NY A04685 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Introduced on February 4 2021 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2021-05-26 - substituted by s1035a
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Summary

Prohibits general hospitals from disallowing individuals with disabilities from having an essential support person accompany them for the duration of their hospitalization in response to a pandemic or state disaster emergency.

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Title

Prohibits general hospitals from disallowing individuals with disabilities from having an essential support person accompany them for the duration of their hospitalization in response to a pandemic or state disaster emergency.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2021-05-11 - Assembly - Assembly People With Disabilities Committee: Favorable (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2021-05-26Assemblysubstituted by s1035a
2021-05-13Assemblyadvanced to third reading cal.362
2021-05-11Assemblyreported
2021-03-01Assemblyprint number 4685a
2021-03-01Assemblyamend (t) and recommit to people with disabilities
2021-02-04Assemblyreferred to people with disabilities

Same As/Similar To

S01035 (Same As) 2021-12-21 - APPROVAL MEMO.76

New York State Sources


Bill Comments

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