What's happening
This bill requires New York hospitals to use procedural checklists for all intensive care unit medical procedures to improve patient safety.
Why it matters
Mandates a uniform approach to safety. By requiring hospitals to establish and use procedural checklists for every ICU procedure, the bill aims to reduce human error and ensure that critical safety steps are followed consistently.
Targets infection and complication rates. The checklists are specifically intended to reduce infections and related illnesses, which are frequent and serious risks in intensive care environments.
Ensures resource readiness. Hospitals must verify that all necessary equipment, supplies, facilities, and staff are available before any ICU procedure, potentially preventing delays or mishaps during urgent medical interventions.
Quick implementation timeline. The law requires all hospitals to comply and implement these changes within 180 days, indicating urgency and a swift push for improved patient safety standards.
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Hospital ICU Checklist Required
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- Referred to health
- Referred to health
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Require ICU Procedure Checklists
In Senate Committee · Health · Sponsor Michael Gianaris
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1028
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 14, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. SIMOTAS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring hospitals to establish and utilize procedural medical checklists for the provision of all intensive care unit medical procedures
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 2803 of the public health law is amended by adding a new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
12. The commissioner shall by rule or regulation require every hospital to establish, utilize and complete a checklist for each intensive care unit medical procedure performed or occurring at such hospital. Such checklists shall be designed and used for the purposes of reducing infections and related illnesses, improving the health and safety of patients, and ensuring that the necessary equipment, supplies, facilities and personnel are available for the conduct of the intensive care medical procedure. All such rules and regulations shall be promulgated and implemented within one hundred eighty days of the effective date of this subdivision.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01381-01-9
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