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                                   3866
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2019
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 Introduced  by M. of A. DICKENS -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring  nursing
   homes  that maintain a trust fund or funds into which residents' money
   is deposited to conduct quarterly audits and to report the findings of
   such audits to the commissioner of public health
   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
 2862-a to read as follows:
   § 2862-A. AUDITS OF TRUST FUND ACCOUNTS. 1. EACH NURSING HOME  COMPANY
 SUBJECT  TO  THE  PROVISIONS  OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL, AT ITS OWN EXPENSE,
 ARRANGE FOR QUARTERLY FINANCIAL AUDITS OF ALL BOOKS AND RECORDS PERTAIN-
 ING TO EACH TRUST FUND ACCOUNT INTO WHICH MONEYS  OF  RESIDENTS  OF  THE
 NURSING  HOME  FACILITIES OPERATED BY THE COMPANY ARE DEPOSITED. A SEPA-
 RATE AUDIT SHALL BE CONDUCTED FOR EACH NURSING   HOME FACILITY  OPERATED
 BY THE COMPANY IN THIS STATE.
   2.  THE  AUDITS  SHALL BE CONDUCTED BY A THIRD PARTY UNAFFILIATED WITH
 THE NURSING HOME COMPANY AND SHALL  BE  CONDUCTED  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF
 ENSURING THAT RESIDENTS' MONEYS ARE NOT MISAPPROPRIATED.
   3.  COPIES  OF  THE  REPORT  OF  SUCH  AUDITS SHALL BE PROVIDED TO THE
 COMMISSIONER WITHIN SIXTY DAYS OF THE COMPLETION OF THE AUDIT.
   4. THE COMMISSIONER MAY EXAMINE AND AUDIT THE BOOKS AND RECORDS OF THE
 COMPANY AT ANY TIME.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
 ing the date upon which it shall become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08319-01-9