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Libby Zion Law. New York State Department of Health Code, Section 405, also known as the Libby Zion Law, is a regulation that limits the amount of resident physicians ' work in New York State hospitals to roughly 80 hours per week. [1] The law was named after Libby Zion, the daughter of author Sidney Zion, who died in 1984 at the age of 18.
A broad coalition is backing state legislation that would impose a first-in-the-nation cap on medical bills -- aimed at New York's hospitals that own or house outpatient clinics and charge higher ...
Kendra's Law, effective since November 1999, is a New York State law concerning involuntary outpatient commitment also known as assisted outpatient treatment. [1] It grants judges the authority to issue orders that require people who meet certain criteria to regularly undergo psychiatric treatment. Failure to comply could result in commitment ...
Creedmoor Psychiatric Center. Creedmoor Psychiatric Center is a psychiatric hospital at 79-26 Winchester Boulevard in Queens Village, Queens, New York, United States. It provides inpatient, outpatient and residential services for severely mentally ill patients. The hospital occupies more than 300 acres (121 ha) and includes more than 50 ...
NYC Health + Hospitals. NYC Health + Hospitals, officially the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC), operates the public hospitals and clinics in New York City as a public benefit corporation. HHC was created in 1969 by the New York State Legislature as a public benefit corporation. [1] It is similar to a municipal agency, but ...
The oldest hospital in New York State and also oldest hospital in the United States is the Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, established in 1736. The hospital with the largest number of staffed beds is the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan, with 2,678 beds in its hospital complex.
Westchester Medical Center. Westchester Medical Center University Hospital (WMC), formerly Grasslands Hospital, is an 895-bed Regional Trauma Center [1] providing health services to residents of the Hudson Valley, northern New Jersey, and southern Connecticut. It is known for having one of the highest case mix index rates of all hospitals in ...
The U.S. Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act, also known as Janet's Law, [1][2][3] signed into law on October 21, 1998 [4] as part of the 1999 omnibus bill (Pub. L. 105–277 (text) (PDF)), contains protections for patients who elect breast reconstruction in connection with a mastectomy. [5] This law, which is administered by the Department of ...