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Jan 03, 2018 |
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May 11, 2017 |
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Senate Bill S6345
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2017-S6345 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §2805-x, Pub Health L
2017-S6345 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6345 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the public health law, in relation to physician-home care collaboratives supporting primary care, public health and medical management PURPOSE : This legislation promotes coordinated, cost-effective, primary and preventive priority, health care through close physician-homecare agency partnerships. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section one of the bill amends section 2805-x of the public health law to add "Physicianhomecare agency collaboratives supporting primary care, public health and medical management" to the program options under the Hospital-Homecare-Physician Collaboration program. Prime examples of services under such physician-homecare partnerships that could yield major health support to patients as well as opportunities for cost-effective care, and avoidance of preventable hospitalizations and other high risk events, are: (i) assistance with effective care transitions, (ii) in-home follow-ups to physician visits to check status/progress of the condition or medical intervention, (iii) in-home evaluation of a homebound or clinically frail patient in lieu of transport to the physician's office or other out-of-home medical
2017-S6345 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6345 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 11, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to physician-home care collaboratives supporting primary care, public health and medical management THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section 2805-x of the public health law, as added by section 48 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows: (a) Hospital-home care-physician integration initiatives, including but not limited to: (i) transitions in care initiatives to help effectively transition patients to post-acute care at home, coordinate follow-up care and address issues critical to care plan success and readmission avoidance; (ii) clinical pathways for specified conditions, guiding patients' progress and outcome goals, as well as effective health services use; (iii) application of telehealth/telemedicine services in monitoring and managing patient conditions, and promoting self-care/management, improved outcomes and effective services use; (iv) PHYSICIAN-HOME CARE AGENCY COLLABORATIVES SUPPORTING PRIMARY CARE, PUBLIC HEALTH AND MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; (V) facilitation of physician house calls to homebound patients and/or to patients for whom such home visits are determined necessary and effective for patient care management; [(v)] (VI) additional models for prevention of avoidable hospital readmissions and emergency room visits; [(vi)] (VII) health home development; [(vii)] (VIII) development and demonstration of new models of inte- grated or collaborative care and care management not otherwise achieva- ble through existing models; and EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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