Bill Text: NY A06125 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires victims of firearm violence be offered and/or provided psychiatric care.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to health [A06125 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A06125-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6125

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      April 3, 2023
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        Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring  victims
          of firearm violence be offered and/or provided psychiatric care

          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  2805-aa to read as follows:
     3    §  2805-aa.  Hospital firearm violence policies and procedures. 1. For
     4  the purposes of this section, the term "firearm violence" shall mean any
     5  bullet wound, gunshot wound, powder burn, or any  other  injury  arising
     6  from or caused by the discharge of a gun or firearm.
     7    2. Every general hospital shall: (a) develop, maintain and disseminate
     8  written  policies  and  procedures  for  the identification, assessment,
     9  treatment and referral  of  confirmed  or  suspected  cases  of  firearm
    10  violence;  (b)  establish, and implement on an ongoing basis, a training
    11  program for all nursing, medical, social work and other clinical person-
    12  nel, and security personnel working in hospital service units  regarding
    13  the  policies  and  procedures established pursuant to this section; and
    14  (c) designate a staff member to contact psychiatric services  identified
    15  by  the  commissioner  under  subdivision four of this section providing
    16  victim assistance to the geographic area  served  by  such  hospital  to
    17  establish the coordination of services to firearm violence victims.
    18    3.  Upon  admittance  or  commencement  of treatment of a confirmed or
    19  suspected victim of firearm violence, such  hospital  shall  advise  the
    20  victim  of  the availability of psychiatric services relating to firearm
    21  violence. If such firearm violence victim requests psychiatric  services
    22  relating  to firearm violence, such hospital shall ensure such psychiat-
    23  ric services are provided to the firearm violence victim.
    24    4. The commissioner shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may
    25  be necessary and proper to carry out effectively the provisions of  this

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10353-02-3
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     1  section.  Prior  to promulgating such rules and regulations, the commis-
     2  sioner shall consult with the New York state firearm  violence  research
     3  institute  and other such entities and persons as the commissioner deems
     4  necessary  to develop a model policy for hospitals to utilize in comply-
     5  ing with this section and to identify organizations providing  psychiat-
     6  ric  services  relating to firearm violence operating in each hospital's
     7  geographic area, a list of  which  the  commissioner  shall  provide  to
     8  hospitals with the model policy.
     9    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    10  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
    11  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
    12  this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
    13  on or before such effective date.