Bill Text: NY S01165 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to central venous lines; requires hospitals upon discharge of a patient who has a condition that requires aa central venous line after discharge, to consult with the designated caregiver to determine his or her capabilities and limitations.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-14 - PRINT NUMBER 1165B [S01165 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S01165-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         1165--B
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 6, 2017
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        Introduced  by Sens. CARLUCCI, GOLDEN, HOYLMAN, PERSAUD, SAVINO, VALESKY
          -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
          the Committee on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on  Health  in
          accordance  with  Senate  Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted as
          amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in  relation  to  central  venous
          lines
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 2994-ll of the public  health  law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a  new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
     3    4.  Discharge  of  any  patients  who have a condition that requires a
     4  central venous line. As part of discharge planning for patients who will
     5  be discharged from a hospital with a central venous line, the identified
     6  caregiver shall be consulted as soon as possible,  but  not  later  than
     7  twenty-four  hours prior to discharge, regarding his or her capabilities
     8  and  limitations  in  administering  medications  and  providing  proper
     9  central  venous line care. In the event that the identified caregiver is
    10  unwilling or unable to confidently provide proper care  of  the  central
    11  venous  line, appropriate services, which may include but not be limited
    12  to home health care services, shall be ordered.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect  immediately.  Effective  immediately,
    14  the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
    15  sary for the implementation of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are
    16  authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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