New York S 10164: Requires hospitals to obtain verbal and written informed consent from a patient or representative before including such patient information in a general hospital facility directory

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S10164 Summary:

BILL NOS10164A

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SAME ASSAME AS A11139-A

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SPONSORCLEARE

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §2805-aa, Pub Health L

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Requires hospitals to obtain verbal and written informed consent from a patient or representative before including such patient's information in a general hospital facility directory.

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BILL NOS10164A

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05/01/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

05/19/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH

05/19/2026PRINT NUMBER 10164A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10164--A

 IN SENATE

 May 1, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to consent to include
 patient information in a general hospital facility directory

 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 2805-aa to read as follows:
 3 § 2805-aa. General hospital facility directories. 1. No general hospi-
 4 tal shall include any patient in a facility directory without first
 5 obtaining verbal and written informed consent from the patient or the
 6 patient's legal representative. In order for such consent to be valid,
 7 the general hospital shall inform the patient that the information
 8 contained within the facility directory may be shared with others, and
 9 the patient shall receive a copy of the general hospital's policy on the
 10 facility directory.
 11 2. If the opportunity to consent to inclusion in the facility directo-
 12 ry cannot practicably be provided because of the patient's incapacity,
 13 provided the patient's legal representative is not practicably avail-
 14 able, or an emergency circumstance, a general hospital may include the
 15 patient in the facility directory and may disclose such patient's iden-
 16 tifying information, if such disclosure:
 17 (a) is consistent with a prior expressed preference of the individual,
 18 if any, that is known to the general hospital; and
 19 (b) is in the individual's best interest, as determined by general
 20 hospital staff, in the exercise of professional judgment.
 21 § 2. This act shall take effect eighteen months after it shall have
 22 become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15606-05-6

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