S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 754 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. RABBITT, FINCH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to admission of patients in need of emergency medical care THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 2805-b of the public health law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 4-a to read as follows: 3 4-A. NO ATTENDING PHYSICIAN SHALL BE PREVENTED FROM ADMITTING TO A 4 GENERAL HOSPITAL, AS A PATIENT, ANY PERSON ARRIVING AT THE HOSPITAL FOR 5 EMERGENCY TREATMENT IF SUCH ATTENDING PHYSICIAN DETERMINES THAT ADMIT- 6 TANCE OF SUCH PERSON IS REQUIRED FOR CARE. 7 S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 8 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01631-01-1