Bill Text: NY S02995 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Enacts the "Shepherd Patterson law"; requires a physician who treats a minor patient with a medical condition that may cause a disability to provide certain educational information to such patient's parents or guardians indicating such minor is entitled to a free and appropriate public education as defined under section five hundred four of the federal rehabilitation act of nineteen hundred seventy-three; makes related provisions.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-04-16 - referred to health [S02995 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S02995-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2995 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 26, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring a physi- cian who treats a minor patient with a medical condition to provide certain educational information to such patient's parents or guardians The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Shepherd 2 Patterson law". 3 § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2500-l 4 to read as follows: 5 § 2500-l. Information on education accommodations for a minor patient 6 with a medical condition that may cause a disability. 1. On or before 7 July first, two thousand twenty-four, the department, in consultation 8 with the department of education, shall develop an informational 9 pamphlet for practitioners to distribute to the parents or guardians of 10 a patient under the age of eighteen with a medical condition that may 11 create a disability for the patient as defined under section five 12 hundred four of the federal rehabilitation act of nineteen hundred 13 seventy-three. Such information shall indicate that such minor may be 14 entitled to a free and appropriate public education as defined under 15 section five hundred four of the federal rehabilitation act of nineteen 16 hundred seventy-three, as amended, which may include accommodations for 17 the delivery of programs and services for eligible students with disa- 18 bilities. Such written information shall also state that the parent, 19 guardian, or person in a parental relationship with the patient should 20 contact their school to discuss possible accommodations for the patient 21 and the benefits of sharing potentially life-saving emergency medical 22 information with school personnel. 23 2. The informational pamphlet shall be made available for use by prac- 24 titioners on the department's website in a printable file, and may be EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06761-01-3S. 2995 2 1 available for order as a printed deliverable on the department's 2 website. The pamphlet shall be written in English and the six most 3 common non-English languages spoken by individuals based on the most 4 recent federal census. 5 3. A practitioner may provide the parent and/or guardian of the 6 patient with the informational pamphlet developed pursuant to this 7 section. 8 4. For purposes of this section, "practitioner" means a health care 9 professional licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized to practice 10 under the education law, acting within the scope of practice. 11 § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 12 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend- 13 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen- 14 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 15 completed on or before such effective date.
