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Senate Bill S940

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to home based primary care for the elderly demonstration project

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2009-S940 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2820, Pub Health L

2009-S940 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Clarifies provisions of the home based primary care for the elderly demonstration project to remove reference for the provision of "nursing" services, which are currently provided by home health agencies under article 36 of the public health law.

2009-S940 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S940 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   940

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 21, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ROBACH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  the  home  based
  primary care for the elderly demonstration project

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2820 of the public health law,  as
added by chapter 633 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
  1.  Notwithstanding  any law to the contrary there is hereby created a
demonstration program within the department to determine the  effective-
ness  of  providing home based primary care services to elderly patients
as part of an integrated program of long term care services. As part  of
the  demonstration  program  a  selected provider shall be authorized to
provide physician,  nurse-practitioner,  AND  physician  assistant  [and
nursing] services in the home of patients age sixty-five or older and to
other  patients  eligible  for  benefits  pursuant to title XVIII of the
federal social security act.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided,  however,  that
the  amendments to section 2820 of the public health law made by section
one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such  section  and  shall
expire and be deemed repealed therewith.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04854-01-9

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