Assembly Bill A8520

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to reporting on the status of issues at residential health care facilities

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Current Bill Status Via S8003 - Signed by Governor

  • 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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2023-A8520 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8003
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2803, Pub Health L (as proposed in S.7211 & A.7218)

2023-A8520 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires reporting on the status of issues at residential health care facilities to the state long-term care ombudsman.

2023-A8520 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8520
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 5, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. KIM -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Aging
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public health law, in relation to requiring the
   department of health to provide the  state  long-term  care  ombudsman
   with  a  report  on the status of any issues identified by residential
   health care facility staff or volunteers of the long-term care ombuds-
   man program

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subparagraph  (ii)  of paragraph (a) of subdivision 14 of
 section 2803 of the public health law, as amended by a  chapter  of  the
 laws  of  2023  amending the public health law relating to the reporting
 and resolution of issues at residential care facilities, as proposed  in
 legislative  bills  numbers  S.  7211  and A. 7218, is amended and a new
 paragraph (c) is added to read as follows:
   (ii) timely and regular resolution to any such issues reported to  the
 department pursuant to subparagraph (i) of this paragraph. No later than
 sixty  days  after  the  receipt of any such issue, the department shall
 provide the [staff or volunteer who reported such issue] STATE LONG-TERM
 CARE OMBUDSMAN a report on the  status  of  such  issue.  Following  the
 initial report, the department shall provide additional reports to [such
 staff  or  volunteer]  THE  STATE  LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN no less than
 every [sixty] NINETY days thereafter until such issue is resolved.  Upon
 resolution of such issue, the department shall provide a  timely  report
 to  [such  staff  or  volunteer  and] the state long-term care ombudsman
 indicating the manner in which the issue was resolved; and
   (C) AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION: (I) "RESOLUTION" SHALL  MEAN  CLOSURE
 OF  A  COMPLAINT  BY  THE DEPARTMENT, WHETHER CLOSED AS SUBSTANTIATED OR
 UNSUBSTANTIATED; AND (II) "STATUS" SHALL MEAN WHETHER THE COMPLAINT  HAS
 BEEN  ASSIGNED  TO  DEPARTMENT  STAFF  FOR  INVESTIGATION,  WHETHER  THE
 COMPLAINT REMAINS  OPEN  UNDER  ACTIVE  INVESTIGATION,  OR  WHETHER  THE
 COMPLAINT HAS REACHED RESOLUTION.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the public  health  law
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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