Assembly Bill A7035

Vetoed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes a special needs assisted living program to serve persons with neurodegenerative diseases

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Current Bill Status Via S2161 - Vetoed by Governor


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

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2023-A7035 - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4655, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A4656

2023-A7035 - Summary

Establishes a special needs assisted living program to serve residents with neurodegenerative diseases, such as dementia or Parkinson's disease, who are experiencing behavior disturbances.

2023-A7035 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7035
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in  relation  to  establishing  a
   special  needs  assisted living program to serve persons with neurode-
   generative diseases
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 4655 of the public health law, as added by chapter
 2 of the laws of 2004, is amended by adding a new subdivision 7 to  read
 as follows:
   7.  (A) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH A SPECIAL NEEDS ASSISTED LIVING
 PROGRAM TO SERVE PERSONS WITH NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES (SUCH AS DEMEN-
 TIA OR PARKINSON'S DISEASE) WITH BEHAVIOR DISTURBANCES,  AS  DEFINED  BY
 THE  DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS OR THE INTER-
 NATIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS OF DISEASES.
   (I) SUCH PROGRAM WILL BE LIMITED TO  NO  MORE  THAN  TEN  SITES,  EACH
 LIMITED TO NO MORE THAN TEN RESIDENTIAL BEDS AND IN ADDITION MAY INCLUDE
 TWO RESPITE BEDS.
   (II)  THERE  SHALL BE NO MORE THAN FIVE RESIDENTS PER SITE UPON ADMIS-
 SION, WHO ARE IN  NEED  OF  TWENTY-FOUR-HOUR  SKILLED  NURSING  CARE  OR
 MEDICAL  CARE  WHICH  WOULD OTHERWISE REQUIRE PLACEMENT IN A HOSPITAL OR
 NURSING HOME.
   (III) ALL RESIDENTS MUST HAVE BEEN DECLINED ADMISSION  OR  READMISSION
 BY  A  NURSING  HOME  OR BE AN ADMISSION REQUESTED BY A LAWFUL REPRESEN-
 TATIVE OF THE RESIDENT. IN ADDITION, A PHYSICIAN OR  NURSE  PRACTITIONER
 MUST  CERTIFY  THAT  THE PROSPECTIVE RESIDENT CAN BE SAFELY CARED FOR IN
 THE PROGRAM.
   (B) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH STANDARDS FOR THE  PROGRAM  INCLUD-
 ING:
   (I) PHYSICIAN OVERSIGHT AND SUPERVISION UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE SITE;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02675-02-3
 A. 7035                             2
              

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2023-A7035A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4655, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A4656

2023-A7035A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a special needs assisted living program to serve residents with neurodegenerative diseases, such as dementia or Parkinson's disease, who are experiencing behavior disturbances.

2023-A7035A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7035--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the public health law, in relation to establishing a
   special needs assisted living program to serve persons  with  neurode-
   generative diseases

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 4655 of the public health law, as added by  chapter
 2  of the laws of 2004, is amended by adding a new subdivision 7 to read
 as follows:
   7. (A) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH A NEURODEGENERATIVE WITH  BEHAV-
 IORS  ENHANCED  SPECIAL NEEDS ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCE PROGRAM TO SERVE
 RESIDENTS OF CERTIFIED ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCES WITH NEURODEGENERATIVE
 DISEASES (SUCH AS ALZHEIMER'S DEMENTIA, LEWY BODY DEMENTIA, FRONTAL LOBE
 DEMENTIA,  AND  PARKINSON'S  DISEASE)  WITH  BEHAVIOR  DISTURBANCES,  AS
 DEFINED  BY THE DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS OR
 THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS OF DISEASES.  TO  PARTICIPATE  IN  THE
 PROGRAM, ASSISTED LIVING OPERATORS SHALL OBTAIN CERTIFICATION AS BOTH AN
 ENHANCED  ASSISTED  LIVING  RESIDENCE  AND SPECIAL NEEDS ASSISTED LIVING
 RESIDENCE.
   (I) EACH PROGRAM WILL HAVE PHYSICIAN OVERSIGHT AND  SUPERVISION  UNDER
 CONTRACT  WITH  THE  SITE;  PROVIDE  NURSING  SERVICES DIRECTLY OR UNDER
 CONTRACT; AND BE LIMITED TO TEN RESIDENTIAL BEDS  PER  PROGRAM,  AND  IN
 ADDITION MAY INCLUDE TWO RESPITE BEDS.
   (II)  THERE  SHALL  BE  NO MORE THAN FIVE RESIDENTS PER SITE WHO, UPON
 ADMISSION, ARE IN NEED  OF  TWENTY-FOUR-HOUR  SKILLED  NURSING  CARE  OR
 MEDICAL  CARE  WHICH  WOULD OTHERWISE REQUIRE PLACEMENT IN A HOSPITAL OR
 NURSING HOME.
   (III) ALL PROGRAM RESIDENTS MUST BE AN ADMISSION REQUESTED BY A LAWFUL
 REPRESENTATIVE OF THE RESIDENT OR HAVE BEEN DECLINED ADMISSION OR  READ-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02675-04-3
              

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