2013 New York Consolidated Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 28 - (2800 - 2824*2) HOSPITALS
2805-W - Patient notice of observation services.

 
    §  2805-w.  Patient notice of observation services. * 1. Every general
  hospital shall provide patients who are placed into observation services
  by such  general  hospital  with  an  oral  and  written  notice  within
  twenty-four  hours of such placement that the patient is not admitted to
  the hospital and is under observation status. Such written notice  shall
  be  signed  by  the  patient  or  the  patient's legal representative to
  acknowledge receipt and shall  include,  but  not  be  limited  to,  the
  following information:
    (a)  a  statement  that  observation  status  may affect the patient's
  Medicare, Medicaid and/or private insurance  coverage  for  the  current
  hospital   services,  including  medications  and  other  pharmaceutical
  supplies, as well as coverage for any subsequent discharge to a  skilled
  nursing facility or home and community based care; and
    (b)  that  the  patient  should  contact  his or her insurance plan to
  better understand  the  implications  of  being  placed  in  observation
  status.
    * NB Effective January 19, 2014
    2.  The  commissioner shall develop and make available guidance on the
  notice as described in this section.