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A 5062: Requires the commissioner of health to promulgate rules and regulations requiring nursing homes and residential health care facilities to test all residents of such nursing homes and residential healthcare facilities for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
What A 5062 does, verified January 9, 2026
The bill requires the commissioner of health to promulgate rules and regulations for nursing homes and residential health care facilities. The facilities must test all residents for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) within 7 days after a staff member or resident tests positive. Residents must also be tested 30 days after the initial test. The bill takes effect immediately.
Bill journey
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2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to health (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 5062
- What is the current status of A 5062?
- As of January 9, 2026, A 5062 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to health".
- Did A 5062 pass?
- Not yet. A 5062 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 5062, and where is it now?
- A 5062 was authored by Asm. Jonathan Jacobson with 1 coauthor. Its committee of record is Assembly Health.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to health |
| Feb. 11, 2025 | referred to health |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 11, 2025 · 216 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5062 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 11, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON, EACHUS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT requiring the commissioner of health to promulgate rules and regulations requiring nursing homes and residential health care facil- ities to test all residents of such nursing homes and residential health care facilities for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Within 14 days after the effective date of this act, the 2 commissioner of health shall promulgate rules and regulations requiring 3 nursing homes and residential health care facilities to test all resi- 4 dents of such nursing homes and residential health care facilities for 5 the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) within 7 days after a member of the 6 staff or another resident of such nursing home or residential health 7 care facility tests positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and 8 shall subsequently be tested 30 days thereafter. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03963-01-5
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