Assembly Bill A4490

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the ability of continuing care retirement communities to offer seniors additional service options

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  • 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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2015-A4490 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3547
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Rpld §4601 subs 7-a - 7-c, §4606 sub 14 ¶ a, amd Pub Health L, generally

2015-A4490 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the ability of continuing care retirement communities to offer seniors additional service options.

2015-A4490 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  4490

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 2, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. SCHIMMINGER, ABINANTI -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  the  ability  of
  continuing  care  retirement  communities  to offer seniors additional
  service options; and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating
  thereto

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 4601 of the public health law, as
amended by chapter 659 of the laws  of  1997,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  1. "Certificates" or "certificate of authority" shall mean an authori-
zation in writing, approved by the council and issued by the commission-
er,  for  an  operator to operate a continuing care retirement community
and to enter into continuing care retirement  contracts  AND  CONTINUING
CARE AT HOME CONTRACTS pertaining to such community.
  S  2.  Subdivision  2-a  of  section 4601 of the public health law, as
amended by chapter 549 of the laws  of  2014,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  2-a.  "Continuing care retirement [community] contract" OR "CONTINUING
CARE AT HOME CONTRACT" shall mean a single contract to provide a  person
the services provided by a continuing care retirement community.
  S  3.  Subdivision  2-b  of  section 4601 of the public health law, as
amended by chapter 549 of the laws  of  2014,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  2-b.  "Continuing care retirement community" or "community" shall mean
a facility or facilities established to provide a  comprehensive,  cohe-
sive  living arrangement for the elderly, oriented to the enhancement of
the quality of life and which, pursuant to [the terms of the  continuing
care retirement community] A contract, at a minimum:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08853-01-5

              

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