Section 2803-T - [Effective 3/21/2025] Preadmission information1. Any hospital that provides preadmission information to a patient, shall offer a blind or visually impaired patient a large print version or, at the patient's or patient's representative's request, an audio recording, to be made available to such patient or such patient's representative on compact disc or other medium as the hospital may offer, or as an electronically transmitted digital file, in addition to a written copy of any preadmission information. 2. Each hospital shall include a disability accommodations needs assessment on their patient intake forms. The following statement and questions related to a patient's disability accommodations needs assessment shall read as follows: "Please note, the following questions regarding your disability status are voluntary and you are not required to answer the questions if you do not wish to.
(a) Does the patient have a disability that requires accommodation under The Americans with Disabilities Act? (b) If so, what is the nature of the patient's disability? (c) Is the patient requesting a reasonable accommodation? (d) If so, what is the reasonable accommodation requested? (e) Does the patient wish to discuss accommodations with their healthcare provider?" 3. Nothing contained herein shall require a patient to answer the inquiries about a disability if they wish not to do so.N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 2803-T
Amended by New York Laws 2024, ch. 624,Sec. 1, eff. 3/21/2025.Added by New York Laws 2014, ch. 92,Sec. 2, eff. 10/20/2014.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.