Senate Bill S8394A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to enhancing mechanisms to ensure quality standards for licensed or certified providers

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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-S8394 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2803-d & 12, add §§2803-v, 2803-w & 2803-x, Pub Health L; amd §§460-d, 461-a, 461-c & 461-e, Soc Serv L

2017-S8394 - Summary

Relates to enhancing mechanisms to ensure quality standards for licensed or certified providers; relates to enhancing transparency and oversight of residential health care facilities (Part A); relates to enhancing transparency and oversight of adult care facilities (Part B); relates to increasing monetary penalties for public health law violations (Part C).

2017-S8394 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8394 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8394
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 4, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. HANNON -- (at request of the Department of Health) --
   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  enhancing  trans-
   parency  and oversight of residential health care facilities (Part A);
   to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring the registra-
   tion of licensed home care services agencies (Part B);  to  amend  the
   social  services  law, in relation to enhancing transparency and over-
   sight of adult care facilities (Part  C);  and  to  amend  the  public
   health  law,  in  relation to increasing monetary penalties for public
   health law violations (Part D)
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This  act enacts into law components of legislation which
 are necessary to  strengthen  the  department  of  health's  ability  to
 promote  quality in the provision of health care, particularly long-term
 care. Each component is wholly contained within  a  Part  identified  as
 Parts  A  through  D.  The  effective date for each particular provision
 contained within such Part is set forth in  the  last  section  of  such
 Part.    Any provision in any section contained within a Part, including
 the effective date of the Part, which makes a reference to a section "of
 this act," when used in connection with that particular component, shall
 be deemed to mean and refer to the corresponding section of the Part  in
 which  it  is  found.  Section  three of this act sets forth the general
 effective date of this act.
 
                                  PART A
 
   Section 1. Section 2803-d of the public  health  law,  as  amended  by
 chapter 340 of the laws of 1980, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 230
 of  the laws of 2004, paragraph (c) of subdivision 6 as amended by chap-
 ter 414 of the laws of 1986, paragraph (d) of subdivision 6  as  amended
 by chapter 622 of the laws of 1980 and paragraph (g) of subdivision 6 as
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

2017-S8394A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2803-d & 12, add §§2803-v, 2803-w & 2803-x, Pub Health L; amd §§460-d, 461-a, 461-c & 461-e, Soc Serv L

2017-S8394A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to enhancing mechanisms to ensure quality standards for licensed or certified providers; relates to enhancing transparency and oversight of residential health care facilities (Part A); relates to enhancing transparency and oversight of adult care facilities (Part B); relates to increasing monetary penalties for public health law violations (Part C).

2017-S8394A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8394A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8394--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 4, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. HANNON -- (at request of the Department of Health) --
   read  twice  and  ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
   the Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  enhancing  trans-
   parency  and oversight of residential health care facilities (Part A);
   to amend the social services law, in relation to enhancing transparen-
   cy and oversight of adult care facilities (Part B); and to  amend  the
   public  health  law,  in relation to increasing monetary penalties for
   public health law violations (Part C)
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  This  act enacts into law components of legislation which
 are necessary to  strengthen  the  department  of  health's  ability  to
 promote  quality in the provision of health care, particularly long-term
 care. Each component is wholly contained within  a  Part  identified  as
 Parts  A  through  C.  The  effective date for each particular provision
 contained within such Part is set forth in  the  last  section  of  such
 Part.    Any provision in any section contained within a Part, including
 the effective date of the Part, which makes a reference to a section "of
 this act," when used in connection with that particular component, shall
 be deemed to mean and refer to the corresponding section of the Part  in
 which  it  is  found.  Section  three of this act sets forth the general
 effective date of this act.
 
                                  PART A
 
   Section 1. Section 2803-d of the public  health  law,  as  amended  by
 chapter 340 of the laws of 1980, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 230
 of  the laws of 2004, paragraph (c) of subdivision 6 as amended by chap-
 ter 414 of the laws of 1986, paragraph (d) of subdivision 6  as  amended
 by chapter 622 of the laws of 1980 and paragraph (g) of subdivision 6 as
 amended  by  chapter  717  of  the  laws  of 1989, is amended to read as
 follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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