New York S 2675: Requires the certification or training of teachers, administrators and instructors in the area of dyslexia and related disorders

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S02675 Summary:

BILL NOS02675 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01475

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Amd §2803-t, Pub Health L; amd §2, Chap of 2024 (as proposed in S.8666-A & A.8560-A)

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Requires hospitals record information during intake and registration if a patient requires a disability accommodation; allows such patient to decline such request for information.

Go to top S02675 Actions:

BILL NOS02675 

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01/22/2025REFERRED TO RULES

01/27/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.158

02/11/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A1475

&nbspA01475 AMEND= Burdick

&nbsp01/09/2025referred to health

&nbsp01/14/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp01/14/2025reported 

&nbsp01/14/2025rules report cal.33

&nbsp01/14/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.33

&nbsp01/27/2025passed assembly

&nbsp01/27/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp01/27/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp02/11/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S2675

&nbsp02/11/20253RD READING CAL.158

&nbsp02/11/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp02/11/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp02/12/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp02/14/2025signed chap.48

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2675

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 22, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring general
 hospitals to obtain and record certain information during the intake
 and registration of a patient, and to amend a chapter of the laws of
 2024 amending the public health law relating to requiring hospitals to
 ask patients if they have a disability that requires accommodation
 under The Americans with Disabilities Act, as proposed in legislative
 bills numbers S. 8666-A and A. 8560-A, in relation to the effective-
 ness thereof

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 2803-t of the public health law, as amended by a
 2 chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the public health law relating to
 3 requiring hospitals to ask patients if they have a disability that
 4 requires accommodation under The Americans with Disabilities Act, as
 5 proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 8666-A and A. 8560-A, is
 6 amended to read as follows:
 7 § 2803-t. Preadmission information. 1. Any general hospital that
 8 provides preadmission information to a patient, shall offer a blind or
 9 visually impaired patient a large print version or, at the patient's or
 10 patient's representative's request, an audio recording, to be made
 11 available to such patient or such patient's representative on compact
 12 disc or other medium as the hospital may offer, or as an electronically
 13 transmitted digital file, in addition to a written copy of any preadmis-
 14 sion information.
 15 2. Each general hospital, during the intake and registration of each
 16 patient, shall [include a] obtain and record information as specified
 17 by the department in regulation or guidance to determine whether such
 18 patient requires a reasonable accommodation for a disability [accommo-
 19 dations needs assessment on their patient intake forms. The following

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02722-01-5

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 1 statement and questions related to a patient's disability accommodations
 2 needs assessment shall read as follows:
 3 "Please note, the following questions regarding your disability status
 4 are voluntary and you are not required to answer the questions if you do
 5 not wish to.
 6 (a) Does the patient have a disability that requires accommodation
 7 under The Americans with Disabilities Act?
 8 (b) If so, what is the nature of the patient's disability?
 9 (c) Is the patient requesting a reasonable accommodation?
 10 (d) If so, what is the reasonable accommodation requested?
 11 (e) Does the patient wish to discuss accommodations with their health-
 12 care provider?"].
 13 3. Nothing contained her