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Feb 01, 2021 |
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Senate Bill S3879
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 53rd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health 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
(R, C) 57th Senate District
(R, C) Senate District
(R, C) 8th Senate District
2021-S3879 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A1070
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §2801-h, Pub Health L
- Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
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S9036, A11092
2021-S3879 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3879 SPONSOR: GRIFFO TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to providing a patient of a residential health care facility essential caregiver visi- tation during the COVID-19 state disaster emergency PURPOSE: This bill would allow residents in nursing homes to designate an indi- vidual as an 'essential caregiver.' This caregiver would provide ancil- lary care to the resident that might not otherwise be offered by the nursing home. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 establishes who may be an 'essential caregiver' as well as the procedures that are necessary to allow their entry into the nursing home setting for the purposes of providing care to a loved one.
2021-S3879 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3879 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 1, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sens. GRIFFO, BORRELLO -- 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 providing a patient of a residential health care facility essential caregiver visitation during the COVID-19 state disaster emergency 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 2801-h to read as follows: § 2801-H. ESSENTIAL CAREGIVER VISITATION DURING COVID-19. 1. THE FOLLOWING WORDS OR PHRASES, AS USED IN THIS SECTION, SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS, UNLESS THE CONTEXT OTHERWISE REQUIRES: (A) "RESIDENT" SHALL MEAN A PATIENT RESIDING AT A RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY. (B) "ESSENTIAL CAREGIVER" SHALL MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUALS DESIGNATED BY A RESIDENT AS THEIR PRIMARY CAREGIVER TO AID AND PROVIDE CARE FOR SUCH RESIDENT. (C) "PRIMARY CAREGIVER" SHALL MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUALS WHO REGULARLY VISITED, PRIOR TO COVID-19, A RESIDENT TO AID AND PROVIDE CARE TO SUCH RESIDENT. (D) "REGULARLY VISIT" SHALL MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUALS WHO VISITS A RESIDENT OF RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY AT LEAST TWICE A WEEK. IF MORE THAN ONE INDIVIDUAL IS PROVIDING AID AND CARE TO A RESI- DENT, SUCH VISITATION DAYS MAY BE SPLIT AMONG THE INDIVIDUALS. (E) "THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC (COVID-19)" SHALL REFER TO THE PERIOD OF THE STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER TWO HUNDRED TWO ON MARCH SEVENTH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY IN RESPONSE TO THE OUTBREAK OF THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS. (F) "PHASE ZERO" SHALL MEAN A RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY WITH A CURRENTLY ACTIVE OUTBREAK OF THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02245-01-1
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