S 10494 NY
Enacts the safe access to care act
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Summary
This bill enacts the Safe Access to Care Act requiring healthcare facilities to adopt and publicly post a statement of patient rights and facility obligations regarding immigration enforcement. The bill designates unlawful or non-judicially authorized immigration enforcement actions at healthcare facilities as workplace threats or hazards for purposes of state violence prevention programs.
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Official abstract
Enacts the safe access to care act requiring certain healthcare facilities to adopt and make public a statement of patient rights and healthcare facility obligations with regards to immigration enforcement; includes unlawful or non-judicially authorized immigration enforcement actions at a healthcare facility as a workplace threat or hazard for purposes of the violence prevention program.
Sponsor (1)
- Gustavo Rivera Democratic · primary
Action history (1)
- May 15, 2026 REFERRED TO HEALTH · upper
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