Bill Text: NY S07192 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to hospital domestic violence procedures.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-04-17 - signed chap.37 [S07192 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S07192-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7192

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 10, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. SALAZAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to hospital  domestic
          violence  policies  and procedures; and to amend a chapter of the laws
          of 2019 amending the public health law relating to  hospital  domestic
          violence  policies  and  procedures  as  proposed in legislative bills
          numbers S. 3962-A and A. 2850-A,  in  relation  to  the  effectiveness
          thereof

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 2805-z of the public health  law,  as  added  by  a
     2  chapter  of  the laws of 2019 amending the public health law relating to
     3  hospital domestic violence policies and procedures as proposed in legis-
     4  lative bills numbers S. 3962-A and A. 2850-A,  is  amended  to  read  as
     5  follows:
     6    § 2805-z. Hospital domestic violence policies and procedures. 1. Every
     7  general  hospital  shall:  (a) develop, maintain and disseminate written
     8  policies and procedures for the  identification,  assessment,  treatment
     9  and  referral  of confirmed or suspected cases of domestic violence; (b)
    10  establish, and implement on an ongoing basis, a training program for all
    11  [current and new employees] nursing,  medical,  social  work  and  other
    12  clinical  personnel,  and security personnel working in hospital service
    13  units regarding the policies and procedures established pursuant to this
    14  section; and (c) designate a staff member  to  [coordinate  services  to
    15  victims  of domestic violence; and (d)] contact the domestic violence or
    16  victim assistance organization  identified  by  the  commissioner  under
    17  subdivision  three  of  this  section providing victim assistance to the
    18  geographic area served by such hospital to establish the coordination of
    19  services to domestic violence victims.
    20    2. Upon admittance or commencement of  treatment  of  a  confirmed  or
    21  suspected  domestic  violence  victim,  such  hospital  shall advise the
    22  victim of the availability of the services of  a  domestic  violence  or
    23  victim  assistance  organization.  If  after  receiving  such advice the
    24  domestic violence victim wishes the presence of a domestic  violence  or

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04595-05-0
        S. 7192                             2

     1  victim  assistance advocate, such hospital shall contact the appropriate
     2  organization and request that one be provided.
     3    3. The commissioner shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may
     4  be  necessary and proper to carry out effectively the provisions of this
     5  section.  Prior to promulgating such rules and regulations, the  commis-
     6  sioner  shall  consult  with  the  office for the prevention of domestic
     7  violence and other such persons as the commissioner deems  necessary  to
     8  develop  a  model policy for hospitals to utilize in complying with this
     9  section and to identify  the  domestic  violence  or  victim  assistance
    10  organizations  operating  in  each hospital's geographic area, a list of
    11  which the commissioner shall provide to hospitals with the model policy.
    12    § 2. Section 2 of a chapter of the laws of 2019, amending  the  public
    13  health  law  relating  to hospital domestic violence policies and proce-
    14  dures as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3962-A and A.  2850-A,
    15  is amended to read as follows:
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect [on the first of January next succeed-
    17  ing the date on which] one year after it shall have become a law. Effec-
    18  tive immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rules  or
    19  regulations necessary for the implementation of the foregoing section of
    20  this  act  on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
    21  on or before such effective date.
    22    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately;  provided,  however  that
    23  section  one  of  this act shall take effect on the same date and in the
    24  same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2019, amending the public health
    25  law relating to hospital domestic violence policies  and  procedures  as
    26  proposed  in  legislative  bills  numbers S. 3962-A and A. 2850-A, takes
    27  effect.