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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Jan 15, 2009 |
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Senate Bill S759
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health 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
2009-S759 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A3209
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §3614, Pub Health L; amd §367-r, Soc Serv L
2009-S759 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S759 TITLE OF BILL : 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 PURPOSE : To establish that funding for nursing care of medically fragile children will be available for all medically fragile adults. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 -- Amends subdivision 3-a of section 3614 of the Public Health Law. Changes "medically fragile children" to "medically fragile persons," and alters payment to nurses who continuously care for medically fragile persons. Section 2 -- Amends subdivisions 1-a and 2 of section 367-r of the Social Services Law. Establishes that funds available for nursing care for medically fragile children will be available for all medially fragile persons.
2009-S759 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 759 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 15, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. DeFRANCISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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 pursuant to this subdivision shall be reflected in payments made to the registered nurses or licensed practical nurses employed by such licensed home care services agencies to render services to these [children] EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02132-01-9
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