* § 367-p. Responsibilities of local districts for personal care
services, home care services and private duty nursing. Consistent with
the provisions of section three hundred sixty-seven-n of this title,
local social services district responsibilities for personal care
services, home care services and private duty nursing shall include the
following:

(a) local districts with programs which place individuals discharged
from hospitals solely into certified home health agencies shall ensure
that those individuals are reviewed for possible placement into personal
care services within two weeks of discharge and, if appropriate, placed
into personal care services within four weeks thereof;

(b) each local district shall, by September first, nineteen hundred
ninety-five, review that plan of care for every recipient receiving
personal care on a continuous basis pursuant to sections three hundred
sixty-seven-k and three hundred sixty-seven-l of this title;

(c) each local district shall ensure access to a consumer directed
personal assistance program operated pursuant to section three hundred
sixty-five-f of this title is available in the district to allow persons
receiving home care pursuant to this title to directly arrange and pay
for such care; and

(d) local districts shall not restrict, and shall not be restricted
from approving, the provision of private duty nursing as an alternative
to nursing services provided by a home health agency where appropriate
and cost-effective pursuant to section three hundred sixty-seven-l.

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