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Jan 08, 2020 |
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Jun 15, 2019 |
referred to health |
Assembly Bill A8387
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
WOERNER
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
2019-A8387 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A8387 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires the department of health to appoint a supervisor to monitor assisted living facilities which have been designated as special focus facilities and to oversee operations and finances of the facility in order to remedy deficiencies noted by the center for Medicare and Medicaid services.
2019-A8387 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8387 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y June 15, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to appointing a supervisor for for-profit assisted living facilities which are desig- nated as special focus facilities 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 4677 to read as follows: § 4677. FACILITIES DESIGNATED UNDER THE SPECIAL FOCUS FACILITY INITI- ATIVE. 1. THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO ALL FOR-PROFIT ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES LOCATED WITHIN THE STATE. 2. (A) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL APPOINT A SUPERVISOR TO WORK WITH ANY ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY OR NURSING HOME WHICH HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS A "SPECIAL FOCUS FACILITY" BY THE FEDERAL CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDI- CAID SERVICES, OR "CMS", AS PART OF THE SPECIAL FOCUS FACILITY INITI- ATIVE, IN ORDER TO OVERSEE, MONITOR AND ASSIST SUCH FACILITIES WITH CORRECTING NOTED DEFICIENCIES, PROPER ALLOCATION OF FUNDS AND ELIMINAT- ING PATTERNS OF SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITHIN SUCH FACILITY. (B) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A "SPECIAL FOCUS FACILITY" SHALL BE AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY OR NURSING HOME WHICH, AFTER AN INSPECTION OR MULTIPLE INSPECTIONS OF THE PREMISES, HAS BEEN DESIGNATED BY CMS UNDER THE SPECIAL FOCUS FACILITY INITIATIVE AS A FACILITY THAT: (I) HAS MORE THAN TWICE THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF DEFICIENCIES THAN OTHER NURSING HOMES OR ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; (II) HAS MORE SERIOUS DEFICIENCIES THAN OTHER NURSING HOMES OR ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES, INCLUDING HARM OR INJURY EXPERIENCED BY RESIDENTS; OR (III) SHOWS A PATTERN OF SERIOUS PROBLEMS WHICH HAVE PERSISTED OVER THE PRIOR THREE YEARS BEFORE THE DATE A NURSING HOME OR ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY WAS DESIGNATED A SPECIAL FOCUS FACILITY BY CMS. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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