Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|
---|---|
Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to health |
Mar 20, 2015 |
referred to health |
Assembly Bill A6315
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ENGLEBRIGHT
Archive: Last 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
Actions
co-Sponsors
Richard Gottfried
Peter Abbate
Kevin Cahill
Jeffrey Dinowitz
multi-Sponsors
Barbara Lifton
N. Nick Perry
Jose Rivera
2015-A6315 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-A6315 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Creates adult day services respite demonstration programs; authorizes the commissioner of health in conjunction with the director of the state office for the aging to establish the respite day demonstration programs, based upon adult day health care and social adult day services, which extends the period a caregiver can remain active in the care of elderly or disabled individuals; sets forth definitions; further sets forth reporting requirements.
2015-A6315 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6315 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 20, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, GOTTFRIED, ABBATE, CAHILL, CLARK, DINOWITZ, GALEF, LUPARDO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. LIFTON, PERRY, RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to creating adult day services respite demonstration programs THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2801-i to read as follows: S 2801-I. RESPITE DAY DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. 1. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION: (A) "RESPITE DAY DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM" MEANS A STRUCTURED, COMPREHEN- SIVE PROGRAM ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER UNDER THIS SECTION, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE FOR THE AGING, PROVIDING LEVEL I, LEVEL II OR LEVEL III SERVICES TO REGISTRANTS. (B) "REGISTRANT" MEANS A PERSON: (I) WHO IS NOT A RESIDENT OF A RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY, IS FUNCTIONALLY IMPAIRED AND NOT HOMEBOUND, AND REQUIRES SUPERVISION AND MONITORING BUT DOES NOT REQUIRE CONTINUOUS TWENTY-FOUR HOUR A DAY INPA- TIENT CARE AND SERVICES; (II) WHOSE ASSESSED SOCIAL AND HEALTH CARE NEEDS CAN SATISFACTORILY BE MET IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY THE DELIVERY OF APPROPRIATE SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY SETTING; AND (III) WHO HAS BEEN ADMITTED TO THE PROGRAM BASED ON AN INTERDISCIPLI- NARY COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT. (C) "FUNCTIONALLY IMPAIRED" MEANS A PERSON WHO NEEDS THE ASSISTANCE OF ANOTHER PERSON IN AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING: TOILETING, MOBILITY, TRANSFERRING OR EATING; OR WHO NEEDS SUPER- VISION DUE TO COGNITIVE OR PSYCHO-SOCIAL IMPAIRMENT. (D) "ADULT DAY HEALTH" MEANS THE HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES DEFINED BY THE COMMISSIONER UNDER REGULATIONS UNDER SUBPARAGRAPH (VII) EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09559-01-5
Comments
Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.
Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.
Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.