NY State Senate Bill 2021-S7165

Senate Bill S7165

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires the commissioner of health to ensure all home health aides and certified nurse aides employed by home care services agencies receive COVID-19 testing

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Jan 05, 2022	referred to health
Jun 04, 2021	referred to rules

2021-S7165 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6180
Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health

2021-S7165 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the commissioner of health to ensure all home health aides and certified nurse aides employed by home care services agencies receive COVID-19 testing not less than every ten days and that such agencies report the COVID-19 infection rates among employees and clients to the commissioner of health.

2021-S7165 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S7165

SPONSOR: SANDERS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act requiring the commissioner of health to ensure all home health
aides and certified nurse aides employed by home care services agencies
receive COVID-19 testing and that such agencies report COVID-19
infection rates to the commissioner; and providing for the repeal of
such provisions upon expiration thereof

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill establishes a program to be implemented that will further
reduce the spread of the COVID-19 Virus across households.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 provides that the commissioner of health shall create and
implement a program to ensure that all home health aides and certified
nurse aides employed by home care services agencies, as defined in

section 3602 of 4 the public health law, throughout the state are tested
not less than 5 every ten days for COVID-19. The department of health
shall provide enough personal protective equipment (PPE) for the imple-
mentation of such testing and shall provide for the cost of such test-
ing. Section 2, 3, and 4 provides for guidelines.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

According to The NYC Department of Small Business Services, approximate-
ly 150,000 home health aides work in New York City alone.  These indi-
viduals are part of the frontline staff in this ongoing fight, as they
ensure the elderly, persons with a disability or convalescents are able
to complete daily activities in the individual's own home or long-term
care facilities. We have the responsibility to have home health aides
and certified nurse aides screened and protected.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

A.9510 : 2020

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

none

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
30 days after it takes effect.

2021-S7165 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7165
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT requiring the commissioner of health to ensure  all  home  health
   aides  and  certified nurse aides employed by home care services agen-
   cies receive COVID-19 testing and that such agencies  report  COVID-19
   infection  rates  to the commissioner; and providing for the repeal of
   such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  commissioner  of health shall create and implement a
 program to ensure that all home health aides and certified  nurse  aides
 employed  by  home care services agencies, as defined in section 3602 of
 the public health law, throughout the state are  tested  not  less  than
 every  ten  days  for  COVID-19.  The department of health shall provide
 sufficient personal protective equipment (PPE) for the implementation of
 such testing and shall provide for the cost of such testing.
   § 2. Home care services agencies shall be required to  report  to  the
 commissioner  of  health,  no  less  than  every  ten days, the COVID-19
 infection rate among employees and the  COVID-19  infection  rate  among
 clients served by such employees.
   § 3. Necessary funding to implement the program established in section
 one  of  this act shall come from existing resources, federal funds, and
 appropriations from the general fund.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law; provided that the provisions of this act shall expire
 and be deemed repealed upon expiration of the declared state of emergen-
 cy  relating to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19); and provided, further,
 that the commissioner of health shall notify the legislative bill draft-
 ing commission upon the occurrence of the expiration of the state disas-
 ter emergency declared by executive order number  202  and  any  further
 amendments  or modifications, and as may be further extended pursuant to

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

                                                            LBD09510-03-1

 S. 7165                             2
 
 section 28 of the executive law, in order that the commission may  main-
 tain  an accurate and timely effective data base of the official text of
 the laws of the state of New York in  furtherance  of  effectuating  the
 provisions  of section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the
 public officers law.

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