Requires hospital and emergency room physicians to consult the prescription monitoring program registry and to notify a patient's prescriber that such patient is being treated for a controlled substance overdose.
Maddy summaryThis bill designates September 4th as "Mother Teresa Remembrance Day" in New York State, adding it to a list of existing commemorative days in the executive law. It directly affects New York State residents and government entities by establishing a formal day of remembrance. The bill amends existing law to include this date alongside other observances like Holocaust Remembrance Day and Juneteenth. As a procedural commemorative measure, it does not create new policies or obligations.
Relates to defining the practice of recreation therapy; establishes procedures for licensure of recreation therapists and requirements for continuing education for recreation therapists.
Maddy summaryThis bill requires New York's Department of Health to assign at least one narcotics investigator to every county within cities having a population of one million or more. It directly affects counties in large cities like New York City, mandating the department to deploy these investigators specifically for enforcing narcotics laws. The key provision creates a new requirement in public health law, directing the Health Department to hire and assign these personnel without additional legislative funding or authorization. The bill was recently referred to the Health committee for further review.
Exempts certain officers of the department of correction and the department of sanitation of the city of New York from training requirements for security guards; designates correction officers of New York city as peace officers.
Establishes the class C felony offense of assault on a school employee for the intentional causing of physical injury to a school employee while upon school grounds.
Establishes a person is guilty of arson in the first degree when such person intentionally damages a building or motor vehicle by causing an explosion or a fire and when such explosion or fire is accelerated by use of ignitable liquid or flammable gas.
Maddy summaryS 7042 makes it a class A misdemeanor to possess a patient's medical record without legal authority and then intentionally ignore a written request from the healthcare provider or the patient to return or destroy the record. The law applies to written or electronic health information (excluding records held by HIPAA-covered entities) and targets individuals who obtain records without permission, such as through unauthorized access. It directly affects people who access patient records without authorization and fail to comply with a formal demand to return or destroy them. Violations are punishable as a class A misdemeanor under this bill.
Maddy summaryThis bill limits charitable bail organizations from providing bail for misdemeanor cases. It specifically restricts such bail to first-time offenders charged with a single misdemeanor offense and caps the amount at $2,000 or less. Charitable bail organizations are also prohibited from acting as surety for any defendant under this provision. The law directly affects charitable bail groups and misdemeanor defendants with no prior criminal charges.
Maddy summaryThis bill requires hospitals to notify patients during registration about hospital-acquired infections that occurred in the previous 30 days. Hospitals must display daily-updated, easy-to-understand signs showing infection reports for the prior month, with directions to access more information. Patients can request individual copies of the displayed information. The law applies to general hospitals and mandates this notification as part of the prebooking and intake process, with penalties for non-compliance established by health department regulations.
