A New York bill on care standards, introduced and still moving. Last moved January 7, 2026.
What this means for a building owner
This would apply to every nursing home in the state. Before starting an antipsychotic, the home or the prescriber would need written consent from the resident, or from the person allowed to decide for them. Consent would not be needed in some cases, such as a medicine already prescribed before admission, consent given in the past twelve months, hospice residents, residents in a certified behavioral unit, a main diagnosis of Huntington's disease, or an emergency. In an emergency the prescriber would have to chart the medicine, the reason and the dose, and tell the resident or their representative right away. If the chart says a family member asked to be told about medicine orders, notice would have to go out within 48 hours, unless the resident asked that they not be told. There is no money in this. It would start one year after it becomes law.
What the bill does
This bill would require written informed consent before a nursing home starts giving a resident an antipsychotic medicine. The consent talk would have to cover the reason, the benefits, the dose, the risks, other options, and the right to say no or change their mind. Staff would have to write in the chart when the information was given, to whom, and by whom. It would start one year after it becomes law.
Written by AI from the bill's own Amended text of January 9, 2025, on September 23, 2026. Not legal advice. Read the official text ›
Introduced · last moved January 7, 2026 · no effective date stated yet
New York has 593 certified nursing homes.
Official title Relates to the use of antipsychotic medications in nursing homes; imposes limits as to time and documentation; requires informed consent under certain circumstances.
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What this affects
- Who pays, or is paid
- Facilities carry the cost of meeting the standard. Surveyors cite against it.
- Which buildings
- 592 facilities holding 111,253 licensed beds in New York.
- The dollars, or the rule
- This bill would apply to nursing homes and prescribing health care professionals, requiring written informed consent from a resident or their lawful representative before starting an antipsychotic medication, with exceptions for prior prescriptions on admission, consent given within the last 12 months, hospice…
- Effective
- We cannot tell yet from the text. No effective date is stated yet.
- Status
- Introduced, as of January 7, 2026.
Rules about what a building must do for a resident are what surveyors cite against, and citations are priced into every offer.
Latest action, January 7, 2026: ordered to third reading cal.56
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Bill text and status: nysenate.gov · retrieved August 3, 2026