Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Aug 16, 2010 |
tabled |
Aug 13, 2010 |
vetoed memo.6744 |
Aug 03, 2010 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 16, 2010 |
returned to assembly passed senate |
Jun 07, 2010 |
3rd reading cal.690 substituted for s7567 |
Jun 07, 2010 |
substituted by a2548 |
Jun 03, 2010 |
advanced to third reading |
Jun 02, 2010 |
2nd report cal. |
Jun 01, 2010 |
1st report cal.690 |
May 17, 2010 |
reported and committed to finance |
Apr 22, 2010 |
referred to aging |
Senate Bill S7567
Vetoed By Governor2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A2548 - Vetoed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Vetoed By Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D) Senate District
(D, WF) Senate District
2009-S7567 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S7567 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7567 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the elder law, the state finance law and the public health law, in relation to long term care ombudsman access to assisted living facilities PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF THE BILL : To insure that the long term care ombudsman have access to assisted living facilities. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : The bill would authorize the Long-Term Care Ombudsman program (LTCOP) to receive and resolve complaints affecting applicants and residents of assisted living residences. The bill would also require up to $500,000 to be transferred annually from the assisted living residence quality oversight fund to the New York State Office for the Aging (NYSOFA) to fund the activities of the LTCOP in assisted living residences. JUSTIFICATION : There has been some concern that the Long-Term Care Ombudsman program is being refused entrance into assisted living residences, due to some ambiguity in the State law. This bill cures any such ambiguity by requiring that all assisted living residences be notified of the
2009-S7567 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7567 I N S E N A T E April 22, 2010 ___________ Introduced by Sen. DIAZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging AN ACT to amend the elder law, the state finance law and the public health law, in relation to long term care ombudsman access to assisted living facilities THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 218 of the elder law is amended to read as follows: (b) "Long term care facilities" shall mean residential health care facilities as defined in subdivision three of section twenty-eight hundred one of the public health law [and], adult care facilities as defined in subdivision twenty-one of section two of the social services law, AND ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCES, AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE FORTY-SIX-B OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, OR ANY FACILITIES WHICH HOLD THEMSELVES OUT OR ADVERTISE THEMSELVES AS PROVIDING ASSISTED LIVING SERVICES AND WHICH ARE REQUIRED TO BE LICENSED OR CERTIFIED UNDER THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW OR THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW. Within the amounts appropriated therefor, "long term care facilities" shall also mean managed long term care plans and approved managed long term care or operating demonstrations as defined in section forty-four hundred three-f of the public health law and the term "resident", "residents", "patient" and "patients" shall also include enrollees of such plans. S 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 218 of the elder law, as amended by section 2 of chapter 642 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows: (b) "Long term care facilities" shall mean residential health care facilities as defined in subdivision three of section twenty-eight hundred one of the public health law, AND ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCES, AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE FORTY-SIX-B OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, OR ANY FACILI- TIES WHICH HOLD THEMSELVES OUT OR ADVERTISE THEMSELVES AS PROVIDING ASSISTED LIVING SERVICES AND WHICH ARE REQUIRED TO BE LICENSED OR CERTI- FIED UNDER THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW OR THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW and adult EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06158-01-9
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