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Assembly Bill A9575

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to allowing certain adult care facilities to arrange for limited nursing services

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2021-A9575 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1593
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §461-c, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7974
2017-2018: S4398
2019-2020: S1788
2023-2024: A5670, S5471
2025-2026: A525, S3184

2021-A9575 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows an adult home, enriched housing facility, assisted living residence or special needs assisted living residence to provide for nursing services in the facility that are not continual, either by arrangement with a provider of nursing services or by employment.

2021-A9575 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9575
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 16, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to allowing certain
   adult care facilities to arrange for limited nursing services
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section  461-c  of  the social services law is amended by
 adding a new subdivision 6-a to read as follows:
   6-A. (A) PURSUANT TO REGULATIONS OF THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  HEALTH,  AN
 ADULT  HOME,  ENRICHED  HOUSING  FACILITY,  ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCE OR
 SPECIAL NEEDS ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCE OPERATOR MAY PROVIDE FOR NURSING
 SERVICES IN THE FACILITY  FOR  RESIDENTS  OF  THE  FACILITY,  EITHER  BY
 ARRANGEMENT  WITH  A PROVIDER OF NURSING SERVICES OR BY EMPLOYMENT, THAT
 ARE NOT CONTINUAL AND WOULD NOT VIOLATE ADMISSION AND  RETENTION  STAND-
 ARDS  UNDER THIS SECTION, AND UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES AND SUBJECT TO LIMITA-
 TIONS PROVIDED IN THE REGULATIONS. AN  OPERATOR  ARRANGING  FOR  NURSING
 SERVICES  SHALL PROVIDE NOTICE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN A FORM AND
 MANNER REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
   (B)  NO OPERATOR ELECTING TO PROVIDE SUCH NURSING SERVICES MAY  REPRE-
 SENT  TO  THE  PUBLIC  THAT  THE  ADULT HOME, ENRICHED HOUSING FACILITY,
 ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCE OR SPECIAL NEEDS ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCE  IS
 AN  ENHANCED  ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCE OR OFFERS AGING IN PLACE AS SUCH
 TERMS ARE DEFINED UNDER SECTION FORTY-SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE  OF  ARTICLE
 FORTY-SIX-B  OF  THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY
 LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06510-01-1

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