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Assembly Bill A1718

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes minimum staffing levels of various personnel in nursing homes throughout any particular day

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2009-A1718 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2895-b, Pub Health L

2009-A1718 - Summary

Establishes minimum staffing levels of types of various personnel in nursing homes throughout any particular day; creates the advisory council on nursing home staffing to make recommendations to the governor, legislature and commissioner of health on nursing home staffing; requires public disclosure by each nursing home of its staffing levels and reporting thereof to the department of health.

2009-A1718 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1718

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 9, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GOTTFRIED, GUNTHER, P. RIVERA, BRADLEY, MILLMAN,
  TITONE, COOK, JACOBS, PEOPLES, JOHN, TITUS, EDDINGTON, COLTON, PAULIN,
  SCARBOROUGH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ALESSI, BENEDETTO, BING,
  BOYLAND, BRENNAN, CLARK,  DESTITO,  FIELDS,  GLICK,  HEASTIE,  HOOPER,
  HYER-SPENCER,  JAFFEE, JEFFRIES, LIFTON, MAISEL, McENENY, PERRY, PHEF-
  FER, J. RIVERA, ROBINSON, ROSENTHAL, SCHIMEL, STIRPE, SWEENEY,  TOWNS,
  WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  health law, in relation to nursing home
  staffing levels

  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
2895-b to read as follows:
  S 2895-B. NURSING HOME STAFFING LEVELS. 1.  DEFINITIONS.  AS  USED  IN
THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
  (A)  "ADVISORY  COUNCIL"  MEANS  THE  ADVISORY COUNCIL ON NURSING HOME
STAFFING CREATED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
  (B) "CERTIFIED NURSE AIDE" MEANS ANY PERSON INCLUDED  IN  THE  NURSING
HOME  NURSE  AIDE  REGISTRY  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED
THREE-J OF THIS CHAPTER.
  (C) "STAFFING RATIO" MEANS THE QUOTIENT OF THE NUMBER OF PERSONNEL  IN
A  PARTICULAR CATEGORY REGULARLY ON DUTY FOR A PARTICULAR TIME PERIOD IN
A NURSING HOME DIVIDED BY THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS OF THE NURSING HOME AT
THAT TIME.
  2. ADVISORY COUNCIL ON NURSING HOME STAFFING. THERE IS HEREBY  CREATED
IN  THE DEPARTMENT AN ADVISORY COUNCIL ON NURSING HOME STAFFING TO STUDY
AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS RELATING TO THE STAFFING STANDARDS  UNDER  THIS
SECTION. THE ADVISORY COUNCIL SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND
SHALL  BE COMPOSED OF REPRESENTATIVES OF NURSING HOME OPERATORS, CONSUM-
ERS, AND NON-ADMINISTRATIVE NURSING HOME EMPLOYEES AND THE PUBLIC.   THE
ADVISORY  COUNCIL  SHALL, FROM TIME TO TIME, REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR, THE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01113-01-9
              

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2009-A1718A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2895-b, Pub Health L

2009-A1718A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes minimum staffing levels of types of various personnel in nursing homes throughout any particular day; creates the advisory council on nursing home staffing to make recommendations to the governor, legislature and commissioner of health on nursing home staffing; requires public disclosure by each nursing home of its staffing levels and reporting thereof to the department of health.

2009-A1718A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A1718A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 1718--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 9, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. GOTTFRIED, GUNTHER, P. RIVERA, MILLMAN, TITONE,
  COOK, JACOBS, PEOPLES-STOKES, JOHN, TITUS, COLTON, PAULIN, SCARBOROUGH
  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ALESSI,  BENEDETTO,  BING,  BOYLAND,
  BRENNAN, CLARK, DESTITO, FIELDS, GLICK, HEASTIE, HOOPER, HYER-SPENCER,
  JAFFEE,  JEFFRIES, LIFTON, MAISEL, McENENY, PERRY, PHEFFER, J. RIVERA,
  ROBINSON, ROSENTHAL, SCHIMEL, STIRPE, SWEENEY,  TOWNS,  WEISENBERG  --
  read  once  and  referred to the Committee on Health -- recommitted to
  the Committee on Health in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2  --
  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
  recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the public health  law,  in  relation  to  nursing  home
  staffing levels

  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
2895-b to read as follows:
  S  2895-B.  NURSING  HOME  STAFFING LEVELS. 1. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN
THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
  (A) "ADVISORY COUNCIL" MEANS THE  ADVISORY  COUNCIL  ON  NURSING  HOME
STAFFING CREATED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
  (B)  "CERTIFIED  NURSE  AIDE" MEANS ANY PERSON INCLUDED IN THE NURSING
HOME NURSE  AIDE  REGISTRY  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  TWENTY-EIGHT  HUNDRED
THREE-J OF THIS CHAPTER.
  (C)  "STAFFING RATIO" MEANS THE QUOTIENT OF THE NUMBER OF PERSONNEL IN
A PARTICULAR CATEGORY REGULARLY ON DUTY FOR A PARTICULAR TIME PERIOD  IN
A NURSING HOME DIVIDED BY THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS OF THE NURSING HOME AT
THAT TIME.
  2.  ADVISORY COUNCIL ON NURSING HOME STAFFING. THERE IS HEREBY CREATED
IN THE DEPARTMENT AN ADVISORY COUNCIL ON NURSING HOME STAFFING TO  STUDY
AND  MAKE  RECOMMENDATIONS RELATING TO THE STAFFING STANDARDS UNDER THIS
SECTION. THE ADVISORY COUNCIL SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01113-02-0
              

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