S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4325
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
March 29, 2011
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Introduced by Sen. AVELLA -- 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 providing all
blind and visually impaired patients with an audio recording of the
discharge plan and preadmission information
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 2803-i of the public health law is
2 renumbered subdivision 10 and a new subdivision 9 is added to read as
3 follows:
4 9. UPON DISCHARGE OF A BLIND OR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PATIENT, A HOSPITAL
5 SHALL OFFER TO PROVIDE THE PATIENT'S DISCHARGE PLAN AS AN AUDIO RECORD-
6 ING, TO BE MADE AVAILABLE ACCORDING TO THE PREFERENCE OF SUCH PATIENT OR
7 SUCH PATIENT'S REPRESENTATIVE ON COMPACT DISC OR OTHER MEDIUM AS THE
8 HOSPITAL MAY OFFER, OR AS AN ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED DIGITAL FILE, IN
9 ADDITION TO A WRITTEN COPY OF THE DISCHARGE PLAN.
10 S 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2803-t
11 to read as follows:
12 S 2803-T. PREADMISSION INFORMATION. ANY HOSPITAL THAT PROVIDES PREAD-
13 MISSION INFORMATION TO A PATIENT, SHALL OFFER A BLIND OR VISUALLY
14 IMPAIRED PATIENT SUCH INFORMATION AS AN AUDIO RECORDING, TO BE MADE
15 AVAILABLE ACCORDING TO THE PREFERENCE OF SUCH PATIENT OR SUCH PATIENT'S
16 REPRESENTATIVE ON COMPACT DISC OR OTHER MEDIUM AS THE HOSPITAL MAY
17 OFFER, OR AS AN ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED DIGITAL FILE, IN ADDITION TO
18 A WRITTEN COPY OF ANY PREADMISSION INFORMATION.
19 S 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
20 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02254-03-1