Senate Bill S5375

Signed By Governor
2011-2012 Legislative Session

Includes assisted living residences within the definition of long term care facilities for certain purposes

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A3882 - Signed by Governor


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-S5375 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3882
Law Section:
Elder Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §218, Eld L; amd §2803-c, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A2548

2011-S5375 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes assisted living residences within the definition of long term care facilities for certain purposes; requires assisted living residences to permit access to such facilities by the long term care ombudsman.

2011-S5375 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S5375 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5375

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 13, 2011
                               ___________

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 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-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03333-03-1
              

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