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A 6052 - Requires Residential Health Care Facilities to Update Residents, Family Members, and Guardians of Residents of the Presence of an Infection - New York Key Vote

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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

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Title: Requires Residential Health Care Facilities to Update Residents, Family Members, and Guardians of Residents of the Presence of an Infection

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

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.

Highlights:

  • 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).

 

 

Full Bill Text

Title: Requires Residential Health Care Facilities to Update Residents, Family Members, and Guardians of Residents of the Presence of an Infection

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