Bill Text: NY A10494 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires all hospitals to establish, utilize and complete a checklist for each intensive care medical procedure performed in the hospital.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 30-5)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-02 - referred to health [A10494 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A10494-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         10494
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     April 2, 2010
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       Introduced by M. of A. GIANARIS, MARKEY, STIRPE, GIBSON, LUPARDO, GLICK,
         GALEF,  ORTIZ,  ROSENTHAL,  FIELDS, PERRY, SKARTADOS, REILLY, LANCMAN,
         MILLMAN, CASTRO, BACALLES, FINCH, CALHOUN -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.
         of  A.  BARCLAY,  BOYLAND, BROOK-KRASNY, COLTON, HIKIND, HYER-SPENCER,
         JOHN, MAYERSOHN, McENENY, MENG, PHEFFER, ROBINSON  --  read  once  and
         referred to the Committee on Health
       AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring hospi-
         tals to establish and utilize procedural medical  checklists  for  the
         provision of all intensive care unit medical procedures
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 2803 of the public health law is amended by  adding
    2  a new subdivision 11 to read as follows:
    3    11.  THE COMMISSIONER SHALL BY RULE OR REGULATION REQUIRE EVERY HOSPI-
    4  TAL TO ESTABLISH, UTILIZE AND COMPLETE A CHECKLIST  FOR  EACH  INTENSIVE
    5  CARE  UNIT  MEDICAL  PROCEDURE  PERFORMED OR OCCURRING AT SUCH HOSPITAL.
    6  SUCH CHECKLISTS SHALL BE DESIGNED AND USED FOR THE PURPOSES OF  REDUCING
    7  INFECTIONS  AND  RELATED  ILLNESSES,  IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF
    8  PATIENTS, AND ENSURING THAT THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT,  SUPPLIES,  FACILI-
    9  TIES  AND  PERSONNEL ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE INTENSIVE CARE
   10  MEDICAL PROCEDURE.  ALL SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL BE  PROMULGATED
   11  AND  IMPLEMENTED WITHIN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
   12  THIS SUBDIVISION.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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