Bill Text: NY S08997 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires the department of health to post on its website certain data relating to COVID-19 cases in hospitals and nursing homes, including total COVID-19 cases and deaths in nursing homes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-09-23 - REFERRED TO RULES [S08997 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S08997-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8997

                    IN SENATE

                                   September 23, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  SERINO -- 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  requiring  the
          department  of  health to post on its website certain data relating to
          COVID-19 cases in hospitals and nursing homes

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

     1    Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
     2  206-c to read as follows:
     3    § 206-c. Special requirements with respect to COVID-19  data.  1.  For
     4  the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the follow-
     5  ing meanings:
     6    (a) "Hospital" has the same meaning as defined by section twenty-eight
     7  hundred one of this chapter, and shall include any temporary health care
     8  facility  in  New York state established by the state or federal govern-
     9  ment in response to the COVID-19 pandemic or any other  pandemic-related
    10  response.
    11    (b)  "Nursing home" has the same meaning as defined by section twenty-
    12  eight hundred one of this chapter.
    13    2. The commissioner shall compile and post on the department's website
    14  in a conspicuous location and in a  format  capable  of  download  in  a
    15  spreadsheet format, the following data on a weekly basis:
    16    (a) The total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 and deaths result-
    17  ing from COVID-19 in nursing homes in New York state;
    18    (b)  The total number of individuals with a confirmed case of COVID-19
    19  transferred from a nursing home to a hospital in New York state;
    20    (c) The total number of confirmed deaths  of  individuals  transferred
    21  from  a  nursing  home  to a hospital resulting from a confirmed case of
    22  COVID-19; and
    23    (d) The total number of individuals with a confirmed case of  COVID-19
    24  discharged from a hospital to a nursing home.
    25    3.  The  data posted pursuant to subdivision two of this section shall
    26  be organized by county, date, nursing  home,  and  hospital,  and  shall
    27  include data retroactive to March first, two thousand twenty.
    28    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD17359-01-0
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