Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Title: Requires Residential Health Care Facilities to Update Residents, Family Members, and Guardians of Residents of the Presence of an Infection
Signed by Governor Kathy Hochul
Title: Requires Residential Health Care Facilities to Update Residents, Family Members, and Guardians of Residents of the Presence of an Infection
Title: Requires Residential Health Care Facilities to Update Residents, Family Members, and Guardians of Residents of the Presence of an Infection
Vote to pass a bill that requires residential health care facilities update residents, family members, and guardians of residents of the presence of an infection.
Requires residential health care facilities to create plans “to update all residents, authorized family members, and guardians of residents at the facility within twelve hours of the detection of the presence of an infection by a resident or staff member” (Sec. 1).
Requires such facilities to create plans “designating a separate cohort area during an infectious disease outbreak in the residential health care facility for the separation of residents that are suspected of being infectious, including the creation of a designated infectious disease care unit” (Sec. 2).
Specifies that Act shall take effect on sixtieth day after becoming law (Sec. 3).
Title: Requires Residential Health Care Facilities to Update Residents, Family Members, and Guardians of Residents of the Presence of an Infection