Senate Bill S8614

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to coordination between the department of health and the state long-term care ombudsman regarding residential health care facilities

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  • 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-S8614 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10343
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2803, Pub Health L; amd §218, Eld L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S3003, A1491

2021-S8614 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to coordination between the department of health and the state long-term care ombudsman regarding residential health care facilities, including such facilities' compliance with state and federal law, and histories of complaints.

2021-S8614 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8614 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8614
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 22, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the elder law, in relation  to
   coordination  between the department of health and the state long-term
   care ombudsman regarding residential health care facilities

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 13 of section 2803 of the public health law, as
 added  by  section  1  of  part B of chapter 759 of the laws of 2021, is
 amended to read as follows:
   [13.] 14. (a) The commissioner, in consultation with the  state  long-
 term care ombudsman, shall promulgate rules and regulations establishing
 policies  and  procedures [for]: (i) FOR reporting to the department, by
 staff and volunteers of the long-term  care  ombudsman  program,  issues
 identified  or  witnessed  by  such  staff and volunteers that relate to
 actions, inactions or decisions that may adversely  effect  the  health,
 safety  and  welfare  of residents at residential health care facilities
 licensed or certified by the department in this state. Such policies and
 procedures shall include, but not be limited to,  establishing  a  tele-
 phone  hotline and reporting form on the department's website for use by
 long-term care ombudsman program staff and volunteers for the submission
 of reports;
   (ii) FOR timely and regular communications by the  department  to  the
 state  long-term  care  ombudsman  and  long-term care ombudsman program
 staff and volunteers regarding such issues reported by  such  staff  and
 volunteers pursuant to subparagraph (i) of this paragraph and the resol-
 ution of such issues; [and]
   (iii)  requiring  the department to notify ombudsman program staff and
 volunteers at the facility where such staff and volunteers are  assigned
 of the time when the department will conduct inspections of such facili-
 ty,  including  surveillance  of  such  facility,  and of any complaints
 received by the department concerning such facility[.]; AND
   (IV) REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT,  PRIOR  TO  LICENSING,  CERTIFYING,  OR
 RECERTIFYING,  OR PRIOR TO GRANTING A CERTIFICATE OF NEED TO, A RESIDEN-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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