Assembly Bill A8388

Vetoed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to clarifying that the nurse-family partnership program is not home care

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A8388 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6656
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2530, Pub Health L

2017-A8388 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Clarifies that the nurse-family partnership program is not within the definition of home care.

2017-A8388 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8388
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  clarifying  that
   the nurse-family partnership program is not home care
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 2530 of the public health law,  as
 added  by  section  33-a of part C of chapter 58 of the laws of 2008, is
 amended to read as follow:
   3. The nurse-family  partnership  program  is  a  nurse  home-visiting
 program  in  which  a  nurse-family  partnership  provider provides case
 management and nursing services (primarily nurse home visits to  partic-
 ipants)  to  eligible  participants  up  to the child's second birthday.
 Participation in the program shall be  voluntary  for  eligible  partic-
 ipants.    THE  NURSE-FAMILY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO
 ARTICLE THIRTY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13144-01-7

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