| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| May 15, 2012 |
reported and committed to finance |
| Mar 05, 2012 |
print number 4796c |
| Mar 05, 2012 |
amend and recommit to health |
| Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to health |
| Jun 24, 2011 |
committed to rules |
| Jun 13, 2011 |
amended on third reading (t) 4796b |
| May 23, 2011 |
advanced to third reading |
| May 18, 2011 |
2nd report cal. |
| May 17, 2011 |
1st report cal.752 |
| May 03, 2011 |
print number 4796a |
| May 03, 2011 |
amend (t) and recommit to health |
| Apr 25, 2011 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S4796C
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
Actions
Votes
Bill Amendments
2011-S4796 - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7788
- Current Committee:
- Senate Finance
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §2997-e, Pub Health L
- Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
-
S2157, A433
2011-S4796 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4796
TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring hospitals to
provide long-term care contact information to certain patients
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill would require hospitals to provide a patient who may be in
need of long term care upon discharge with information on the NY
Connects program or with contact information for such patient's area
agency on aging.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 adds a new section 2083-t requiring that hospitals provide
any patient anticipated to be in need of long term care with at least
one point of contact for the NY Connects program, or if no such point
of contact exists in the patient's county of residence, with contact
information for the local area agency on aging. In addition, the
hospital should provide additional information that the hospital
deems appropriate to the patient's long term care needs, including
local independent living centers, departments of social services, and
departments of health.
Section 2 sets the effective date.
2011-S4796 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
4796
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 25, 2011
___________
Introduced by Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring hospi-
tals to provide long-term care contact information to certain patients
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-t to read as follows:
S 2803-T. LONG-TERM CARE CONTACT INFORMATION. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
REQUIRE THAT EVERY HOSPITAL SHALL PROVIDE TO EVERY PATIENT ANTICIPATED
TO BE IN NEED OF LONG-TERM CARE, CONTACT INFORMATION AT THE TIME SUCH
DETERMINATION IS MADE FOR AT LEAST ONE POINT OF CONTACT IN THE PATIENT'S
COUNTY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE NY CONNECTS: CHOICES FOR LONG TERM CARE
PROGRAM ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED
THREE OF THE ELDER LAW, OR IN THE EVENT THAT SUCH POINT OF CONTACT DOES
NOT EXIST IN THE PATIENT'S COUNTY OF RESIDENCE, CONTACT INFORMATION FOR
THE AGENCY ON AGING SERVING THE PATIENT'S COUNTY OF RESIDENCE, AND ANY
OTHER INFORMATION APPROPRIATE TO THE NEEDS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
PATIENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOCAL INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTERS,
LOCAL DEPARTMENTS OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND LOCAL DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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2011-S4796A - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7788
- Current Committee:
- Senate Finance
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §2997-e, Pub Health L
- Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
-
S2157, A433
2011-S4796A - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4796A
TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the public health law and the elder law,
in relation to requiring hospitals to
provide long-term care contact information to certain patients
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill would require hospitals to provide a patient who may be
in need of long term care upon discharge with information on the NY
Connects program or with contact information for such patient's area
agency on aging.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 adds a new section 2083-t requiring that hospitals provide
any patient anticipated to be in need of long term care with at least
one point of contact for the NY Connects program, or if no such point
of contact exists in the patient's county of residence, with contact
information for the local area agency on aging. In addition, the
hospital should provide additional information that the hospital
deems appropriate to the patient's long term care needs, including
local independent living centers, departments of social services, and
departments of health.
Section 2 amends subdivision 8 of section 203 of the elder law to
2011-S4796A - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
4796--A
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 25, 2011
___________
Introduced by Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public health law and the elder law, in relation to
requiring hospitals to provide long-term care contact information to
certain patients
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-t to read as follows:
S 2803-T. LONG-TERM CARE CONTACT INFORMATION. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL
REQUIRE THAT EVERY HOSPITAL SHALL PROVIDE TO EVERY PATIENT ANTICIPATED
TO BE IN NEED OF LONG-TERM CARE, CONTACT INFORMATION AT THE TIME SUCH
DETERMINATION IS MADE FOR AT LEAST ONE POINT OF CONTACT IN THE PATIENT'S
COUNTY OF RESIDENCE FOR THE NY CONNECTS: CHOICES FOR LONG TERM CARE
PROGRAM ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED
THREE OF THE ELDER LAW, OR IN THE EVENT THAT SUCH POINT OF CONTACT DOES
NOT EXIST IN THE PATIENT'S COUNTY OF RESIDENCE, CONTACT INFORMATION FOR
THE AGENCY ON AGING SERVING THE PATIENT'S COUNTY OF RESIDENCE, AND ANY
OTHER INFORMATION APPROPRIATE TO THE NEEDS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
PATIENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOCAL INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTERS,
LOCAL DEPARTMENTS OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND LOCAL DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH.
S 2. Subdivision 8 of section 203 of the elder law, as added by
section 18 of part B of chapter 58 of the laws of 2007, is amended to
read as follows:
[8.] 9. The director, in consultation with the commissioner of health,
shall establish a program to be known as the NY Connects: Choices for
Long Term Care. The purpose of this initiative is to provide consistent,
comprehensive, locally-based information and assistance on long term
care services to consumers, caregivers and families to help them make
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(D, IP) Senate District
2011-S4796B - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7788
- Current Committee:
- Senate Finance
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §2997-e, Pub Health L
- Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
-
S2157, A433
2011-S4796B - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4796B
TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the public health law,
in relation to requiring the commissioner of health to
create a list of
long-term care contact information
for the NY Connects: Choices for Long Term Care program
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill would require the commissioner of health to compile a list
of contact information for the NY Connects: Choices for Long Term
Care program, local area agencies on aging, local departments of
social services, and local departments of health and would require
health care providers and practitioners to provide a patient who may
be in need of long term care with such information based on the
patient's county of residence.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 adds a new section, 2997-e, to the public health law, which
would require the commissioner of health to create a list of contact
information for the NY Connects: Choices for Long Term Care program,
local area agencies on aging, local departments of social services,
and local departments of health to be organized by county, provided
that for New York City, such contact information for local agencies
2011-S4796B - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
4796--B
Cal. No. 752
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 25, 2011
___________
Introduced by Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered
to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and
ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring the
commissioner of health to create a list of long-term care contact
information for the NY Connects: Choices for Long Term Care program
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
2997-e to read as follows:
S 2997-E. PROVISION OF CONTACT INFORMATION RELATING TO LONG TERM CARE.
1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STATE OFFICE FOR THE
AGING, CREATE A LIST OF CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE NY CONNECTS: CHOICES
FOR LONG TERM CARE PROGRAM ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF
SECTION TWO HUNDRED THREE OF THE ELDER LAW, LOCAL AREA AGENCIES ON
AGING, LOCAL DEPARTMENTS OF SOCIAL SERVICES, AND LOCAL DEPARTMENTS OF
HEALTH TO BE ORGANIZED BY COUNTY, PROVIDED THAT IN A CITY WITH A POPU-
LATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, SUCH CONTACT INFORMATION FOR LOCAL AGEN-
CIES MAY BE THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION AND NON-EMERGENCY SERVICES CITI-
ZEN SERVICE CENTER IN SUCH CITY. THIS LIST SHALL BE UPDATED PERIODICALLY
AS NEEDED. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE SUCH LIST TO HEALTH CARE PRAC-
TITIONERS CERTIFIED OR LICENSED UNDER THIS CHAPTER AND, IN CONJUNCTION
WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION, TO ALL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND
HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS LICENSED UNDER THE EDUCATION LAW.
2. WHENEVER A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER OR PRACTITIONER MAKES A RECOMMENDA-
TION REGARDING THE NECESSITY OF LONG TERM CARE SERVICES OR A REFERRAL
FOR THE RECEIPT OF LONG TERM CARE SERVICES TO A PATIENT, THE PATIENT OR
PATIENT'S DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE SHALL BE PROVIDED BY THE HEALTH CARE
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(D, IP) Senate District
2011-S4796C (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7788
- Current Committee:
- Senate Finance
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §2997-e, Pub Health L
- Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
-
S2157, A433
2011-S4796C (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4796C
TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the public health law,
in relation to requiring the commissioner of health to
create a list of
long-term care contact information
for the NY Connects: Choices for Long Term Care program
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill would require the commissioner of health to compile a list
of contact information for the NY Connects: Choices for Long Term
Care program, local area agencies on aging, local departments of
social services, and local departments of health and would require
health care providers and practitioners to provide a patient who may
be in need of long term care with such information based on the
patient's county of residence.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 adds a new section, 2997-e, to the public health law, which
would require the commissioner of health to create a list of contact
information for the NY Connects: Choices for Long Term Care program,
local area agencies on aging, local departments of social services,
and local departments of health to be organized by county, provided
that for New York city, such contact information for local agencies
2011-S4796C (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
4796--C
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 25, 2011
___________
Introduced by Sens. VALESKY, KLEIN, SAVINO -- read twice and ordered
printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
-- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
and recommitted to said committee -- reported favorably from said
committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third
reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the
order of third reading -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in
accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring the
commissioner of health to create a list of long-term care contact
information for the NY Connects: Choices for Long Term Care program
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
2997-e to read as follows:
S 2997-E. PROVISION OF CONTACT INFORMATION RELATING TO LONG TERM CARE.
1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STATE OFFICE FOR THE
AGING, CREATE A LIST OF INFORMATION BY MEANS OF WHICH TO CONTACT THE NY
CONNECTS: CHOICES FOR LONG TERM CARE PROGRAM ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO
SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED THREE OF THE ELDER LAW, LOCAL
AREA AGENCIES ON AGING, LOCAL DEPARTMENTS OF SOCIAL SERVICES, AND LOCAL
DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH TO BE ORGANIZED BY COUNTY, PROVIDED THAT IN A CITY
WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, SUCH CONTACT INFORMATION FOR
LOCAL AGENCIES MAY BE THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION AND NON-EMERGENCY
SERVICES CITIZEN SERVICE CENTER IN SUCH CITY. THIS LIST SHALL BE UPDATED
PERIODICALLY AS NEEDED. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROVIDE SUCH LIST TO
HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS CERTIFIED OR LICENSED UNDER THIS CHAPTER AND,
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION, TO ALL HEALTH CARE
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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