New York S 8724: Relates to enacting the safe landings for youth leaving foster care act or safe landings act

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S08724 Summary:

BILL NOS08724 

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SPONSORWEIK

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Add §2805-aa, Pub Health L

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Requires security at all publicly accessible entrances of general hospitals; requires every general hospital to have either one off-duty law enforcement officer or trained security personnel be present at all times at each publicly accessible entrance or have installed locking doors at each publicly accessible entrance; requires every general hospital to provide wearable employee panic buttons or alert devices capable of immediately notifying on-site security personnel or law enforcement in the event of a dangerous situation or emergency.

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BILL NOS08724 

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01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8724

 IN SENATE

 January 7, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. WEIK -- 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 security
 at all publicly accessible entrances of general hospitals

 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 security. Every general hospital shall be
 4 required to have either one off-duty law enforcement officer or trained
 5 security personnel be present at all times at each publicly accessible
 6 entrance or have installed locking doors at each publicly accessible
 7 entrance. Every general hospital shall also provide wearable employee
 8 panic buttons or alert devices capable of immediately notifying on-site
 9 security personnel or law enforcement in the event of a dangerous situ-
 10 ation or emergency. Such panic buttons or alert devices shall have
 11 replaceable or rechargeable batteries that can be changed by employees
 12 without requiring the assistance of security or maintenance personnel.
 13 Each general hospital shall maintain procedures to ensure such devices
 14 remain functional and available to all employees during work shifts.
 15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the two hundred eightieth day after
 16 it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13923-02-5

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