What's happening
This bill requires hospitals to notify patients at intake about recent hospital-acquired infections and post daily updated infection data.
Why it matters
Empowers patients to make informed choices. by ensuring they are aware of recent infection issues in the hospital before or during admission, potentially influencing their healthcare decisions or consent.
Promotes transparency and accountability. for hospital administration, as the requirement to update and publicly post infection data daily puts pressure on facilities to maintain safer environments and address infection control lapses promptly.
Facilitates public oversight and patient advocacy. by mandating accessible, easily understandable summaries and directions for obtaining more information, making it easier for patients and families to monitor hospital safety practices.
Introduces enforceable consequences. through state-established penalties for hospitals that fail to comply, giving the regulation practical teeth and incentivizing adherence.
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Who cares
General hospitals
They would have to post easily understandable notices during prebooking, intake and registration showing reportable hospital-acquired infections from the prior 30 days, with daily updates.
Hospital patients
They would receive notice of recent hospital-acquired infections, directions for obtaining additional information and an individual copy of the posted information upon request.
New York State Department of Health
It would have to establish penalties by regulation for first and subsequent violations of the notification requirement.
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Tell Patients About Hospital Infections
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Sponsors
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History
- 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.
Tell Patients Infection Rates
In Senate Committee · Health · Sponsor Andrew J. Lanza
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STATE OF NEW YORK
7292
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 22, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to notifying hospital patients upon intake of reports of hospital-acquired infections
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 2819 of the public health law is amended by adding a new subdivision 6-a to read as follows:
6-a. No later than one hundred eighty days after the issuance of the reports required pursuant to subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (c) of subdivision five of this section, each general hospital shall be required to notify patients as a component of prebooking, intake and registration of the hospital-acquired infections, that would be required to be reported to the department pursuant to this section, that occurred in the hospital for the prior thirty day period. Such notification shall be updated on a daily basis and shall be accomplished through the conspicuous posting of signs, which are easily understandable by the general public, and shall include directions on how to obtain additional information. To the degree practicable, the format of such signs shall be consistent with the format of the summary table required to be developed pursuant to subdivision six of this section. Upon request the hospital shall provide a patient with an individual copy of the information contained on such sign. The department through regulation shall establish penalties applicable to the first and subsequent violations of the requirement imposed by 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.
LBD07352-01-9
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