NY State Senate Bill 2021-S7372B

Senate Bill S7372B

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires the department of health to publish certain information relating to home care services usage on the department's website on a quarterly basis

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Apr 19, 2022	print number 7372b
Apr 19, 2022	amend and recommit to health
Jan 06, 2022	print number 7372a
Jan 06, 2022	amend and recommit to health
Jan 05, 2022	referred to health
Sep 10, 2021	referred to rules

Bill Amendments

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2021-S7372 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8173
Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add §3614-g, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S1683, A1926

2021-S7372 - Summary

Requires the commissioner of health to publish certain information relating to home care services usage on the department's website on a quarterly basis.

2021-S7372 - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S7372

SPONSOR: HINCHEY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to reporting of home
care service usage

 
PURPOSE:

This bill would require the department of health to publish certain
information relating to home care services usage on the department's
website on a quarterly basis.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends section 3614-f of the public health law to require that
Department of Health prepare and publish a report on home care service
provision and usage. It includes the frequency of the report, the compo-
nents of the report, and how it should be published on the website of
the Department of Health.

Section 2: Provides that the provisions of this act shall take effect
immediately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Currently there is no transparency related to the service provision and
usage of home care services in New York State. This makes it difficult
to know the number of individuals receiving home care services, the type
of home care services being provided, and aggregated information about
service usage, including the average number of hours authorized across
all recipients during the previous reporting period by type of service,
payor, and county.

This legislation would require the Department of Health to prepare a
report on a quarterly basis and publish it on its website, in a searcha-
ble and accessible format. The information outlined would include the
providers of home care services, managed care plans, and local depart-
ments of social services under existing laws and regulations.

Nothing in this section shall require or permit the disclosure of any
personally identifiable information by the Department of Health, except
as otherwise authorized by law.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is a new bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S7372 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7372
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                            September 10, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to reporting of  home
   care service usage
 
   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
 3614-f to read as follows:
   § 3614-F. REPORTING OF HOME CARE SERVICE USAGE. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF
 THIS SECTION, THE TERM "COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH SERVICES PLAN" SHALL MEAN A
 COMPREHENSIVE  HEALTH SERVICES PLAN OPERATING PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FORTY-
 FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER AND PROVIDING HOME CARE  SERVICES  IN  THE  MEDICAL
 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
   2.  ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PUBLISH ON ITS WEBSITE,
 IN A SEARCHABLE AND ACCESSIBLE FORMAT, THE INFORMATION REQUIRED PURSUANT
 TO  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF  THIS  SECTION.  SUCH  INFORMATION  SHALL  BE
 FURNISHED  TO  THE  COMMISSIONER  BY  PROVIDERS  OF  HOME CARE SERVICES,
 COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH SERVICES PLANS, AND  LOCAL  DEPARTMENTS  OF  SOCIAL
 SERVICES UNDER EXISTING LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
   3.  AT  A  MINIMUM,  THE INFORMATION TO BE PUBLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION SHALL INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE
 LIMITED TO:
   (A)  THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING HOME CARE SERVICES BY TYPE OF
 HOME CARE SERVICE, LISTED BY BOTH COUNTY AND BY SERVICES  AUTHORIZED  BY
 THE  LOCAL  DEPARTMENT  OF  SOCIAL  SERVICES  AND  COMPREHENSIVE  HEALTH
 SERVICES PLAN;
   (B) THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING HOME CARE SERVICES BY PAYOR;
   (C) THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE HAD A PERMANENT  TRANSFER  FROM
 HOME CARE SERVICES TO A NURSING HOME OR ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; AND
   (D)  AGGREGATED INFORMATION ABOUT SERVICE USAGE, INCLUDING THE AVERAGE
 NUMBER OF HOURS AUTHORIZED ACROSS ALL RECIPIENTS OF HOME  CARE  SERVICES
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD11702-01-1

 S. 7372                             2
 
 DURING  THE  PREVIOUS  REPORTING  PERIOD  BY TYPE OF SERVICE, PAYOR, AND
 COUNTY.
   4.  NOTHING  IN THIS SECTION SHALL REQUIRE OR PERMIT THE DISCLOSURE OF
 ANY PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION BY  THE  DEPARTMENT,  EXCEPT  AS
 OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S7372A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8173
Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add §3614-g, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S1683, A1926

2021-S7372A - Summary

Requires the commissioner of health to publish certain information relating to home care services usage on the department's website on a quarterly basis.

2021-S7372A - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7372A

SPONSOR: HINCHEY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to reporting of home
care service usage

 
PURPOSE:

This bill would require the department of health to publish certain
information relating to home care services usage on the department's
website on a quarterly basis.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends section 3614f of the public health law to require that
Department of Health prepare and publish a report on home care service
provision and usage. It includes the frequency of the report, the mini-
mum components of the report, and how it should be published on the
website of the Department of Health.

Section 2: Provides that the provisions of this act shall take effect
immediately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Currently there is no transparency related to the service provision and
usage of home care services in New York State. This makes it difficult
to know the number of individuals receiving home care services, the type
of home care services being provided, and aggregated Information about
service usage, including the average number of hours authorized across
all recipients during the previous reporting period by type of service,
payor, and county.

This legislation would require the Department of Health to prepare a
report on a quarterly basis and publish it on its website, in a searcha-
ble and accessible format. The information outlined would include the
providers of home care services, managed care plans, and local depart-
ments of social services under existing laws and regulations.

Nothing in this section shall require or permit the disclosure of any
personally identifiable information by the Department of Health, except
as otherwise authorized by law.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is a new bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:  This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S7372A - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7372--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                            September 10, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules  --  recommitted  to
   the  Committee  on  Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee

 AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to reporting of home
   care service usage
 
   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
 3614-f to read as follows:
   § 3614-F. REPORTING OF HOME CARE SERVICE USAGE. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF
 THIS SECTION, THE TERM "MANAGED CARE PLAN" MEANS  A  MANAGED  CARE  PLAN
 OPERATING  UNDER  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  SIXTY-FOUR-J  OF  THE  SOCIAL
 SERVICES LAW OR ARTICLE FORTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER  AND  PROVIDING  HOME
 CARE SERVICES IN THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
   2.  ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PUBLISH ON ITS WEBSITE,
 IN A SEARCHABLE AND ACCESSIBLE FORMAT, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
   (A) THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING HOME CARE SERVICES  LISTED  BY
 TYPE  OF HOME CARE SERVICE; COUNTY OF RECIPIENT; AND SERVICES AUTHORIZED
 BY THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES  AND  BY  EACH  MANAGED  CARE
 PLAN;
   (B) THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING HOME CARE SERVICES BY SPECIFIC
 THIRD-PARTY PAYORS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE;
   (C)  THE  NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE HAD A PERMANENT TRANSFER FROM
 HOME CARE SERVICES TO A NURSING HOME OR ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; AND
   (D) AGGREGATED INFORMATION ABOUT SERVICE USAGE, INCLUDING THE  AVERAGE
 NUMBER  OF  HOURS AUTHORIZED ACROSS ALL RECIPIENTS OF HOME CARE SERVICES
 DURING THE PREVIOUS REPORTING PERIOD BY  TYPE  OF  SERVICE,  PAYOR,  AND
 COUNTY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11702-03-1
 S. 7372--A                          2

 
   3.  NOTHING  IN THIS SECTION SHALL REQUIRE OR PERMIT THE DISCLOSURE OF
 ANY INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT,  EXCEPT  AS
 OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S7372B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8173
Current Committee:: Senate Health
Law Section:: Public Health Law
Laws Affected:: Add §3614-g, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S1683, A1926

2021-S7372B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the commissioner of health to publish certain information relating to home care services usage on the department's website on a quarterly basis.

2021-S7372B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7372B

SPONSOR: HINCHEY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to reporting of home
care service usage

 
PURPOSE:

This bill would require the department of health to publish certain
information relating to home care services usage on the department's
website on a quarterly basis.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends section 364-j of the social services law to require
that the Department of Health prepare and publish a report on home care
service provision and usage. It includes the frequency of the report,
the components of he report, and how it should be published on the
website of the Department of Health.

Section 2: Provides that the provisions of this act shall take effect
immediately.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Currently there is no transparency related to the service provision and
usage of home care services in New York State. This makes it difficult
to know the number of individuals receiving home care services, the type
of home care services being provided, and aggregated Information about
service usage, including the average number of hours authorized across
all recipients during the previous reporting period by type of service,
payor, and county.

This legislation would require the Department of Health to prepare a
report on a quarterly basis and publish it on its website, in a searcha-
ble and accessible format. The information outlined would include the
providers of home care services, managed care plans, and local depart-
ments of social services under existing laws and regulations.

Nothing in this section shall require or permit the disclosure of any
personally identifiable information by the Department of Health, except
as otherwise authorized by law.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is a new bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S7372B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7372--B
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                            September 10, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules  --  recommitted  to
   the  Committee  on  Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted  to  said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to reporting of  home
   care service usage
 
   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
 3614-g to read as follows:
   § 3614-G. REPORTING OF HOME CARE SERVICE USAGE. 1. FOR THE PURPOSES OF
 THIS  SECTION,  THE  TERM  "MANAGED CARE PLAN" MEANS A MANAGED CARE PLAN
 OPERATING  UNDER  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  SIXTY-FOUR-J  OF  THE  SOCIAL
 SERVICES  LAW  OR  ARTICLE FORTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER AND PROVIDING HOME
 CARE SERVICES IN THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
   2. ON A QUARTERLY BASIS, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PUBLISH ON ITS  WEBSITE,
 IN A SEARCHABLE AND ACCESSIBLE FORMAT, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
   (A)  THE  NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING HOME CARE SERVICES LISTED BY
 TYPE OF HOME CARE SERVICE; COUNTY OF RECIPIENT; AND SERVICES  AUTHORIZED
 BY  THE  LOCAL  DEPARTMENT  OF  SOCIAL SERVICES AND BY EACH MANAGED CARE
 PLAN;
   (B) THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING HOME CARE SERVICES BY SPECIFIC
 PUBLIC THIRD-PARTY PAYORS;
   (C) THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE HAD A PERMANENT  TRANSFER  FROM
 HOME CARE SERVICES TO A NURSING HOME OR ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; AND
   (D)  AGGREGATED INFORMATION ABOUT SERVICE USAGE, INCLUDING THE AVERAGE
 NUMBER OF HOURS AUTHORIZED ACROSS ALL RECIPIENTS OF HOME  CARE  SERVICES
 DURING  THE  PREVIOUS  REPORTING  PERIOD  BY TYPE OF SERVICE, PAYOR, AND
 COUNTY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11702-06-2

 S. 7372--B                          2
 
   3. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL REQUIRE OR PERMIT THE  DISCLOSURE  OF
 ANY  INDIVIDUAL  IDENTIFYING  INFORMATION  BY  THE DEPARTMENT, EXCEPT AS
 OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Michelle Hinchey

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee

Bill Amendments

2021-S7372 - Details

2021-S7372 - Summary

2021-S7372 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S7372 - Bill Text download pdf

2021-S7372A - Details

2021-S7372A - Summary

2021-S7372A - Sponsor Memo

2021-S7372A - Bill Text download pdf

2021-S7372B (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S7372B (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S7372B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S7372B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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