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S 3374: Relates to allowing a nursing home patient to install, operate and maintain, at such patient's own expense, an electronic monitoring device or connected device in such patient's room.
What S 3374 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to allow patients in nursing homes to install and use electronic monitoring devices or connected devices in their rooms. These devices can include surveillance instruments with cameras, audio recording devices, or a combination of both. The devices must be installed at the patient's own expense. The bill also requires the state to establish regulations for the use of these devices. The new law will take effect 90 days after it is passed.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO HEALTH (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 3374
- What is the current status of S 3374?
- As of January 8, 2026, S 3374 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 S 3374 pass?
- Not yet. S 3374 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 3374, and where is it now?
- S 3374 was authored by Sen. Joseph Griffo with 1 coauthor. Its committee of record is Senate Health.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO HEALTH |
| Jan. 27, 2025 | REFERRED TO HEALTH |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 27, 2025 · 338 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3374 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 27, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. GRIFFO, MATTERA -- 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 authorizing a nursing home patient to install, operate and maintain an electronic monitoring device or a connected device in such patient's room The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 2803-c of the public health law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph s to read as follows: 3 s. Pursuant to regulations promulgated by the commissioner, every 4 patient shall have the right, at such patient's own expense, to install, 5 operate and maintain an electronic monitoring device or connected device 6 in such patient's room. For the purposes of this section, the term 7 "electronic monitoring device" shall mean a surveillance instrument with 8 a fixed position video camera or an audio recording device, or a combi- 9 nation thereof, which is installed in a patient's room and broadcasts or 10 records activity or sounds occurring in such room. For the purposes of 11 this section, the term "connected device" shall mean any device or other 12 physical object that is capable of directly or indirectly connecting to 13 the internet and that is assigned an internet protocol address or blue- 14 tooth address. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 16 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment 17 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation 18 of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and 19 completed on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01591-01-5
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