Bill Text: NY A02347 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires physicians to report instances of methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus infections to the commissioner of health.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-06 - enacting clause stricken [A02347 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A02347-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2347
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 18, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. SPANO, MILLMAN, ROSENTHAL -- Multi-Sponsored by
         -- M. of A. GALEF, J. MILLER, PHEFFER -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Health
       AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  requiring  health
         care providers to report cases of methicillin resistant staphylococcus
         aureus infections
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Article 21 of the public health law is amended by adding  a
    2  new title VIII to read as follows:
    3                                 TITLE VIII
    4                    METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS
    5                                   AUREUS
    6  SECTION 2180. METHICILLIN   RESISTANT  STAPHYLOCOCCUS  AUREUS;  DUTY  TO
    7                  REPORT.
    8    S 2180. METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; DUTY  TO  REPORT.
    9  1.   (A) UPON CONSIDERING THAT THE INFECTION OF A PATIENT IN A HOSPITAL,
   10  NURSING HOME OR OTHER  HEALTH  CARE  FACILITY  IS  RESISTING  ANTIBIOTIC
   11  TREATMENT, AND IS OR MAY BE METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS,
   12  THE  PRESCRIBING PHYSICIAN OR OTHER PRESCRIBING PERSON AUTHORIZED BY LAW
   13  TO MAKE A MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS, SHALL IMMEDIATELY ARRANGE FOR CULTURING AND
   14  LABORATORY TESTING OF SUCH INFECTION, AND FOR APPRISING  THE  FACILITY'S
   15  ADMINISTRATOR AND ITS DIRECTOR OF NURSING OF THE CASE.
   16    (B) UPON ISSUING ITS FINDINGS, THE LABORATORY SHALL SEND A COPY THERE-
   17  OF TO THE COMMISSIONER.
   18    (C) UPON THE PATIENT'S DISCHARGE OR DEATH, THE FACILITY SHALL PROMPTLY
   19  REPORT THE CASE TO THE COMMISSIONER.
   20    2.  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMPTLY FORWARD SUCH REPORT TO THE HEALTH
   21  COMMISSIONER OF THE MUNICIPALITY WHERE SUCH INFECTION  OCCURRED.    WHEN
   22  CASES  OF  SUCH  INFECTION  OCCUR  IN A MUNICIPALITY NOT HAVING A HEALTH
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04814-01-1
       A. 2347                             2
    1  COMMISSIONER, SUCH REPORTS SHALL BE FORWARDED DIRECTLY TO  THE  DISTRICT
    2  HEALTH OFFICER.
    3    3.  SUCH  REPORT SHALL CONTAIN SUCH INFORMATION CONCERNING THE CASE AS
    4  SHALL BE REQUIRED BY THE COMMISSIONER.
    5    4. THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS TITLE SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIRE-
    6  MENTS OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED NINETEEN OF THIS CHAPTER.
    7    S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    8  have become a law.