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NY A 8435

in committee

Provides for the designation by a general hospital of persons to identify infectious disease processes

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 8435 pass?

Not yet. NY A 8435 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO HEALTH

What is NY A 8435 about?

Provides for the designation by a general hospital of persons to identify infectious disease processes, conduct surveillance and epidemiologic investigations, and develop plans to prevent and control the transmission of infectious agents within general hospitals.

Who sponsors NY A 8435?

Phara Souffrant Forrest is the primary sponsor of NY A 8435, joined by 10 cosponsors.

Description

Provides for the designation by a general hospital of persons to identify infectious disease processes, conduct surveillance and epidemiologic investigations, and develop plans to prevent and control the transmission of infectious agents within general hospitals.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO HEALTH
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Phara Souffrant Forrestprimary
  • Carrie Woernercosponsor
  • Angelo Santabarbaracosponsor
  • Al Taylorcosponsor
  • Linda Rosenthalcosponsor
  • Karl Brabeneccosponsor
  • Andrew Hevesicosponsor
  • Edward Braunsteincosponsor
  • Karines Reyescosponsor
  • Marianne Buttenschoncosponsor
  • Nader Sayeghcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-05-16

    REFERRED TO HEALTH

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO HEALTH

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 10671not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 3705not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 5668not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 5406not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 6731

Official source

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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