Senate Bill S2933

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to assessments of the need for home health services

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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-S2933 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §365-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S9560

2023-S2933 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that a copy of every assessment or evaluation conducted to determine a recipient's need for home care assistance shall be promptly provided to the recipient or the recipient's designee.

2023-S2933 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S2933 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2933
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 25, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to evaluations  for
   home health services
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph (d) and subparagraph  (i)  of  paragraph  (e)  of
 subdivision 2 of section 365-a of the social services law, paragraph (d)
 as  amended  by  chapter  59 of the laws of 1993 and subparagraph (i) of
 paragraph (e) as amended by section 2 of part MM of chapter  56  of  the
 laws of 2020, are amended to read as follows:
   (d)  (I)  home  health  services  provided  in  a recipient's home and
 prescribed by a physician including services of a nurse  provided  on  a
 part-time  or  intermittent  basis  rendered  by an approved home health
 agency or if no  such  agency  is  available,  by  a  registered  nurse,
 licensed to practice in this state, acting under the written orders of a
 physician  and  home health aide service by an individual or shared aide
 provided by an approved home health agency when such services are deter-
 mined to be cost effective and appropriate to meet the recipient's needs
 for assistance subject to  the  provisions  of  [section  three  hundred
 sixty-seven-j and] section three hundred sixty-seven-o of this title.
   (II) A COPY OF EVERY ASSESSMENT OR EVALUATION CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE A
 RECIPIENT'S  NEED  FOR  ASSISTANCE SHALL BE PROMPTLY PROVIDED IN FULL TO
 THE RECIPIENT OR THE RECIPIENT'S DESIGNEE UPON COMPLETION OF THE ASSESS-
 MENT OR EVALUATION;
   (i) (A) personal care services, including personal emergency  response
 services,  shared aide and an individual aide, subject to the provisions
 of subparagraphs (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)  and  (vi)  of  this  paragraph,
 furnished  to  an  individual  who  is not an inpatient or resident of a
 hospital, nursing facility, intermediate care facility  for  individuals
 with  intellectual  disabilities,  or institution for mental disease, as
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05284-01-3

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