New York Assembly Bill 577 (Prior Session Legislation)

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January 4 2012 - referred to health
Pending: Assembly Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Authorizes a general hospital to identify and use immediate measures to move admitted patients from emergency departments within four hours of being admitted; provides that every general hospital shall develop planning to prevent the diversion of patients to other hospitals and the maintenance of admitted patients within emergency departments for more than four hours; stipulates that such patients should be moved to alternative appropriate locations in the hospital; directs general hospitals to plan to prevent diversion of patients to other general hospitals; directs the commissioner of health to perform periodic inspections to ensure compliance; provides for reporting and investigation of violations. admitted patients moved to alternative appropriate locations in the hospital; directs general hospitals to plan to prevent diversion of patients to other general hospitals; directs the commissioner of health to perform periodic inspections to ensure compliance; provides for reporting and investigation of violations.

Authorizes a general hospital to identify and use immediate measures to move admitted patients from emergency departments within four hours of being admitted; provides that every general hospital shall develop planning to prevent the diversion of patients to other hospitals and the maintenance of admitted patients within emergency departments for more than four hours; stipulates that such patients should be moved to alternative appropriate locations in the hospital; directs general hospitals to plan to prevent diversion of patients to other general hospitals; directs the commissioner of health to perform periodic inspections to ensure compliance; provides for reporting and investigation of violations. admitted patients moved to alternative appropriate locations in the hospital; directs general hospitals to plan to prevent diversion of patients to other general hospitals; directs the commissioner of health to perform periodic inspections to ensure compliance; provides for reporting and investigation of violations.

Asm Richard N. Gottfried	Asm Sandy Galef	Asm Aileen M. Gunther	Asm Amy Paulin
Asm Earlene Hooper	Asm Matthew Titone	Asm Peter M. Rivera	Asm Charles D. Lavine
Asm Margaret M. Markey	Asm Michelle Schimel	Asm William F. Boyland, Jr.	Asm Barbara M. Clark
Asm William Colton	Asm Vivian E. Cook	Asm Jeffrey Dinowitz	Asm Rhoda Jacobs
Asm Hakeem Jeffries	Asm Vito J. Lopez	Asm Alan Maisel	Asm Nettie Mayersohn
Asm David G. McDonough	Asm John J. McEneny	Asm Joan L. Millman	Asm Crystal D. Peoples-Stokes
Asm Bob Reilly	Asm Jose Rivera	Asm Annette Robinson	Asm Robert K. Sweeney
Asm Michele R. Titus	Asm Darryl C. Towns	Asm Harvey Weisenberg

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-01-04	Assembly	referred to health
2011-01-05	Assembly	referred to health

Type	Source
Summary	http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A00577&term=2011&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Votes=Y
Text	http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A00577&Summary=Y&Text=Y#A00577