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BILL NUMBER:S7024
Title of bill
An act to amend the executive law, in relation to dialysis center disaster preparedness plans
Purpose
This legislation would require nursing homes, assisted living centers and dialysis centers to have emergency generators sufficient to supply electrical power in the event of an emergency.
Summary of provisions
The state executive law Section 23-b is amended to require nursing homes, assisted living residences and dialysis centers to have generators available as part of their disaster preparedness plans.
Justification
It has become readily apparent that without emergency readiness plans in place and available emergency power directly available to health facilities; dialysis patients are particularly vulnerable to the loss of power. The death and destruction wrought by Hurricane Sandy and the chaos clearly documented as a result of the loss of power to dialysis centers and health facilities here in New York clearly emphasized that fact. This bill would help in requiring facilities to have emergency power generation sufficient to supply their patient's needs in the event of catastrophic failure.
The National Kidney Foundation and other leading health organizations concur that facilities should be required to have a backup source to allow them to continue operations when the absence of power is a major factor in keeping the center open.
Legislative history
This is a new bill.
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
Immediately.
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