Assembly Bill A8524

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to licensure requirements and reimbursements for certain home health services; repealer

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Current Bill Status - 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-A8524 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8033
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §610, amd §3605, Pub Health L (as proposed in S.6641-A & A.7365)

2023-A8524 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes certain core public health services to be provided in the home by local health departments without need for licensure; authorizes such services to be eligible to receive reimbursement under title XIX of the federal Social Security Act.

2023-A8524 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8524
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 5, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to licensure require-
   ments  and  reimbursements  for  certain  home health services; and to
   repeal section 610 of the public health law relating thereto
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 610 of the public health law, as added by a chapter
 of the laws of 2023 amending the public health law relating to licensure
 requirements  and  reimbursements  for  certain home health services, as
 proposed in legislative bills  numbers  S.  6641-A  and  A.    7365,  is
 REPEALED.
   §  2.  Section  3605 of the public health law is amended by adding two
 new subdivisions 1-a and 1-b to read as follows:
   1-A. (A) CORE PUBLIC  HEALTH  SERVICES,  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION  SIX
 HUNDRED  TWO  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  WHEN PROVIDED IN THE HOME BY THE LOCAL
 HEALTH DEPARTMENT OF A COUNTY OR OF THE CITY  OF  NEW  YORK,  SHALL  NOT
 REQUIRE  LICENSURE  UNDER  THIS  SECTION  IF  SUCH  CORE PUBLIC SERVICES
 REQUIRE ONLY MINIMAL PATIENT CONTACT. PATIENT CONTACT SHALL  BE  CONSID-
 ERED  MINIMAL  IF  IT  IS  OF  LIMITED DURATION FOR ACUTE OR NON-CHRONIC
 CONDITIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY HEALTH CONDITIONS POSING  A
 POTENTIAL  THREAT  TO PUBLIC HEALTH, AND TREATMENT IS GENERALLY EXPECTED
 TO REQUIRE NO MORE THAN SIX PATIENT VISITS; PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  A
 LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT MAY EXCEED SIX VISITS IN THE INTEREST OF PATIENT
 SAFETY AND PUBLIC HEALTH.
   (B) CORE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES THAT MAY BE PROVIDED WITHOUT A LICENSE
 PURSUANT  TO THIS SUBDIVISION INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:  IMMUNIZA-
 TIONS; TESTING FOR TUBERCULOSIS AND OBSERVATION OF TUBERCULOSIS SELF-DI-
 RECTED THERAPY; VERBAL ASSESSMENT, COUNSELING AND REFERRAL SERVICES; AND
 SUCH OTHER SERVICES AS MAY BE DETERMINED  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT,  PROVIDED
 THAT SUCH SERVICES SHALL NOT INCLUDE HOME HEALTH AIDE SERVICES, PERSONAL
 CARE  SERVICES,  OR  NURSING  SERVICES  THAT  REQUIRE  MORE THAN MINIMAL
 PATIENT CONTACT.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11043-06-4

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