New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S04809

Introduced
2/15/23  
Refer
2/15/23  

Caption

Authorizes patients to designate an essential visitor who may assist the patient and perform certain duties on behalf of the patient, including communicating with facility staff regarding the needs of the patient, providing emotional stability and company, and requesting additional care or a change in the care plan.

Companion Bills

NY A02641

Same As Authorizes patients to designate an essential visitor who may assist the patient and perform certain duties on behalf of the patient, including communicating with facility staff regarding the needs of the patient, providing emotional stability and company, and requesting additional care or a change in the care plan.

Previously Filed As

NY A02641

Authorizes patients to designate an essential visitor who may assist the patient and perform certain duties on behalf of the patient, including communicating with facility staff regarding the needs of the patient, providing emotional stability and company, and requesting additional care or a change in the care plan.

NY S01558

Authorizes patients to designate an essential visitor who may assist the patient and perform certain duties on behalf of the patient, including communicating with facility staff regarding the needs of the patient, providing emotional stability and company, and requesting additional care or a change in the care plan.

NY A05702

Authorizes patients to designate an essential visitor who may assist the patient and perform certain duties on behalf of the patient, including communicating with facility staff regarding the needs of the patient, providing emotional stability and company, and requesting additional care or a change in the care plan.

NY HB2161

Enacting the patient right to visitation act to require patient care facilities to adopt visitation rules to allow certain relatives and other persons, including clergy, to visit terminally ill patients and other patients making major medical decisions.

NY SB352

Enacting the no patient left alone act to require facilities to allow in-person visitation to certain patients at hospitals, adult care home and patient care facilities.

NY SB257

Patients' and residents' rights to visitors in a health care facility, restricting visitation, and liability for the actions of visitors.

NY AB257

Patients' and residents' rights to visitors in a health care facility, restricting visitation, and liability for the actions of visitors.

NY SB1195

Relating to the right of certain hospital patients to designate an essential caregiver for in-person visitation.

NY SB52

Relating to the right of state hospital patients to designate an essential caregiver for in-person visitation.

NY S07879

Establishes a duty to inform certain patients about the risks associated with cesarean section for patients undergoing a primary cesarean section; establishes a duty to inform certain patients about the reason for performing a primary cesarean section delivery.

Similar Bills

No similar bills found.