NY A00949 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-01-06 - referred to health
Pending: Assembly Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Requires hospitals to provide notice to employees and patients of environmental health and safety hazards; requires the appointment of an environmental health and safety information access contact person by each hospital; provides that each hospital shall annually educate employees as to their right to all information about health and safety conditions in the hospital; makes related provisions.

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Title

Requires hospitals to provide notice to employees and patients of environmental health and safety hazards; requires the appointment of an environmental health and safety information access contact person by each hospital; provides that each hospital shall annually educate employees as to their right to all information about health and safety conditions in the hospital; makes related provisions.

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History

DateChamberAction
2016-01-06Assemblyreferred to health
2015-01-08Assemblyreferred to health

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