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.
Why it matters
Improved Tracking for Public Health Concerns. Collecting school information from all school-aged patients allows health authorities to quickly identify and respond to disease outbreaks or public health issues affecting specific schools, which can help contain the spread.
Enhanced Coordination Between Health and Education Systems. By systematically recording which schools children attend, hospitals and physicians can facilitate better communication with school officials when health issues, immunization requirements, or emergencies arise.
Potential Privacy and Administrative Impacts. The new requirement will add to the administrative workload for healthcare providers and may raise concerns about the privacy and security of students’ school-related data if not handled properly.
Targeted Resource Allocation. With access to school information, city health departments could better allocate resources, support, or interventions to schools where larger numbers of students are identified with specific health needs or trends.
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List Schools on Hospital Forms
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Sponsors
Senator · Senate District 17
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History
- Committed to rules
- Amended on third reading (t) 2113a
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.1483
- Referred to health
- 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
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor N. Nick Perry
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2113--A Cal. No. 1483
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 12, 2017
Introduced by Sen. FELDER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in 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.
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Title of bill
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
Purpose
This bill provides that hospital, medical clinics, and private practice physicians' offices in a city with a population of one million or more include a request for the name of the current school attendance of their patients.
Summary of provisions
This bill would add a new section 230-e to the public health law, to require physicians in a city with a population of one million or more, to request and record the name and address of the school attended by school-aged patients as part of the registration process and include that information in the patients' medical registration form.
This bill would additionally add a new section 2805-2 to the public health law, to require hospitals and medical clinics in a city with a population of one million or more, to request, upon treatment of patients who are currently enrolled in school, the name of the school that said patient attends and to include the same in the patient's records.
Justification
The death of 12 year-old Omar Rivera, who attended I.S. 211 in Brooklyn, from the methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus, commonly known as MRSA, and the increasing number of reported infected students across the state, illustrates the need for health practitioners to be more respon- sive in alerting the affected community of their potential exposure to infectious diseases, and of immediate preventative.
This bill seeks to do just that, in a responsive, responsible way.
Fiscal implications
Undetermined
Effective date
This act shall take effect one year after the date upon which it shall have become law.
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