Bill Text: NY A02613 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Enacts the "Nurse Safety Work Act," which requires the implementation of safety procedures when hospital staff is alone with a patient.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to health [A02613 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A02613-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2613
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 20, 2017
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        Introduced  by M. of A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Health
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to enacting the nurse
          safety work act
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
     2  2827 to read as follows:
     3    § 2827. Nurse safety work act. 1. Short title. This section  shall  be
     4  known and may be cited as the "nurse safety work act".
     5    2. Hospitals will be required to implement safety procedures to ensure
     6  that hospital staff is never alone with a patient unless:
     7    (a)  the staff member has a tracking device that can be used to signal
     8  for assistance; or
     9    (b) additional hospital staff is within a close distance or range  and
    10  is able to hear and assist a co-worker's call for help.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08112-01-7