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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Jan 23, 2009 |
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Assembly Bill A3209
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CHRISTENSEN
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Vivian Cook
Joan Millman
Harvey Weisenberg
Ginny Fields
multi-Sponsors
Thomas Alfano
Kevin Cahill
Francine DelMonte
David Koon
2009-A3209 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S759
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §3614, Pub Health L; amd §367-r, Soc Serv L
2009-A3209 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3209 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 23, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CHRISTENSEN, GREENE, COOK, MILLMAN, WEISENBERG, FIELDS, ABBATE, MAISEL, REILLY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ALFA- NO, CAHILL, DelMONTE, KOON, MARKEY, McENENY, PEOPLES, PHEFFER, ROSEN- THAL, SCHIMEL, SEMINERIO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law and the social services law, in relation to rates of payment for continuous nursing services for medically fragile persons THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3-a of section 3614 of the public health law, as amended by section 9 of part C of chapter 109 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows: 3-a. Medically fragile [children] PERSONS. Rates of payment for continuous nursing services for medically fragile [children] PERSONS provided by a certified home health agency, a licensed home care services agency or a long term home health care program shall be estab- lished to ensure the availability of such services, whether provided by registered nurses or licensed practical nurses who are employed by or under contract with such agencies or programs, and shall be established at a rate that is at least equal to rates of payment for such services rendered to patients eligible for AIDS home care programs; provided, however, that a certified home health agency, a licensed home care services agency or a long term home health care program that receives such enhanced rates for continuous nursing services for medically frag- ile [children] PERSONS shall use such enhanced rates to increase payments to registered nurses and licensed practical nurses who provide such services. In the case of services provided by certified home health agencies and long term home health care programs through contracts with licensed home care services agencies, rate increases received by such certified home health agencies and long term home health care programs EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02132-01-9
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