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  2. Patient Self-Determination Act - Wikipedia

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    The Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA) was passed by the United States Congress in 1990 as an amendment to the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990.Effective on December 1, 1991, this legislation required many hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies, hospice providers, health maintenance organizations (HMOs), and other health care institutions to provide information about ...

  3. Biomedical waste - Wikipedia

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    Although this is the proper method, most medical facilities fail to follow the regulations. It is often found that biomedical waste is dumped into the ocean, where it eventually washes up on shore, or in landfills due to improper sorting or negligence when in the medical facility.

  4. New York State Department of Mental Hygiene - Wikipedia

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    [4] 45–57% of New York mental health consumers use Medicaid, which is the largest single source of funding. [ 5 ] The Office of Mental Health (OMH) is responsible for assuring the development of comprehensive plans, programs, and services in the areas of research, prevention, and care, treatment, rehabilitation, education, and training of the ...

  5. Libby Zion Law - Wikipedia

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    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

  6. New York City Department of Sanitation - Wikipedia

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    On May 29, 1881, all the bureau's books and papers were transferred from the police headquarters in anticipation of the passage of a law creating a new administrative structure and the separate Department of Street Cleaning. [4] On May 30, the bill enacting the Department of Street Cleaning was signed by Governor of New York Alonzo B. Cornell.

  7. Why to avoid cleaning, laundry on New Year's - AOL

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    The Times Square New Year's Eve Ball is an iteration of the time ball. The New York Times introduced the spectacle in 1907 when the city banned fireworks due to crowds. The design began as a ...

  8. Fatal beating of Black inmate at New York prison sparks ... - AOL

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    A 2022 report about Marcy from the Correctional Association of New York, which provides independent oversight of prisons in the state, notes multiple problems at the facility, including ...

  9. Healthcare in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 2004, libertarian think tank Cato Institute published a study which concluded that regulation provides benefits in the amount of $170 billion but costs the public up to $340 billion. [152] The study concluded that the majority of the cost differential arises from medical malpractice, FDA regulations, and facilities regulations. [152]