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Oct 05, 2020 |
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Senate Bill S9026
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 48th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules 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
(D, WF) 33rd Senate District
(D) 42nd Senate District
2019-S9026 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Elder Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §218-a, Eld L; amd §§2803 & 2803-c, add §2803-c-1, Pub Health L
- Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
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S612
2019-S9026 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Directs the office of the state long-term care ombudsman to provide opportunities for volunteers to work as resident advocates within the long-term care ombudsman program (Part A); directs the commissioner of health, in consultation with the state long-term care ombudsman, to establish policies and procedures for reporting, by staff and volunteers of the long-term care ombudsman program, issues concerning the health and safety of residents at nursing homes and residential health care facilities (Part B); includes access to state long-term care ombudsman program staff and volunteers within the pandemic emergency plan prepared by residential health care facilities (Part C); requires translations of a patient's rights into the six most common non-English languages of New York State (Part D)
2019-S9026 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S9026 SPONSOR: MAY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the elder law, in relation to directing the office of the state long-term care ombudsman to provide opportunities for volun- teers to work as resident advocates within the long-term care ombudsman program (Part A); to amend the public health law, in relation to directing the commissioner of health, in consultation with the state long-term care ombudsman, to establish policies and procedures for reporting, by staff and volunteers of the long-term care ombudsman program, issues concerning the health and safety of residents at nursing homes and residential health care facilities (Part B); to amend the public health law, in relation to including access to state long-term care ombudsman program staff and volunteers within the pandem- ic emergency plan prepared by residential health care facilities (Part C); to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring trans- lations of a patient's rights (Part D); and to amend the public health law, in relation to the posting of information relating to the long-term care ombudsman program (Part E)
2019-S9026 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9026 I N S E N A T E October 5, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MAY, RIVERA, SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to directing the office of the state long-term care ombudsman to provide opportunities for volun- teers to work as resident advocates within the long-term care ombuds- man program (Part A); to amend the public health law, in relation to directing the commissioner of health, in consultation with the state long-term care ombudsman, to establish policies and proce- dures for reporting, by staff and volunteers of the long-term care ombudsman program, issues concerning the health and safety of resi- dents at nursing homes and residential health care facilities (Part B); to amend the public health law, in relation to including access to state long-term care ombudsman program staff and volunteers within the pandemic emergency plan prepared by residential health care facilities (Part C); to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring translations of a patient's rights (Part D); and to amend the public health law, in relation to the posting of information relating to the long-term care ombudsman program (Part E) THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "long-term care ombudsman program reform act". § 2. Legislative intent. This act enacts into law legislation relating to the long-term care ombudsman program. Each component is wholly contained within a Part identified as Parts A through E. The effective date for each particular provision contained within such Part is set forth in the last section of such Part. Any provision in any section contained within a Part, including the effective date of the Part, which makes a reference to a section "of this act", when used in connection with that particular component, shall be deemed to mean and refer to the corresponding section of the Part in which it is found. Section four of this act sets forth the general effective date of this act. PART A EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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