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Assembly Bill A8625

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires health care providers and practitioners to provide contact information for the NY Connects: Choices for Long Term Care program

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2013-A8625 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6460
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง2997-e, Pub Health L

2013-A8625 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires health care providers and practitioners to provide contact information for the NY Connects: Choices for Long Term Care program.

2013-A8625 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8625

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 28, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Health

AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring health
  care providers and practitioners to provide  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.
WHENEVER  A  HEALTH CARE PROVIDER OR PRACTITIONER MAKES A RECOMMENDATION
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
PROVIDER OR PRACTITIONER THE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR NY CONNECTS: CHOIC-
ES  FOR  LONG  TERM  CARE,  ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF
SECTION TWO HUNDRED THREE OF THE ELDER  LAW,  THAT  CORRESPONDS  TO  THE
PATIENT'S  COUNTY  OF RESIDENCE OR PROSPECTIVE COUNTY OF RESIDENCE BASED
ON THE PREFERENCE OF THE PATIENT.
  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.
                                                           LBD13593-02-4

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