New York S 719: Requires all medical facilities to have immediate access to every single-occupancy bathroom where a patient could be in an emergency

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S00719 Summary:

BILL NOS00719 

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SAME ASSAME AS A09303

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SPONSORRHOADS

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §2832, Pub Health L

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Requires all medical facilities to have immediate access to every single-occupancy bathroom where a patient could be in an emergency.

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BILL NOS00719 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 719

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. RHOADS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring all
 medical facilities to be able to access every single-occupancy bath-
 room where a patient could be in an emergency

 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 2832 to read as follows:
 3 § 2832. Emergency access in all medical facilities. Every medical
 4 facility shall have immediate access to every single-occupancy bathroom
 5 in such facility where a patient could be in an emergency.
 6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02646-01-5

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