This bill prohibits segregated confinement (solitary isolation) for three specific groups: juveniles under 21, individuals with mental illness or developmental disabilities, and those with permanent physical disabilities that substantially limit major life activities (like walking or seeing). It also requires the commissioner to publish quarterly reports on segregated confinement use, including related self-harm incidents. Facility rules must now specify that any segregated confinement sanction must be the minimum necessary duration for maintaining order. The law takes effect 180 days after enactment.
Creates a public umbilical cord blood banking program within the department of health to promote public awareness of the potential benefits of public cord banking, to promote research into the uses of cord blood, and to facilitate pre-delivery arrangements for public banking of cord blood donations.
Relates to lyme disease and tick-borne infection awareness and prevention for children's overnight, summer day and traveling summer day camps; provides guidelines for treatment and notification; provides for the development of materials.
This bill requires all trains and train stations operated by public transit authorities in New York to have opioid antagonists (like naloxone) available for overdose emergencies. It directly affects public transit systems, mandating that they stock these medications and provide employee training on their use. Key provisions include amending the Railroad Law to add opioid antagonists to required first-aid kits on locomotives and updating public health and transit authority laws to require the availability of naloxone and staff training. The law takes effect 90 days after enactment, with implementation plans due within 180 days for some authorities.
This bill establishes training and registration requirements for individuals who perform kidney dialysis services but are not licensed medical professionals (e.g., doctors, nurses, or physician assistants). It mandates that these technicians complete approved training covering dialysis therapy, roles, and legal responsibilities, then register with the health department to legally use the title or provide services. Existing technicians with at least two years of experience are exempt from the registration requirement for one year after the law takes effect. The law directly affects dialysis technicians and providers, ensuring standardized training before practice.
Enacts the "consumer wheelchair repair bill of rights act" requiring manufacturers to make available certain documentation, parts, embedded software, firmware, or tools necessary for repairing equipment; establishes a timely repair for wheelchair program; deems all wheelchair repairs needed within 5 years of initial prescription medically necessary.
Defines epinephrine device as a single-use device or nasal spray device used for the automatic injection or administration of a premeasured dose of epinephrine into the human body for the purpose of emergency treatment of a person appearing to experience anaphylactic symptoms.
This bill prevents nursing home owners who have operated facilities with poor safety or quality inspection scores from purchasing new facilities for 24 months. It requires all applicants to disclose every nursing home they or their spouses own in the state, and the health department blocks purchases if any disclosed facility had recent violations. Owners must wait until the failing facility meets all standards for 24 consecutive months before buying new properties. The law applies to individuals, corporations, and other entities seeking to expand their nursing home operations.
Bill A 5840 requires hospitals and certain inpatient facilities to dispense at least two doses of opioid reversal drugs to individuals who appear to be at risk for a substance use disorder upon their discharge. This applies to discharges from emergency departments, general hospitals, and inpatient facilities licensed by the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services or the office of mental health. Additionally, the bill updates existing law to ensure hospitals inform individuals with or at risk for a substance use disorder about available treatment services upon treatment commencement, admission, or discharge. The goal is to provide at-risk individuals with immediate access to opioid reversal medication.
This bill requires the Office of Mental Health, working with the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, to study how abuse experienced during incarceration affects formerly incarcerated individuals. The study must examine both short-term and long-term mental, behavioral, and physical health impacts, associated costs, and identify effective treatment approaches. Within one year of the bill's effective date, the Office must submit a report with findings and recommendations to the governor and legislative leaders. The bill directly affects formerly incarcerated people by mandating an analysis of abuse-related harms they face post-incarceration.
