(a) is formally a party in a domestic partnership or similar
relationship with the other person, entered into pursuant to the laws of
the United States or of any state, local or foreign jurisdiction, or
registered as the domestic partner of the other person with any registry
maintained by the employer of either party or any state, municipality,
or foreign jurisdiction; or
(b) is formally recognized as a beneficiary or covered person under
the other person's employment benefits or health insurance; or
(c) is dependent or mutually interdependent on the other person for
support, as evidenced by the totality of the circumstances indicating a
mutual intent to be domestic partners including but not limited to:
common ownership or joint leasing of real or personal property; common
householding, shared income or shared expenses; children in common;
signs of intent to marry or become domestic partners under paragraph (a)
or (b) of this subdivision; or the length of the personal relationship
of the persons.
3. Each party to a domestic partnership shall be considered to be the
domestic partner of the other party. "Domestic partner" shall not
include a person who is related to the other person by blood in a manner
that would bar marriage to the other person in New York state. "Domestic
partner" also shall not include any person who is less than eighteen
years of age or who is the adopted child of the other person or who is
related by blood in a manner that would bar marriage in New York state
to a person who is the lawful spouse of the other person.
Structure New York Laws
2800 - Declaration of Policy and Statement of Purpose.
2801-A - Establishment or Incorporation of Hospitals.
2801-D - Private Actions by Patients of Residential Health Care Facilities.
2801-E - Voluntary Residential Health Care Facility Rightsizing Demonstration Program.
2801-F - Residential Health Care Facility Quality Incentive Payment Program.
2801-G - Community Forum on Hospital Closure.
2801-H - Personal Caregiving Visitors for Nursing Home Residents During Public Health Emergencies.
2802 - Approval of Construction.
2802-A - Transitional Care Unit Demonstration Program.
2802-B - Health Equity Impact Assessments.
2803 - Commissioner and Council; Powers and Duties.
2803-A - Authority to Contract.
2803-B - Uniform Reports and Accounting Systems for Hospital Costs.
2803-C - Rights of Patients in Certain Medical Facilities.
2803-C-1 - Rights of Patients in Certain Medical Facilities; Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program.
2803-E - Residential Health Care Facilities; Return and Redistribution of Unused Medication.
2803-E*2 - Reporting Incidents of Possible Professional Misconduct.
2803-G - Board of Visitors in County Owned Residential Health Care Facility.
2803-H - Health Related Facility; Pet Therapy Programs.
2803-I - General Hospital Inpatient Discharge Review Program.
2803-J - Information for Maternity Patients.
2803-J*2 - Nursing Home Nurse Aide Registry.
2803-K - In-Patient Nasogastric Feeding Procedures.
2803-L - Community Service Plans.
2803-M - Discharge of Hospital Patients to Adult Homes.
2803-N - Hospital Care for Maternity Patients.
2803-O - Hospital Care for Mastectomy, Lumpectomy, and Lymph Node Dissection Patients.
2803-P - Disclosure of Information Concerning Family Violence.
2803-Q - Family Councils in Residential Health Care Facilities.
2803-R - Dissemination of Information About the Abandoned Infant Protection Act.
2803-S - Access to Product Recall Information.
2803-T - Preadmission Information.
2803-U - Hospital Substance Use Disorder Policies and Procedures.
2803-V - Lymphedema Information Distribution.
2803-V*2 - Standing Orders for New Born Care in a Hospital.
2803-W - Independent Quality Monitors for Residential Health Care Facilities.
2803-W*2 - Disclosure of Information Concerning Pregnancy Complications.
2803-X - Requirements Related to Nursing Homes and Related Assets and Operations.
2803-Y - Provision of Residency Agreement.
2803-Z*2 - Antimicrobial Resistance Prevention and Education.
2803-AA - Sickle Cell Disease Information Distribution.
2803-AA*2 - Nursing Home Infection Control Competency Audit.
2804 - Units for Hospital and Health-Related Affairs.
2804-A - State Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and Medical Technology Assessment.
2805 - Approval of Hospitals; Operating Certificates.
2805-A - Disclosure of Financial Transactions.
2805-B - Admission of Patients and Emergency Treatment of Nonadmitted Patients.
2805-E - Reports of Residential Health Care Facilities.
2805-G - Maintenance of Records.
2805-I - Treatment of Sexual Offense Victims and Maintenance of Evidence in a Sexual Offense.
2805-J - Medical, Dental and Podiatric Malpractice Prevention Program.
2805-K - Investigations Prior to Granting or Renewing Privileges.
2805-L - Adverse Event Reporting.
2805-N - Child Abuse Prevention.
2805-P - Emergency Treatment of Rape Survivors.
2805-Q - Hospital Visitation by Domestic Partner.
2805-R - Patients Unable to Verbally Communicate.
2805-S - Circulating Nurse Required.
2805-T - Clinical Staffing Committees and Disclosure of Nursing Quality Indicators.
2805-U - Credentialing and Privileging of Health Care Practioners Providing Telemedicine Services.
2805-V - Observation Services.
2805-W - Patient Notice of Observation Services.
2805-X - Hospital-Home Care-Physician Collaboration Program.
2805-Y - Indentification and Assessment of Human Trafficking Victims.
2805-Z - Hospital Domestic Violence Policies and Procedures.
2806 - Hospital Operating Certificates; Suspension or Revocation.
2815 - Health Facility Restructuring Program.
2815-A - Community Health Care Revolving Capital Fund.
2816 - Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System.
2806-B - Residential Health Care Facilities; Revocation of Operating Certificate.
2807 - Hospital Reimbursement Provisions; Generally.
2807-AA - Nurse Loan Repayment Program.
2807-D - Hospital Assessments.
2807-DD - Temporary Nursing Home Stability Contributions.
2807-D-1 - Hospital Quality Contributions.
2807-F - Health Maintenance Organization Payment Factor.
2807-I - Service and Quality Improvement Grants.
2807-J - Patient Services Payments.
2807-K - General Hospital Indigent Care Pool.
2807-L - Health Care Initiatives Pool Distributions.
2807-M - Distribution of the Professional Education Pools.
2807-N - Palliative Care Education and Training.
2807-O - Early Intervention Services Pool.
2807-P - Comprehensive Diagnostic and Treatment Centers Indigent Care Program.
2807-R - Funding for Expansion of Cancer Services.
2807-S - Professional Education Pool Funding.
2807-T - Assessments on Covered Lives.
2807-U - Transfers for Tax Credits.
2807-V - Tobacco Control and Insurance Initiatives Pool Distributions.
2807-W - High Need Indigent Care Adjustment Pool.
2807-X - Grants for Long Term Care Demonstration Projects.
2807-Z - Review of Eligible Federally Qualified Health Center Capital Projects.
2808 - Residential Health Care Facilities; Rates of Payment.
2808-A - Liability of Certain Persons.
2808-B - Certification of Financial Statements and Financial Information.
2808-C - Reimbursement of General Hospital Inpatient Services.
2808-D - Nursing Home Quality Improvement Demonstration Program.
2808-E*2 - Nursing Home Ratings.
2809 - Residential Health Care Facilities; Powers to Require Security.
2810 - Residential Health Care Facilities; Receivership.
2811 - Discounts and Splitting Fees With Medical Referral Services; Prohibited.
2814 - Health Networks, Global Budgeting, and Health Care Demonstrations.
2816-A - Cardiac Services Information.
2817 - Community Health Centers Capital Program.
2818 - Health Care Efficiency and Affordability Law of New Yorkers (Heal Ny) Capital Grant Program.
2819 - Hospital Acquired Infection Reporting.
2820 - Home Based Primary Care for the Elderly Demonstration Project.
2821 - State Electronic Health Records (Ehr) Loan Program.
2822 - Residential Care Off-Site Facility Demonstration Project.
2823 - Supportive Housing Development Program.
2824 - Central Service Technicians.
2824*2 - Surgical Technology and Surgical Technologists.
2825 - Capital Restructuring Financing Program.
2825-A - Health Care Facility Transformation: Kings County Project.
2825-B - Oneida County Health Care Facility Transformation Program:oneida County Project.
2825-C - Essential Health Care Provider Support Program.
2825-D - Health Care Facility Tranformation Program: Statewide.
2825-E - Health Care Facility Tranformation Program: Statewide Ii.
2825-F - Health Care Facility Tranformation Program: Statewide Iii.
2825-G - Health Care Facility Transformation Program: Statewide Iv.
2825-H - Health Care Facility Transformation Program: Statewide V.
2826 - Temporary Adjustment to Reimbursement Rates.
2827 - Plant-Based Food Options.
2828 - Residential Health Care Facilities; Minimum Direct Resident Care Spending.
2829 - Nursing Homes; Disclosure Requirements.