Assembly Bill A11050

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the long-term care ombudsman program

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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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2017-A11050 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9002
Law Section:
Elder Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §218, Eld L

2017-A11050 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the long-term care ombudsman program.

2017-A11050 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11050
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 1, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Lupardo) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Aging
 
 AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to the long-term care ombuds-
   man program
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Section 218 of the elder law, paragraph (b) of subdivision
 1 as amended by section 1 of chapter 462 of the laws of  2015,  subpara-
 graph  3  of  paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 95 of
 the laws of 2004, paragraph (g) of subdivision 3 as added by chapter 462
 of the laws of 2015, and subparagraph 2 of paragraph (a) of  subdivision
 7  as  amended by chapter 230 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 218. [Long term] LONG-TERM care ombudsman. 1. Definitions.  For  the
 purposes  of  this section, the following terms shall have the following
 meanings:
   (a) ["Local ombudsman" shall mean an individual who is employed by the
 local entity designated pursuant to subdivision four of this section and
 who has been approved by the state ombudsman to perform or carry out the
 activities of the local long term  care  ombudsman  program.  The  local
 ombudsman  may be either a paid employee or volunteer of the local enti-
 ty] "ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION" SHALL MEAN ANY  ACTION  OR  DECISION  BY  AN
 OWNER,  EMPLOYEE, OR AGENT OF A LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY, OR BY A GOVERN-
 MENT AGENCY, WHICH AFFECTS THE PROVISION OF SERVICE TO RESIDENTS  OF  OR
 APPLICANTS FOR ADMISSION TO LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES.
   (B) "IMMEDIATE FAMILY" PERTAINING TO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, SHALL MEAN
 A  MEMBER  OF  THE  HOUSEHOLD  OR  A RELATIVE WITH WHOM THERE IS A CLOSE
 PERSONAL OR SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIP.
   (C) "LOCAL OMBUDSMAN ENTITY" SHALL MEAN ANY ENTITY DESIGNATED TO OPER-
 ATE A LOCAL LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM.
   [(b) "Long term] (D) "LONG-TERM care facilities" shall  mean  residen-
 tial  health  care facilities as defined in subdivision three of section
 twenty-eight hundred one of the public health law[,]; adult care facili-
 ties as defined in subdivision twenty-one of section two of  the  social
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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