What's happening
This bill requires physicians and hospitals in New York City to collect and record the school information of school-aged patients during registration or admission.
Why it matters
Improves public health response and tracking. by allowing city health officials to more quickly identify and address outbreaks of communicable diseases (such as measles or flu) within specific schools, potentially leading to faster containment and targeted interventions.
Facilitates better coordination between healthcare providers and educational institutions. , making it easier to notify schools if a student is diagnosed with a condition requiring public health action, and enabling schools to monitor and support affected students more effectively.
Raises privacy and data management considerations. , as hospitals and physicians will now be responsible for collecting, storing, and potentially sharing sensitive information about minors’ educational affiliations, requiring robust protocols to protect student privacy.
May impact administrative workloads. for medical staff and hospital systems in New York City, as new procedures, staff training, and updates to registration systems will be necessary to consistently gather and document school information for all school-aged patients.
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List Schools on Hospital Forms
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Sponsors
4 Multi-sponsors
History
- Amended on third reading (t) 352a
- Vote reconsidered - restored to third reading
- Returned to assembly
- Recalled from senate
- Referred to health
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading cal.32
- Returned to assembly
- Died in senate
- Referred to rules
- Delivered to senate
Show 4 earlier actions
- Passed assembly
- Advanced to third reading cal.3
- Reported
- Referred to health
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
List Schools on Hospital Forms
In Senate Committee · Rules · Sponsor Simcha Felder
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STATE OF NEW YORK
352--A Cal. No. 32
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 5, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. PERRY, BARRON, COLTON, TAYLOR, COOK, WEPRIN -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GALEF, HOOPER, HYNDMAN, PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- advanced to a third reading, passed by Assembly and delivered to the Senate, recalled from the Senate, vote reconsidered, bill amended, ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring physicians and hospitals in a city with a population of one million or more to obtain the name of the school attended by school-aged patients and to include this information in their admission registration forms
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 230-e to read as follows:
§ 230-e. Registration requirements. Every physician practicing in a city with a population of one million or more shall inquire and document as part of his or her patient registration, the name and address of the school attended by such physician's school-aged patients and include such information in the patients' medical registration form.
§ 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2805-z to read as follows:
§ 2805-z. Admission registration requirements. All general hospitals in a city with a population of one million or more shall inquire and document the name and address of the school attended by school-aged patients upon admission, and include such information on the hospitals' admission registration form.
§ 3. This act shall take effect one year after the date upon which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04816-03-8
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