A 2513: Requires hospitals to provide information on care and resources for brain injuries to patients who have suffered a traumatic brain injury and to also provide such information to a patient's family and/or caregivers.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2513 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 17, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. RA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring hospi- tals to provide certain information to patients who have suffered a traumatic brain injury 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 2803-bb to read as follows: 3 § 2803-bb. Traumatic brain injury information distribution. 1. For the 4 purposes of this section, "traumatic brain injury" shall mean any 5 acquired brain injury resulting from sudden trauma causing damage to the 6 brain. 7 2. The commissioner shall design an informational packet about trau- 8 matic brain injuries and shall require that every general hospital 9 distribute such packet to all patients, caregivers, and family of 10 patients who have suffered a traumatic brain injury. 11 3. Such packet shall include, but not be limited to, information 12 regarding short-term and long-term care options for traumatic brain 13 injury patients, resources for obtaining such care, and current best 14 practices on post-traumatic brain injury care and rehabilitation. Such 15 packet shall additionally, wherever practicable, avoid the use of 16 medical terminology and instead use words with common and everyday mean- 17 ings to facilitate understanding. The information contained within said 18 packet shall also be posted on the department's website. 19 4. In preparing the information regarding traumatic brain injuries as 20 provided in this section, the commissioner shall consult with appropri- 21 ate health care professionals and the commissioner shall ensure that the 22 information is maintained and updated to reflect future changes to clin- 23 ical guidelines. 24 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05744-01-5