S 7102: Provides for notification to hospital patients upon intake of reports of hospital-acquired infections.
What S 7102 does, verified January 10, 2026
The bill requires hospitals to notify patients of hospital-acquired infections upon intake, using signs that are easily understandable by the general public. The notification must include directions on how to obtain additional information and be updated daily. Hospitals must also provide patients with an individual copy of the information upon request. The department will establish penalties for non-compliance with this requirement. The bill takes effect immediately.
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Last action: REFERRED TO HEALTH (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 7102
- What is the current status of S 7102?
- As of January 10, 2026, S 7102 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 7102 pass?
- Not yet. S 7102 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 7102, and where is it now?
- S 7102 was authored by Sen. Andrew Lanza. Its committee of record is Senate Health. It is filed under PBH, alongside 184 other New York PBH bills this session.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO HEALTH |
| Apr. 01, 2025 | REFERRED TO HEALTH |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, April 1, 2025 · 333 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7102 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 1, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- 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 notifying hospital patients upon intake of reports of hospital-acquired infections The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 2819 of the public health law is amended by adding 2 a new subdivision 6-a to read as follows: 3 6-a. No later than one hundred eighty days after the issuance of the 4 reports required pursuant to subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (c) of 5 subdivision five of this section, each general hospital shall be 6 required to notify patients as a component of prebooking, intake and 7 registration of the hospital-acquired infections, that would be required 8 to be reported to the department pursuant to this section, that occurred 9 in the hospital for the prior thirty day period. Such notification shall 10 be updated on a daily basis and shall be accomplished through the 11 conspicuous posting of signs, which are easily understandable by the 12 general public, and shall include directions on how to obtain additional 13 information. To the degree practicable, the format of such signs shall 14 be consistent with the format of the summary table required to be devel- 15 oped pursuant to subdivision six of this section. Upon request the 16 hospital shall provide a patient with an individual copy of the informa- 17 tion contained on such sign. The department through regulation shall 18 establish penalties applicable to the first and subsequent violations of 19 the requirement imposed by this subdivision. 20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11409-01-5
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