Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Aug 13, 2010 |
signed chap.346 |
Aug 03, 2010 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 17, 2010 |
returned to assembly passed senate |
Jun 14, 2010 |
3rd reading cal.867 substituted for s7723 |
Jun 14, 2010 |
substituted by a9550a |
Jun 10, 2010 |
advanced to third reading |
Jun 09, 2010 |
2nd report cal. |
Jun 08, 2010 |
1st report cal.867 |
May 10, 2010 |
committee discharged and committed to health |
May 05, 2010 |
referred to aging |
Senate Bill S7723
Signed By Governor2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A9550 - Signed 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
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(R) Senate District
(D) Senate District
2009-S7723 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9550
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §4651, Pub Health L
2009-S7723 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7723 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the public health law, in relation to admissions to adult care facilities PURPOSE : This bill will improve the health, safety and quality of life of New York residents living in adult care facilities. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : The bill amends Public Health Law (PHL) §§ 4651(13) and(l5) to revise the definitions of "aging in place" and "enhanced assisted living residence" (EALR) to permit the admission of residents to an EALR from outside the residence, as long as such residents are not in need of continual 24 hour nursing or medical care, are not chronically bedfast and are not so cognitively, physically or mentally impaired that their safety would be endangered. JUSTIFICATION : Adult homes, enriched housing programs and residences for adults -
2009-S7723 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7723 I N S E N A T E May 5, 2010 ___________ Introduced by Sen. DUANE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to admissions to adult care facilities THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions 13 and 15 of section 4651 of the public health law, as added by chapter 2 of the laws of 2004, are amended to read as follows: 13. "Aging in place" means, care and services at a facility which possesses an enhanced assisted living certificate which, to the extent practicable, within the scope of services set forth in the written resi- dency agreement executed pursuant to section four thousand six hundred fifty-eight of this article, accommodates a resident's changing needs and preferences in order to allow such resident to BE ADMITTED TO OR remain in the residence as long as the residence is able and authorized to accommodate the resident's current and changing needs. A residence that does not possess an enhanced assisted living certificate shall not be deemed able to accommodate a resident's needs if the resident requires or is in need of either enhanced assisted living or twenty-four hour skilled nursing care or medical care provided by facilities licensed pursuant to article twenty-eight of this chapter or article nineteen, thirty-one or thirty-two of the mental hygiene law. 15. "Enhanced assisted living certificate" means a certificate issued by the department which authorizes an assisted living residence to provide aging in place by EITHER ADMITTING OR retaining residents who desire [to continue] to age in place and who: (a) are chronically chair- fast and unable to transfer, or chronically require the physical assist- ance of another person to transfer; (b) chronically require the physical assistance of another person in order to walk; (c) chronically require the physical assistance of another person to climb or descend stairs; (d) are dependent on medical equipment and require more than intermit- tent or occasional assistance from medical personnel; or (e) has chronic unmanaged urinary or bowel incontinence. IN NO EVENT SHALL A PERSON BE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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