Senate Bill S8669

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to home care and community based sepsis prevention, screening, intervention and education

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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-S8669 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A11078
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add §3620-a, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S1817, A3839

2017-S8669 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the department of health take certain actions for the purpose of supporting home care and community based sepsis prevention, screening, intervention and education.

2017-S8669 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8669 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8669
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 10, 2018
                                ___________
 
 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  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
              

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