Assembly Bill A5846

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring adult care facilities to include quality improvement committees and include a focus on infection control in such facilities' quality assurance plans

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S1784 - Signed by Governor

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

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2021-A5846 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1784
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §461-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S9028

2021-A5846 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires adult care facilities to include quality improvment committees; includes a focus on infection control in such facilities' quality assurance plans.

2021-A5846 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5846
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 26, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. KIM -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Health
 
 AN  ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring adult
   care facilities to include quality improvement committees and  include
   a  focus  on  infection  control in such facilities' quality assurance
   plans

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (c)  of  subdivision 2 of section 461-a of the
 social services law, as amended by chapter 735 of the laws of  1994,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (c)  An inspection report shall be made of each inspection which shall
 clearly identify and indicate in detail each area of operation,  includ-
 ing,  but  not  limited to, the premises, equipment, personnel, resident
 care and services, and whether each such area of operation or any of its
 component parts is or is not in compliance with the regulations  of  the
 department and all other applicable requirements. It also shall identify
 those  areas  of  operation  or  any of its component parts found not in
 compliance as a result of failure in systemic practices and  procedures.
 The  operator  shall  be  notified of the results of the inspection in a
 manner to be determined by regulations of the department. Such notifica-
 tion shall contain directions as may be appropriate as to the manner and
 time in which compliance with applicable requirements of  law  or  regu-
 lations  of the department shall be effected.  The department shall also
 require the operator of an adult home or residence for adults to  devel-
 op,  biannually  update and implement plans for quality assurance activ-
 ities for each area of operation. Quality assurance  activities  include
 but are not limited to, development and maintenance of performance stan-
 dards  INCLUDING  INFECTION  CONTROL,  measurement  of adherence to such
 standards and to applicable state and local laws and regulations,  iden-
 tification  of  performance  failures,  design,  and  implementation  of

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

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