New York Consolidated Laws, Public Health Law - PBH § 2803-t. Preadmission information

1. Any general hospital that provides preadmission information to a patient, shall offer a blind or visually impaired patient a large print version or, at the patient's or patient's representative's request, an audio recording, to be made available to such patient or such patient's representative on compact disc or other medium as the hospital may offer, or as an electronically transmitted digital file, in addition to a written copy of any preadmission information.

2. Each general hospital, during the intake and registration of each patient, shall obtain and record information as specified by the department in regulation or guidance to determine whether such patient requires a reasonable accommodation for a disability.

3. Nothing contained herein shall require a patient to answer the inquiries about a disability if they wish not to do so.