S 8724: Requires security at all publicly accessible entrances of general hospitals; requires every general hospital to have either one off-duty law enforcement officer or trained security personnel be present at all times at each publicly accessible entrance or have installed locking doors at each publicly accessible entrance; requires every general hospital to provide wearable employee panic buttons or alert devices capable of immediately notifying on-site security personnel or law enforcement in the event of a dangerous situation or emergency.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8724  IN SENATE January 7, 2026 ___________ Introduced by Sen. WEIK -- 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 requiring security at all publicly accessible entrances of general hospitals 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 2805-aa to read as follows: 3 § 2805-aa. General hospital security. Every general hospital shall be 4 required to have either one off-duty law enforcement officer or trained 5 security personnel be present at all times at each publicly accessible 6 entrance or have installed locking doors at each publicly accessible 7 entrance. Every general hospital shall also provide wearable employee 8 panic buttons or alert devices capable of immediately notifying on-site 9 security personnel or law enforcement in the event of a dangerous situ- 10 ation or emergency. Such panic buttons or alert devices shall have 11 replaceable or rechargeable batteries that can be changed by employees 12 without requiring the assistance of security or maintenance personnel. 13 Each general hospital shall maintain procedures to ensure such devices 14 remain functional and available to all employees during work shifts. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect on the two hundred eightieth day after 16 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13923-02-5