Senate Bill S8003

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 - 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-S8003 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8520
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2803, Pub Health L (as proposed in S.7211 & A.7218)

2023-S8003 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2023-S8003 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8003 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8003
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 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
 relating to the reporting and resolution of issues at  residential  care
 facilities,  as  proposed  in  legislative  bills numbers S. 7211 and A.
 7218, takes effect.

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