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, and also to assisted living residences. There is no payment or fee in this bill; the patient would pay for the device. The new duty would be to allow the camera, and to keep a written record of the install and any roommate consents in the patient's record. It would start thirty days after it becomes law.
What the bill does
This bill would give nursing home patients the right to put a camera in their own room. The patient would pay for it. The camera could only show the patient's own space, and sound recording would need written consent from any roommate. The home would have to keep a record of the camera and the consents in the patient's file. It would start on the thirtieth day after it becomes law.
Written by AI from the bill's own Amended text of January 14, 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 electronic monitoring devices to monitor residents in assisted living residences and patients in nursing homes; requires consent from roommates to such electronic monitoring.
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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
- We cannot tell yet from the text. No dollar figure or threshold is stated in what we hold.
- 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.76
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Bill text and status: nysenate.gov · retrieved August 3, 2026