Bill Text: NY S05922 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibits the admission of COVID-19 positive residents to residential facilities for persons with developmental disabilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 16-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO DISABILITIES [S05922 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S05922-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5922 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 23, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MARTUCCI, PALUMBO, AKSHAR, BORRELLO, BOYLE, HELMING, JORDAN, MATTERA, OBERACKER, ORTT, RITCHIE, TEDISCO, WEIK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Disabilities AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to prohibiting the admission of COVID-19 positive residents to residential facilities for persons with developmental disabilities The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The mental hygiene law is amended by adding a new section 2 13.44 to read as follows: 3 § 13.44 Admission of COVID-19 positive residents. 4 Notwithstanding any law, rule, regulation or guidance to the contrary, 5 no residential facility for the care and treatment of persons with 6 developmental disabilities including a family care home shall knowingly 7 allow a resident who has tested positive for COVID-19 to enter or reen- 8 ter that facility as a temporary or permanent resident unless such 9 person provides proof of a negative test for COVID-19. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10531-01-1
