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- Committed to rules
- Amended on third reading 1089b
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.1043
- Print number 1089a
- Amend and recommit to codes
- Referred to codes
- Referred to codes
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Relates to assault of certain persons providing direct patient care
In Senate Committee · Rules · Sponsor Aileen Gunther
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S1089B
Title of bill
An act to amend the penal law, in relation to assault of certain persons providing direct patient care
Purpose of general idea of bill
To classify assault on a person providing direct patient care as an assault in the second degree under section 120.05 of the Penal law.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1. Creates subdivisions 3-b and 11-b of section 120.05 of the penal law to include assaults on persons providing direct patient care. A person providing direct patient care is defined as any direct-care staff who is not a nurse pursuant to title eight of the education law whose principal responsibility is to carry out direct patient care for one or more patients in a variety of health care settings.
Justification
Current law provides the protections afforded in this bill to a variety of professions, ranging from registered nurses to firefighters, emergency medical technicians and even sanitation enforcement agents. This bill seeks to apply the same standards to direct care staff in a health care setting. This proposal is consistent with the current inclusion of nurses, and will lead to greater protections for health care workers that have to deal with difficult conditions and patient related issues day in and day out.
Prior legislative history
S4937/A7577 of 2011-12; Referred to Codes
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeeding the date on which it shall have become law.
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