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Assembly Bill A5867

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to hospital-based transitional care units

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2009-A5867 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง2803-s, Pub Health L

2009-A5867 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to hospital-based transitional care units; authorizes the department of health to provide four thousand transitional care units to medicare patients who have exceeded their diagnostic related group length of stay but who are not ready for safe discharge to a home environment and who are not candidates for subacute care in other health related settings; makes related provisions.

2009-A5867 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5867

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 20, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. McKEVITT, ERRIGO, ALFANO, BARRA -- Multi-Spon-
  sored by -- M. of A.   McDONOUGH, MILLER,  WALKER  --  read  once  and
  referred to the Committee on Health

AN  ACT  to  amend  the public health law, in relation to providing four
  thousand transitional care units to hospitals

  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
2803-s to read as follows:
  S 2803-S. HOSPITAL-BASED TRANSITIONAL CARE UNITS.  1.  THE  DEPARTMENT
SHALL PROVIDE FOUR THOUSAND TRANSITIONAL CARE UNITS TO MEDICARE PATIENTS
WHO  HAVE EXCEEDED THEIR DIAGNOSTIC RELATED GROUP LENGTH OF STAY BUT WHO
ARE NOT READY FOR SAFE DISCHARGE TO A HOME ENVIRONMENT  AND WHO ARE  NOT
CANDIDATES FOR SUBACUTE CARE IN OTHER HEALTH-CARE RELATED SETTINGS.
  2.  STAFFING  FOR  TRANSITIONAL  CARE UNITS SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE
SPONSORING HOSPITAL. THE SPONSORING HOSPITAL  SHALL  RETAIN  A  LICENSED
NURSING  HOME  ADMINISTRATOR  TO  ENSURE  COMPLIANCE  WITH FEDERAL REGU-
LATIONS.
  3. THE UNIT SIZE, LOCATION AND SERVICES SHALL  BE  DETERMINED  BY  THE
NEEDS  OF  THE  SPONSORING HOSPITAL IN SUCH APPLICATION FOR TRANSITIONAL
CARE UNITS.
  4. SUCH TRANSITIONAL CARE UNITS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THIS ARTICLE  BUT
SHALL  BE REIMBURSED AS A MEDICARE SKILLED NURSING FACILITY WITH A SEPA-
RATE MEDICARE PROVIDER NUMBER.
  5. ANY RENOVATIONS NECESSARY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION  OF  THIS  SECTION
SHALL NOT BE BORNE BY THE MEDICAID PROGRAM.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, appli-
cations for such transitional care units shall be accepted 30 days after
it  shall  have become a law and shall take effect no later than 90 days
after receipt of such applications; further,  provided,  that  effective
immediately,  the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regu-
lation necessary for the implementation of this  act  on  its  effective
date  are  authorized  and directed to be made or completed on or before
such effective date.

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