Bill Text: NY A04227 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires hospitals to provide information on care and resources for brain injuries to patients who have suffered a traumatic brain injury and to also provide such information to a patient's family and/or caregivers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to health [A04227 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A04227-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          4227

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 13, 2023
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        Introduced  by M. of A. RA -- read once and referred to the Committee on
          Health

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  requiring  hospi-
          tals  to  provide  certain information to patients who have suffered a
          traumatic brain injury

          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  2803-bb to read as follows:
     3    § 2803-bb. Traumatic brain injury information distribution. 1. For the
     4  purposes of this  section,  "traumatic  brain  injury"  shall  mean  any
     5  acquired brain injury resulting from sudden trauma causing damage to the
     6  brain.
     7    2.  The  commissioner shall design an informational packet about trau-
     8  matic brain injuries and  shall  require  that  every  general  hospital
     9  distribute  such  packet  to  all  patients,  caregivers,  and family of
    10  patients who have suffered a traumatic brain injury.
    11    3. Such packet shall include,  but  not  be  limited  to,  information
    12  regarding  short-term  and  long-term  care  options for traumatic brain
    13  injury patients, resources for obtaining such  care,  and  current  best
    14  practices  on  post-traumatic brain injury care and rehabilitation. Such
    15  packet shall  additionally,  wherever  practicable,  avoid  the  use  of
    16  medical terminology and instead use words with common and everyday mean-
    17  ings  to facilitate understanding. The information contained within said
    18  packet shall also be posted on the department's website.
    19    4. In preparing the information regarding traumatic brain injuries  as
    20  provided  in this section, the commissioner shall consult with appropri-
    21  ate health care professionals and the commissioner shall ensure that the
    22  information is maintained and updated to reflect future changes to clin-
    23  ical guidelines.
    24    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08873-01-3