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Jun 10, 2014 |
referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 28, 2014 |
advanced to third reading |
May 21, 2014 |
2nd report cal. |
May 20, 2014 |
1st report cal.869 |
Jan 08, 2014 |
referred to health returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 20, 2013 |
referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1547 |
Jun 17, 2013 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S5811
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D) 22nd Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2013-S5811 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-S5811 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5811 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring health care facilities to respect each patient's religious beliefs with regard to the provision of care PURPOSE: Ensures patient's are informed of their civil and religious liberties, health care facilities facilitate the exercise of such, and that religious beliefs are respected with regard to withholding or withdrawing life sustaining treatments. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one amends Public Health Law (PHL) § 2803(1)(g) to require the hospital statement of rights and responsibilities to include the right to independent personal decisions pursuant to PHL § 2803-c(3)(a). Section two amends PHL § 2803-c(3)(a) to provide that facilities shall facilitate and assist patient's in exercising their civil and religious liberties including the right to independent person decisions and knowledge of available choices. This section also provides that every patient's religious beliefs shall be respected with regard to withholding or withdrawing life sustaining treatments or discharge from a facility. Section three provides the effective date.
2013-S5811 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5811 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 17, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sens. HANNON, FELDER, GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring health care facilities to respect each patient's religious beliefs with regard to the provision of care THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (g) of subdivision 1 of section 2803 of the public health law, as added by chapter 2 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read as follows: (g) The commissioner shall require that every general hospital adopt and make public an identical statement of the rights and responsibil- ities of patients, including a patient complaint and quality of care review process, a right to an appropriate patient discharge plan, A RIGHT TO INDEPENDENT PERSONAL DECISIONS PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH A OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED THREE-C OF THIS ARTI- CLE and, for patients other than beneficiaries of title XVIII of the federal social security act (medicare), a right to a discharge review in accordance with section twenty-eight hundred three-i of this article. The form and content of such statement shall be determined in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the council and approved by the commissioner. A patient who requires continuing health care services in accordance with such patient's discharge plan may not be discharged until such services are secured or determined by the hospital to be reasonably available to the patient. Each general hospital shall give a copy of the statement to each patient, or the appointed personal repre- sentative of the patient at or prior to the time of admission to the general hospital, as long as the patient or the appointed personal representative of the patient receives such notice no earlier than four- teen days before admission. Such statement shall also be conspicuously posted by the hospital and shall be a part of the patient's admission EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11503-04-3
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