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                                   3839
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2019
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. McDONALD, TAYLOR, DICKENS, ARROYO, ENGLEBRIGHT,
   RIVERA, D'URSO,  GALEF,  COOK,  SEAWRIGHT,  BICHOTTE,  CAHILL,  ORTIZ,
   STERN,  LAWRENCE,  ASHBY, ABBATE, CROUCH, NIOU, SIMON -- read once and
   referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in  relation  to  home  care  and
   community  based sepsis prevention, screening, intervention and educa-
   tion
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
 3620-a to read as follows:
   § 3620-A. SEPSIS. 1.  THE  DEPARTMENT  MAY  PROVIDE  SUPPORT  FOR  THE
 FOLLOWING  OBJECTIVES  AND  ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY BASED SEPSIS
 PREVENTION, SCREENING, INTERVENTION AND EDUCATION IN  THE  STATE,  WHICH
 MAY  INCLUDE,  WITHIN AVAILABLE FUNDS AND UPON THE APPROVAL OF THE STATE
 DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, GRANTS OR SUPPLEMENTATION OF REIMBURSEMENT RATES
 TO PROVIDERS. SUCH SUPPORTED OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES MAY INCLUDE,  BUT
 ARE NOT LIMITED TO, ON A VOLUNTARY HOME CARE AGENCY BASIS:
   (A)  HOME  CARE  AGENCY  INTEGRATION  INTO  ELECTRONIC  HEALTH RECORDS
 SYSTEMS OF A STANDARDIZED SEPSIS SCREENING  AND  INTERVENTION  TOOL  FOR
 HOME  CARE  THAT  MEETS  ADOPTED  INDUSTRY STANDARDS AND SYNCHRONIZES TO
 SEPSIS CRITERIA UTILIZED IN HOSPITALS ACCORDING TO DEPARTMENTAL PROTOCOL
 REQUIREMENTS FOR HOSPITALS;
   (B) TIMELY AND SYNCHRONIZED EXCHANGE OF HEALTH INFORMATION  ON  BEHALF
 OF  PATIENTS  MEETING  OR  SUSPECTED  TO MEET SEPSIS CRITERIA, WITH SUCH
 EXCHANGE BETWEEN HOME CARE AGENCIES INTEGRATING THE STANDARDIZED  SEPSIS
 TOOL,  AND  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  SERVICES PROVIDERS, HOSPITALS, PATIENTS'
 PRIMARY CARE PRACTITIONERS, AND OTHER CLINICAL PARTNERS, AS APPLICABLE;
   (C) ESTABLISHMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF  SEPSIS  COLLABORATIVES  UNDER
 THE  HOSPITAL-HOME  CARE-PHYSICIAN  COLLABORATION  PROGRAM UNDER SECTION
 TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED FIVE-X OF THIS CHAPTER, THE PURPOSE OF WHICH  SHALL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 BE  TO  PILOT  TEST THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COLLABORATIVES IN PROMOTING THE
 GOALS OF THIS SECTION, AS WELL AS TO PILOT THE DEVELOPMENT  OF  CLINICAL
 PATHWAYS AND INTERDISCIPLINARY CARE PLANS FOR EFFECTIVE CARE TRANSITION,
 POST-HOSPITAL DISCHARGE CARE, AND SUBSEQUENT SEPSIS PREVENTION AND READ-
 MISSION AVOIDANCE FOR SEPSIS SURVIVORS;
   (D)  HOME  CARE  AGENCY  SEPSIS  EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF HOME HEALTH
 AIDES, PERSONAL CARE AIDES, AND FAMILY CAREGIVERS;
   (E) COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND PUBLIC AND PROVIDER EDUCATION CONDUCTED  BY
 HOME CARE AGENCIES, AND BY HOME CARE IN CONJUNCTION WITH CONTINUUM PART-
 NERS,  INCLUDING  HOSPITALS,  PHYSICIANS,  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  SERVICES,
 HEALTH PLANS, NURSING HOMES AND  OTHERS,  AS  WELL  AS  WITH  STATE  AND
 NATIONAL  SEPSIS  PUBLIC  EDUCATION  ORGANIZATIONS,  INCLUDING  THE RORY
 STAUNTON FOUNDATION FOR  SEPSIS  PREVENTION  AND  SEPSIS  ALLIANCE.  THE
 PURPOSE  OF  SUCH EDUCATION SHALL BE TO FOSTER DIRECTLY, AND IN PARTNER-
 SHIP WITH PROVIDERS, AN EFFECTIVE SEPSIS RESPONSE ACROSS  THE  CONTINUUM
 OF  CARE,  AS  WELL  AS  INCREASED  PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION ABOUT
 SEPSIS AND SEPSIS PREVENTION.
   2. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ISSUE GUIDANCE TO HOME CARE AND OTHER APPLICA-
 BLE PROVIDERS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. The commissioner of health shall, within eighteen months  of  the
 effective  date  of this act, provide information to the legislature and
 governor on the activities supported by and outcomes  achieved  by  this
 act  in relation to sepsis awareness, prevention, intervention and miti-
 gation.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. Effective immediately the
 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary
 for  the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
 to be made on or before such date.