Senate Bill S6509

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires health care facilities to establish and implement safe patient handling programs

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S6509 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8771
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 29-D Title 1-A §§2997-g - 2997-i, Pub Health L; amd §2304, Ins L

2013-S6509 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires health care facilities to establish and implement safe patient handling programs relating to the lifting and moving of patients; grants reduced workers' compensation insurance rates for health care facilities that use safe patient handling methods and also grants such facilities reductions in assessments imposed by the department of health.

2013-S6509 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S6509 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6509

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 31, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law and the insurance law, in relation
  to safe patient handling programs in health care facilities

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Short title.  This act shall be known and may be cited as
the "safe patient handling act".
  S 2. Article 29-D of the public health law is amended by adding a  new
title 1-A to read as follows:
                                TITLE 1-A
                          SAFE PATIENT HANDLING
SECTION 2997-G. LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
        2997-H. DEFINITIONS.
        2997-I. SAFE PATIENT HANDLING COMMITTEES; PROGRAMS.
  S  2997-G.  LEGISLATIVE  INTENT.  THE  LEGISLATURE  HEREBY  FINDS  AND
DECLARES THAT IT IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST FOR HEALTH CARE FACILITIES TO
IMPLEMENT SAFE PATIENT HANDLING POLICIES. THERE ARE MANY  BENEFITS  THAT
CAN  BE  DERIVED  FROM  SAFE PATIENT HANDLING PROGRAMS. PATIENTS BENEFIT
THROUGH IMPROVED QUALITY OF CARE AND QUALITY OF  LIFE  BY  REDUCING  THE
RISK  OF INJURY. CAREGIVERS ALSO BENEFIT FROM THE REDUCED RISK OF CAREER
ENDING AND DEBILITATING INJURIES LEADING TO INCREASED  MORALE,  IMPROVED
JOB  SATISFACTION, AND LONGEVITY IN THE PROFESSION.  HEALTH CARE FACILI-
TIES MAY REALIZE A RETURN ON THEIR INVESTMENT THROUGH  REDUCED  WORKERS'
COMPENSATION  MEDICAL  AND  INDEMNITY  COSTS, REDUCED LOST WORKDAYS, AND
IMPROVED RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF CAREGIVERS. ALL OF THIS WILL  LEAD
TO FISCAL IMPROVEMENT IN HEALTH CARE IN NEW YORK STATE. WASHINGTON STATE
WAS ONE OF THE FIRST STATES TO PASS SAFE PATIENT HANDLING LEGISLATION IN
TWO  THOUSAND  SIX,  WITH  THE  STRONG SUPPORT OF NURSING UNIONS AND THE
WASHINGTON HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION.    SINCE  THEN,  WASHINGTON  STATE  HAS
REPORTED  A  DECREASE  IN  PATIENT  HANDLING-RELATED INJURIES. IT IS THE
INTENT OF THE LEGISLATURE TO CREATE A  SIMILAR  PROGRAM  IN  THIS  STATE
WITHOUT PLACING AN UNDUE FINANCIAL BURDEN ON HEALTH CARE FACILITIES.
  S 2997-H. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE:

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

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