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                                   11078
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 4, 2018
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 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. McDonald) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Health
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  health law in relation to home care and
   community based sepsis prevention, screening, intervention and  educa-
   tion
 
   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
 3620-a to read as follows:
   §  3620-A.  SEPSIS.  1.  THE  DEPARTMENT  MAY  PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE
 FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES TO PROMOTE  COMMUNITY  BASED  SEPSIS
 PREVENTION,  SCREENING,  INTERVENTION  AND EDUCATION IN THE STATE, WHICH
 MAY INCLUDE, WITHIN AVAILABLE FUNDS AND UPON THE APPROVAL OF  THE  STATE
 DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, GRANTS OR SUPPLEMENTATION OF REIMBURSEMENT RATES
 TO  PROVIDERS. SUCH SUPPORTED OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES MAY INCLUDE, BUT
 ARE NOT LIMITED TO, ON A VOLUNTARY HOME CARE AGENCY BASIS:
   (A) HOME  CARE  AGENCY  INTEGRATION  INTO  ELECTRONIC  HEALTH  RECORDS
 SYSTEMS  OF  A  STANDARDIZED  SEPSIS SCREENING AND INTERVENTION TOOL FOR
 HOME CARE THAT MEETS ADOPTED  INDUSTRY  STANDARDS  AND  SYNCHRONIZES  TO
 SEPSIS CRITERIA UTILIZED IN HOSPITALS ACCORDING TO DEPARTMENTAL PROTOCOL
 REQUIREMENTS FOR HOSPITALS;
   (B)  TIMELY  AND SYNCHRONIZED EXCHANGE OF HEALTH INFORMATION ON BEHALF
 OF PATIENTS MEETING OR SUSPECTED TO  MEET  SEPSIS  CRITERIA,  WITH  SUCH
 EXCHANGE  BETWEEN HOME CARE AGENCIES INTEGRATING THE STANDARDIZED SEPSIS
 TOOL, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL  SERVICES  PROVIDERS,  HOSPITALS,  PATIENTS'
 PRIMARY CARE PRACTITIONERS, AND OTHER CLINICAL PARTNERS, AS APPLICABLE;
   (C)  ESTABLISHMENT  AND  IMPLEMENTATION OF SEPSIS COLLABORATIVES UNDER
 THE HOSPITAL-HOME CARE-PHYSICIAN  COLLABORATION  PROGRAM  UNDER  SECTION
 TWENTY-EIGHT  HUNDRED FIVE-X OF THIS CHAPTER, THE PURPOSE OF WHICH SHALL
 BE TO PILOT TEST THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COLLABORATIVES  IN  PROMOTING  THE
 GOALS  OF  THIS SECTION, AS WELL AS TO PILOT THE DEVELOPMENT OF CLINICAL
 PATHWAYS AND INTERDISCIPLINARY CARE PLANS FOR EFFECTIVE CARE TRANSITION,
 POST-HOSPITAL DISCHARGE CARE, AND SUBSEQUENT SEPSIS PREVENTION AND READ-
 MISSION AVOIDANCE FOR SEPSIS SURVIVORS;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15834-01-8

 A. 11078                            2
 
   (D) HOME CARE AGENCY SEPSIS EDUCATION  AND  TRAINING  OF  HOME  HEALTH
 AIDES, PERSONAL CARE AIDES, AND FAMILY CAREGIVERS;
   (E)  COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND PUBLIC AND PROVIDER EDUCATION CONDUCTED BY
 HOME CARE AGENCIES, AND BY HOME CARE IN CONJUNCTION WITH CONTINUUM PART-
 NERS,  INCLUDING  HOSPITALS,  PHYSICIANS,  EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  SERVICES,
 HEALTH  PLANS,  NURSING  HOMES  AND  OTHERS,  AS  WELL AS WITH STATE AND
 NATIONAL SEPSIS  PUBLIC  EDUCATION  ORGANIZATIONS,  INCLUDING  THE  RORY
 STAUNTON  FOUNDATION  FOR  SEPSIS  PREVENTION  AND  SEPSIS ALLIANCE. THE
 PURPOSE OF SUCH EDUCATION SHALL BE TO FOSTER DIRECTLY, AND  IN  PARTNER-
 SHIP  WITH  PROVIDERS, AN EFFECTIVE SEPSIS RESPONSE ACROSS THE CONTINUUM
 OF CARE, AS WELL AS  INCREASED  PUBLIC  AWARENESS  AND  EDUCATION  ABOUT
 SEPSIS AND SEPSIS PREVENTION.
   2. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ISSUE GUIDANCE TO HOME CARE AND OTHER APPLICA-
 BLE PROVIDERS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SECTION.
   §  2.  The commissioner shall, within eighteen months of the effective
 date of this act, provide information to the legislature and governor on
 the activities supported  by  and  outcomes  achieved  by  this  act  in
 relation to sepsis awareness, prevention, intervention and mitigation.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.