New York Senate Bill 1053

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Pending: Senate Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Defines "neurological injury" as an injury to the brain or spinal cord of a person occurring in the course of the provision of medical services, that rendered the person with a permanent and substantial motor impairment or with a disability that: results in similar impairment of general intellectual functioning or adaptive behavior to that of intellectually disabled persons; requires treatment and services similar to those required for such person; has continued or can be expected to continue indefinitely; and constitutes a substantial handicap to such person's ability to function normally in society; differentiates a birth-related neurological injury and a neurological injury.

Defines "neurological injury" as an injury to the brain or spinal cord of a person occurring in the course of the provision of medical services, that rendered the person with a permanent and substantial motor impairment or with a disability that: results in similar impairment of general intellectual functioning or adaptive behavior to that of intellectually disabled persons; requires treatment and services similar to those required for such person; has continued or can be expected to continue indefinitely; and constitutes a substantial handicap to such person's ability to function normally in society; differentiates a birth-related neurological injury and a neurological injury.

Sen. Jeremy Cooney [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-03	Senate	REFERRED TO HEALTH
2023-01-09	Senate	REFERRED TO HEALTH

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S1053
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S01053&term=2023&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S01053