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A01475 Summary:

A01475 Actions:

A01475 Committee Votes:

Committee:RULES   Chair:Glick      
DATE:01/14/2025AYE/NAY:29/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Cook
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Glick
Aye
Ra
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Colton
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Reilly
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Smith
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Jensen
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Davila
Excused
Hyndman
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Bronson
Aye
Hevesi
Aye
Hunter
Aye
Taylor
Aye
Cruz
Aye
Vanel
Aye

Committee:HEALTH   Chair:Paulin      
DATE:01/14/2025AYE/NAY:25/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Paulin
Aye
Jensen
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Gandolfo
Aye
Rosenthal
Aye
Blumencranz
Aye
Hevesi
Aye
Gray
Excused
Steck
Aye
Maher
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Slater
Aye
Solages
Aye
Chludzinski
Aye
Bichotte Hermel
Aye
Norber
Aye
Sayegh
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Reyes
Aye
Gonzalez-Rojas
Aye
Rajkumar
Aye
Forrest
Aye
Kelles
Aye
Lucas
Aye
Meeks
Aye
Lunsford
Aye

A01475 Floor Votes:

A01475 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
 submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)



 
BILL NUMBER: A1475
 
SPONSOR: Burdick

 
TITLE OF BILL:
 
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring  general
hospitals to obtain and record certain information during the intake and
registration of a patient, and to amend a chapter of the laws of 2024
amending the public health law relating to requiring hospitals to ask
patients if they have a disability that requires accommodation under The
Americans with Disabilities Act, as proposed in legislative bills
numbers S. 8666-A and A. 8560-A, in relation to the effectiveness there-
of
 
 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this bill is to require general hospitals to obtain
information determining whether the patient requires reasonable accommo-
dations for a disability.
 
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
 
This bill amends Chapter 624 of the Public Health Law by requiring
general hospitals to obtain information determining whether the patient
requires reasonable accommodations for a disability during intake and
admission of the patient. This bill clarifies that it shall only apply
to general hospitals and that this information should be obtained and
recorded in accordance with regulations or guidance issued by the
Department of Health. Nothing shall require a patient to answer ques-
tions about a disability if they do not wish to.
 
 
JUSTIFICATION:
 
People with disabilities often face barriers when seeking healthcare due
to physical, communication, or structural obstacles within medical
facilities.

These changes maintain the requirement for general hospitals to record
information related to reasonable accommodations for a disability and
provide the department with additional time to develop regulations and
guidance related to obtaining this information.
 
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
 
This is a new bill.
 
 
BUDGET IMPLICATIONS:
 
None noted.
 
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that section
one of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the public health law
relating to requiring hospitals to ask patients if they have a disabili-
ty that requires accommodation under The Americans with Disabilities, as
proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8666-A and A. 8560-A, takes
effect.

A01475 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1475
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     January 9, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. BURDICK -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring  general
          hospitals to obtain and record certain information during  the  intake
          and  registration  of a patient, and to amend a chapter of the laws of
          2024 amending the public health law relating to requiring hospitals to
          ask patients if they have a  disability  that  requires  accommodation
          under  The Americans with Disabilities Act, as proposed in legislative
          bills numbers S. 8666-A and A. 8560-A, in relation to  the  effective-
          ness thereof
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 2803-t of the public health law, as  amended  by  a
     2  chapter  of  the laws of 2024 amending the public health law relating to
     3  requiring hospitals to ask patients  if  they  have  a  disability  that
     4  requires  accommodation  under  The  Americans with Disabilities Act, as
     5  proposed in legislative bills  numbers  S.  8666-A  and  A.  8560-A,  is
     6  amended to read as follows:
     7    §  2803-t.  Preadmission  information.  1.  Any  general hospital that
     8  provides preadmission information to a patient, shall offer a  blind  or
     9  visually  impaired patient a large print version or, at the patient's or
    10  patient's representative's request,  an  audio  recording,  to  be  made
    11  available  to  such  patient or such patient's representative on compact
    12  disc or other medium as the hospital may offer, or as an  electronically
    13  transmitted digital file, in addition to a written copy of any preadmis-
    14  sion information.
    15    2.  Each  general hospital, during the intake and registration of each
    16  patient, shall [include a]  obtain and record information  as  specified
    17  by  the  department  in regulation or guidance to determine whether such
    18  patient requires a reasonable accommodation for a  disability  [accommo-
    19  dations  needs  assessment  on their patient intake forms. The following

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02722-01-5
        A. 1475                             2

     1  statement and questions related to a patient's disability accommodations
     2  needs assessment shall read as follows:
     3    "Please note, the following questions regarding your disability status
     4  are voluntary and you are not required to answer the questions if you do
     5  not wish to.
     6    (a)  Does  the  patient  have a disability that requires accommodation
     7  under The Americans with Disabilities Act?
     8    (b) If so, what is the nature of the patient's disability?
     9    (c) Is the patient requesting a reasonable accommodation?
    10    (d) If so, what is the reasonable accommodation requested?
    11    (e) Does the patient wish to discuss accommodations with their health-
    12  care provider?"].
    13    3. Nothing contained herein shall require  a  patient  to  answer  the
    14  inquiries about a disability if they wish not to do so.
    15    §  2.  Section  2 of a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the public
    16  health law relating to requiring hospitals to ask patients if they  have
    17  a  disability that requires accommodation under The Americans with Disa-
    18  bilities Act, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8666-A and  A.
    19  8560-A, is amended to read as follows:
    20    §  2. This act shall take effect on the [ninetieth] one hundred eight-
    21  ieth day after it shall have become a law.
    22    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
    23  section  one  of  this act shall take effect on the same date and in the
    24  same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the public  health
    25  law relating to requiring hospitals to ask patients if they have a disa-
    26  bility that requires accommodation under The Americans with Disabilities
    27  Act,  as  proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8666-A and A. 8560-A,
    28  takes effect.

A01475 LFIN:

 
NO LFIN

A01475 Chamber Video/Transcript: