Senate Bill S8033

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 Via A8524 - 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-S8033 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8524
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §610, amd §3605, Pub Health L (as proposed in S.6641-A & A.7365)

2023-S8033 (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-S8033 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8033 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8033
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- 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 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 REPEALED.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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