, within  ten  days,
    19  the  director  of the facility shall], and provide such qualified person
    20  with a written report on the actions taken to address the incident.  The
    21  director  may offer to provide all reports to the qualified person elec-
    22  tronically.
    23    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08331-01-1
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