NY State Senate Bill S1783

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Dec 22, 2021	approval memo.129 signed chap.768
Dec 10, 2021	delivered to governor
Jun 09, 2021	returned to senate passed assembly
Jun 07, 2021	ordered to third reading rules cal.445 substituted for a6057a referred to ways and means returned to assembly repassed senate
Jun 01, 2021	amended on third reading (t) 1783a
Jun 01, 2021	vote reconsidered - restored to third reading returned to senate recalled from assembly
Feb 22, 2021	referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.351 committed to rules
Feb 10, 2021	2nd report cal.
Feb 09, 2021	1st report cal.351
Jan 15, 2021	referred to health

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S1783 - Details

Law Section:: Public Health
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S9029

S1783 - Summary

Directs the commissioner of health to establish and implement an infection inspection audit and checklist on nursing homes.

S1783 - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S1783

SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act directing the department of health to establish and implement an
infection inspection audit and checklist on residential care facilities,
nursing homes and long-term care facilities

 
PURPOSE:

Requires the Department of Health to establish and implement an
infection inspection audit and checklist on residential care facilities,
nursing homes and long-term care facilities. Facilities will be required
to meet eighty percent of audit evaluation checklist, which will incor-
porate core competencies relating to (1) infection control, (2) personal
protective equipment, (3) staffing,

(4) clinical care, (5) communication, and (6) reporting. Those facili-
ties determined to be not in adherence with the inspection control
checklist will be subject to a penalty framework established by the
Commissioner, including but not limited to the revocation or suspension

of the facility's license.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Includes the definitions of Department, Facility, Nursing
Home, Audit, and Checklist.

Section 2: Establishes the infection control competency audit. Directs
the department to promulgate rules and regulations establishing an
infection control competency audit which shall include a competency
checklist incorporating specific core competencies based on guidance set
forth in this act. The Department shall conduct audits on and after
October 1, 2021 and such audits shall be conducted on an annual basis
thereafter.

Section 3: Establishes audit evaluation. The infection control competen-
cy audit shall utilize a checklist to evaluate the competency of the
facility being audited.

Facilities subject to the infection control competency audit shall be
required to fulfill the required criteria of a minimum of eighty percent
of the audit checklist. If a facility meets at least eighty-five percent
of the criteria, the facility will be scored as "in adherence" with the
infection control competency audit. If a facility meets sixty percent
and eighty-four percent of the required criteria within the checklist,
the facility will be scored as "in adherence but warrants reinspection."
Such facilities will be subject to reinspection by the department at
least once before the next annual inspection. If a facility meets less
than sixty percent of the criteria within the checklist, the facility
will be scored as "not in adherence."

Section 4: Directs the Department of Health to establish a penalty
framework for those facilities determined to be "not in adherence" with
the inspection control list. Penalties may include a revocation or
suspension of the facility's license; provided, however, that no such
revocation shall be ordered unless the department has provided the
facility with a fourteen day grace period, solely for facility's first
time being found "not in adherence," to meet at least eighty percent of
the criteria within the checklist. Audits shall continue at monthly
intervals for facilities that are found to be "not in adherence" by the
established infection control competency checklist until such facilities
meet at least eight percent of the criteria within the checklist.

Section 5: Audit standards and core competencies. Directs the Department
to establish an infection control competency audit and checklist for
facilities which shall include, but not be limited to:  (1) infection
control, (2) personal protective equipment, (3) staffing, (4) clinical
care, (5) communication, and (6) reporting.

Section 6: Effective date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

At the legislatures' August 2020 public hearings on COVID-19 and Resi-
dential Health Care Facilities, it became evident that many residential
health care facilities were severely ill-equipped to protect against the
spread of COVID19 within its facilities. The unpreparedness of facili-
ties to address the infectious disease led to the residential health
care facilities becoming the unofficial epicenter of the pandemic.
Unfortunately, this unpreparedness to address and contain the spread of
COVID-19 and failure to protect the health and wellbeing of their resi-
dents and employees, lead to countless tragic and unnecessary COVID-19
related deaths.

This legislation directs the Department of Health to establish and
implement an infection inspection audit and checklist for residential
care facilities, nursing homes and long-term care facilities.  Facili-
ties will be required to meet eighty percent of the checklist, which
will certain incorporate core competencies related to: (1) infection
control, (2) personal protective equipment, (3) staffing, (4) clinical
care, (5) communication, and (6) reporting. Those facilities determined
to be not in adherence with the inspection control checklist will be
subject to a penalty framework established by the Commissioner, includ-
ing but not limited to the revocation or suspension of the facility's
license.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the state

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect ninety days after it shall have become law

S1783 - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1783
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  SKOUFIS,  MAY,  RIVERA  -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT directing the department of health to establish and implement  an
   infection  inspection  audit and checklist on residential care facili-
   ties, nursing homes and long-term care facilities

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Definitions.  For the purposes of this act, the following
 terms shall have the following meanings:
   (a) "Department" means the department of health.
   (b) "Facility" means a nursing home or residential health care facili-
 ty as defined in article 28 of the public health law.
   (c) "Nursing home" means a facility providing therein nursing care  to
 sick,  invalid,  infirm, disabled or convalescent persons in addition to
 lodging and board or health-related service, or any combination  of  the
 foregoing,  and  in addition thereto, providing nursing care and health-
 related service, or either of them, to persons who are not occupants  of
 the facility.
   (d)  "Audit"  means  the infection control competency audit created by
 the department under this act.
   (e) "Checklist" means the infection control competency audit checklist
 created by the department under this act.
   § 2. Establishing the infection  control  competency  audit.  (a)  The
 department  shall  promulgate  rules  and  regulations  establishing  an
 infection control competency audit for a facility  consistent  with  the
 provisions  of  this act. The audit shall include a competency checklist
 which incorporates specific core  competencies  based  on  guidance  set
 forth in this act.
   (b)  The  department  shall commence audits of facilities on and after
 October 1, 2021 and such audits shall be conducted on  an  annual  basis
 thereafter.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD02904-02-1

 S. 1783                             2
 
   §  3.  Audit  evaluation.  (a)  The infection control competency audit
 shall utilize a checklist to evaluate the  competency  of  the  facility
 being  audited.   Facilities subject to the infection control competency
 audit shall be required to fulfill the required criteria of a minimum of
 eighty-five percent of the audit checklist.
   (b)  If  a facility meets at least eighty-five percent of the criteria
 within the checklist, the facility will be scored as "in adherence" with
 the infection control competency audit.
   (c) If a facility meets between sixty percent and eighty-four  percent
 of  the  required  criteria  within  the checklist, the facility will be
 scored as "in adherence but warrants reinspection."  Such facility  will
 be  subject  to  reinspection by the department at least once before the
 next annual inspection.
   (d) If a facility meets less than sixty percent of the criteria within
 the checklist, the facility will be scored as "not in adherence".
   § 4. Facilities not in adherence  with  infection  control  competency
 audit.  (a) The department shall establish a penalty framework for those
 facilities determined to be  "not  in  adherence"  with  the  inspection
 control  checklist. A facility being found "not in adherence" may result
 in revocation or suspension of the facility's license; provided,  howev-
 er,  that  no such revocation shall be ordered unless the department has
 provided the facility with a fourteen day grace  period,  solely  for  a
 facility's  first  time being found "not in adherence", to meet at least
 eighty percent of the criteria within the checklist.
   (b) Audits shall continue at monthly intervals for facilities that are
 found to be "not in adherence"  by  the  established  infection  control
 competency  checklist until such facilities meet at least eighty percent
 of the criteria within the checklist.
   § 5. Audit standards core competencies. The department shall establish
 an infection control competency audit and checklist for facilities which
 shall include, but not be limited to:
   (a) Infection control. (i) The facility shall have an  infection  lead
 staff person to:
   (A)  address  and improve infection control based on federal and state
 public health advisories and review and implement the facility's pandem-
 ic emergency plan as required by subdivision 12 of section 2803  of  the
 public health law; and
   (B) spend an adequate time at the facility focused on activities dedi-
 cated to infection control.
   (ii) The facility shall have an infection control program with written
 policies and procedures which includes, but is not limited to:
   (A)  A written plan to investigate, control and take action to prevent
 infections in the facility;
   (B) Written procedures to allow for isolation  and  universal  precau-
 tions  for  residents  suspected  or  confirmed  to have a contagious or
 infectious disease; and
   (C)  A  record  of  incidences  and  corrective  actions  related   to
 infections at the facility.
   (iii)  During  recognized  periods of contagious or infectious disease
 outbreaks, the facility shall  have  screening  requirements  for  every
 individual  entering the facility, including staff, for symptoms associ-
 ated with the infectious disease outbreak.
   (iv) The facility shall establish  dedicated distinct areas for  resi-
 dents  confirmed  or suspected to be infected with an infectious disease
 or are recovering from an infectious disease.   Policies and  procedures
 shall be developed to isolate residents suspected to be infected with an

 S. 1783                             3
 
 infectious  disease  in  quarantine  until their infection status can be
 determined.
   (v) The facility shall have a staffing plan to limit transmission that
 shall include, but not be limited to:
   (A)  Dedicated,  consistent  staffing teams who directly interact with
 residents that are confirmed or suspected to be infected with  a  conta-
 gious or infectious disease; and
   (B) Limiting clinical and other staff who have direct resident contact
 to  specific areas of the facility. There should be no rotation of staff
 between various areas of the facility during the period they are working
 each day during periods of recognized outbreaks.
   (vi) The  facility  shall  ensure  ongoing  access  to  the  necessary
 supplies for hand hygiene for staff and residents.
   (vii) The facility shall ensure ongoing access to federally registered
 hospital  disinfectants or centers for disease control acceptable alter-
 natives to allow for necessary and appropriate cleaning and disinfecting
 of high traffic surfaces and shared resident care equipment.
   (b) Personal protective equipment. (i) The facility shall possess  and
 maintain  or  contract to have at least a two month supply of all neces-
 sary items of personal protective equipment in line with the most recent
 department guidance and statutes.
   (ii) The facility shall develop a contingency plan to  address  supply
 shortages of personal protective equipment.
   (iii)  The  facility  shall  train  staff  and establish protocols for
 selecting, donning and doffing appropriate personal protective equipment
 and demonstrate competency during resident care. The facility must  keep
 a record of this staff training.
   (iv)  The  facility  shall  ensure availability of personal protective
 equipment throughout the facility and outside resident rooms when  there
 are  units  with separate cohorted spaces for both positive and negative
 infectious disease residents.
   (v) The facility shall require the use of recommended personal protec-
 tive equipment for all front-line staff in line  with  the  most  recent
 department guidance.
   (vi)  The  facility  must  designate  a staff member who is present at
 every shift who is responsible for ensuring the proper use  of  personal
 protective equipment by all staff.
   (c)  Staffing.  (i) The facility shall demonstrate that there has been
 advanced planning, in alignment with the facility's emergency  prepared-
 ness plans and pandemic emergency plan, for contingent staffing needs in
 the case of staff quarantines.
   (ii)  The facility shall have an employee responsible for conducting a
 daily assessment of staffing status and  needs  during  an  outbreak  of
 infectious or contagious diseases.
   (iii)  The  facility shall institute a sick-leave policy that does not
 punish staff with disciplinary action  if  they  are  absent  from  work
 because  they  are  exhibiting symptoms, or test positive, for an infec-
 tious disease. Such policies shall offer the maximum amount of flexibil-
 ity to staff and be consistent with state guidance.
   (d) Clinical care. (i) The  facility  shall  shave  infection  control
 policies  that  outline  the  recommended transmission-based precautions
 that  should  be  used  when  caring  for  residents  with   respiratory
 infection.  These  policies shall accommodate for department and centers
 for disease control guidance on personal protective equipment  conserva-
 tion methods.

 S. 1783                             4
 
   (ii)  The  facility  shall  ensure all health care professionals which
 enter the facility have been trained to recognize the signs and symptoms
 of infectious diseases.
   (iii)  The  facility  has  written  requirements  for  residents to be
 screened for symptoms and have their vital  signs  monitored,  including
 oxygen  saturation  and  temperature  checks in accordance with the most
 recent state or federal guidance and  and  documented  in  the  clinical
 record   during  a  recognized  outbreak  of  contagious  or  infectious
 diseases.
   (iv) The facility shall  ensure  that  residents  with  any  suspected
 respiratory  or  infectious  illnesses  are  assessed at a more frequent
 rate.
   (e) Written communication plan.   The facility shall  have  a  written
 plan  for daily communications with staff, residents, and the residents'
 families regarding the status of infections at the facility.  Such  plan
 shall  be consistent with the requirements set forth in paragraph (a) of
 subdivision 12 of section 2803 of the public health  law.  The  facility
 must  designate  a  staff  member  who is responsible for these communi-
 cations with staff, residents and residents' families.
   § 6. This act shall take effect ninety days after it shall have become
 a law.

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S1783A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:: Public Health
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S9029

S1783A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of health to establish and implement an infection inspection audit and checklist on nursing homes.

S1783A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S1783A

SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public health law, in relation to directing the
department of health to establish and implement an infection inspection
audit and checklist on nursing homes

 
PURPOSE:

To requires facilities to adhere to an audit evaluation checklist of
core competencies relating to infection control, personal protective
equipment, staffing, clinical care, and communication.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Establishes an annual infection control competency audit commencing
October 1, 2021. The audit will use a checklist to evaluate competency
in relation to infection control, personal protective equipment, staff-
ing, clinical care, and communication. If a facility meets at least 85%

of the criteria, the facility will be scored as "in adherence. If a
facility meets between 85% and 60%, the facility will be scored as "in
adherence but warrants re-inspection" before the next annual inspection.

A facility that fails to meet 60%, will be scored as "not in adherence"
and continue with monthly audits until it meets at least 85% adherence.
Penalties may include a revocation or suspension of a facility's license
under certain conditions.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

At the legislatures' August 2020 public hearings on COVID19 and Residen-
tial Health Care Facilities, it became evident that many residential
health care facilities were severely ill-equipped to protect against the
spread of COVID-19. The unpreparedness of nursing home led to them
becoming the unofficial epicenter of the pandemic, with countless tragic
and unnecessary COVID-19 related deaths. This bill will promote profi-
ciency and preparedness for any future crisis to come.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2020: A.11114 referred to Health Committee

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the state

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Ninety days after it becomes law

S1783A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1783--A
     Cal. No. 351
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  SKOUFIS,  BIAGGI, HINCHEY, JACKSON, KRUEGER, MAY,
   PARKER, RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed  to
   be  committed  to  the  Committee on Health -- reported favorably from
   said committee, ordered to first and second report  committed  to  the
   committee  on  Rules  ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and
   delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote  reconsidered,  restored  to
   third  reading,  amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in
   the order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  directing  the
   department   of   health  to  establish  and  implement  an  infection
   inspection audit and checklist on nursing homes
 
   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
 2803-aa to read as follows:
   § 2803-AA. NURSING HOME INFECTION CONTROL COMPETENCY AUDIT.  1.    THE
 COMMISSIONER  SHALL  ESTABLISH IN THE DEPARTMENT A PROGRAM FOR AUDITS OF
 NURSING  HOMES  TO  MEASURE  SPECIFIC  CORE  COMPETENCIES  RELATING   TO
 INFECTION  CONTROL  OF  EACH NURSING HOME.  THE AUDITS SHALL COMMENCE ON
 OCTOBER 1, 2021, AND SHALL BE CONDUCTED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER.
   2. (A) THE AUDIT SHALL  UTILIZE  A  CHECKLIST  TO  EVALUATE  INFECTION
 CONTROL COMPETENCY OF EACH NURSING HOME.
   (B)  A NURSING HOME MEETING AT LEAST EIGHTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE CRITE-
 RIA ON THE CHECKLIST  SHALL  BE  SCORED  AS  "PROFICIENT"  IN  INFECTION
 CONTROL COMPETENCY.
   (C)  IF  A  NURSING  HOME  MEETS BETWEEN SIXTY PERCENT AND EIGHTY-FOUR
 PERCENT OF THE REQUIRED CRITERIA WITHIN THE CHECKLIST, THE NURSING  HOME
 WILL BE SCORED AS "PROFICIENCY PENDING REINSPECTION."  SUCH NURSING HOME
 WILL  BE  AUDITED BY THE DEPARTMENT AT LEAST ONCE BEFORE THE NEXT ANNUAL
 INSPECTION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD02904-07-1

 S. 1783--A                          2
 
   (D) A NURSING HOME THAT MEETS LESS THAN SIXTY PERCENT OF THE  CRITERIA
 WITHIN THE CHECKLIST, OR FAILS A PROFICIENCY PENDING REINSPECTION, SHALL
 BE SCORED AS "NOT PROFICIENT".
   FACILITIES  SCORED AS "NOT PROFICIENT" SHALL CONTINUE TO BE AUDITED AT
 MONTHLY INTERVALS  UNTIL  SUCH  FACILITIES  MEET  AT  LEAST  EIGHTY-FIVE
 PERCENT OF THE CRITERIA WITHIN THE CHECKLIST.
   3. AN AUDIT OF CORE COMPETENCIES SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO,
 THE  FOLLOWING,  AND  SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE
 AND LOCAL GUIDELINES AND REQUIREMENTS:
   (A) INFECTION CONTROL. (I) THE NURSING HOME SHALL ASSIGN AN  INFECTION
 LEAD  STAFF  PERSON  TO IMPLEMENT INFECTION CONTROL BASED ON FEDERAL AND
 STATE PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORIES, GUIDELINES AND RULES.
   (II) THE NURSING HOME SHALL HAVE A WRITTEN INFECTION  CONTROL  PROGRAM
 WHICH INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO:
   (A)  A  PLAN  TO  INVESTIGATE,  CONTROL  AND  TAKE  ACTION  TO PREVENT
 INFECTIONS IN THE NURSING HOME;
   (B) PROCEDURES FOR ISOLATION AND UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS  FOR  RESIDENTS
 SUSPECTED OR CONFIRMED TO HAVE A CONTAGIOUS OR INFECTIOUS DISEASE; AND
   (C)   A  RECORD  OF  INCIDENCES  AND  CORRECTIVE  ACTIONS  RELATED  TO
 INFECTIONS AT THE NURSING HOME.
   (III) DURING AN OFFICIALLY DECLARED NATIONAL EMERGENCY,  OR  STATE  OR
 MUNICIPAL  EMERGENCY DECLARED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE TWO-B OF THE EXECUTIVE
 LAW, RELATED TO A CONTAGIOUS OR INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUTBREAK, THE NURSING
 HOME SHALL HAVE SCREENING REQUIREMENTS FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL ENTERING THE
 FACILITY, INCLUDING STAFF, FOR SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH  THE  INFECTIOUS
 DISEASE OUTBREAK.
   (IV) THE NURSING HOME SHALL HAVE A STAFFING PLAN TO LIMIT TRANSMISSION
 THAT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (A)  DEDICATED,  CONSISTENT  STAFFING TEAMS WHO DIRECTLY INTERACT WITH
 RESIDENTS THAT ARE CONFIRMED OR SUSPECTED TO BE INFECTED WITH  A  CONTA-
 GIOUS OR INFECTIOUS DISEASE; AND
   (B) LIMITING CLINICAL AND OTHER STAFF WHO HAVE DIRECT RESIDENT CONTACT
 TO  SPECIFIC  AREAS OF THE FACILITY. THERE SHALL BE NO ROTATION OF STAFF
 BETWEEN VARIOUS AREAS OF THE FACILITY DURING THE PERIOD THEY ARE WORKING
 EACH DAY DURING PERIODS OF RECOGNIZED OUTBREAKS.
   (V) THE NURSING HOME SHALL ENSURE  ONGOING  ACCESS  TO  THE  NECESSARY
 SUPPLIES  FOR  HAND  HYGIENE FOR STAFF AND RESIDENTS, HOSPITAL DISINFEC-
 TANTS OR ALTERNATIVES TO ALLOW FOR NECESSARY  AND  APPROPRIATE  CLEANING
 AND DISINFECTING OF SURFACES AND SHARED RESIDENT CARE EQUIPMENT.
   (VI)  THE  NURSING  HOME SHALL TRAIN STAFF AND ESTABLISH PROTOCOLS FOR
 SELECTING, DONNING AND DOFFING APPROPRIATE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
 AND DEMONSTRATE COMPETENCY DURING RESIDENT CARE. THE NURSING  HOME  MUST
 KEEP  A  RECORD  OF  STAFF  TRAINING  IN PROPER STORAGE, USE, REUSE, AND
 DISPOSAL OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
   (VII) THE NURSING HOME MUST DESIGNATE A STAFF MEMBER FOR  EVERY  SHIFT
 WHO  IS  RESPONSIBLE  FOR ENSURING THE PROPER USE OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE
 EQUIPMENT BY ALL STAFF.
   (B) THE NURSING HOME SHALL DEMONSTRATE THAT THERE  HAS  BEEN  ADVANCED
 PLANNING,  IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE FACILITY'S EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLANS
 AND PANDEMIC EMERGENCY PLAN, FOR CONTINGENT STAFFING NEEDS IN  THE  CASE
 OF  STAFF  QUARANTINES  THAT  SHALL  HAVE  AN  EMPLOYEE  RESPONSIBLE FOR
 CONDUCTING A DAILY ASSESSMENT OF STAFFING STATUS  AND  NEEDS  DURING  AN
 OUTBREAK  OF  INFECTIOUS  OR  CONTAGIOUS DISEASES, AND INSTITUTE A SICK-
 LEAVE POLICY THAT DOES NOT PUNISH STAFF WITH DISCIPLINARY ACTION IF THEY
 ARE ABSENT FROM WORK BECAUSE THEY ARE EXHIBITING SYMPTOMS, OR TEST POSI-

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 TIVE, FOR AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE. SUCH POLICIES SHALL OFFER  THE  MAXIMUM
 AMOUNT OF FLEXIBILITY TO STAFF AND BE CONSISTENT WITH STATE GUIDANCE.
   (C)  THE  NURSING  HOME  SHALL  HAVE A WRITTEN PLAN FOR DAILY COMMUNI-
 CATIONS WITH STAFF, RESIDENTS, AND THE RESIDENTS' FAMILIES REGARDING THE
 STATUS OF INFECTIONS AT THE NURSING HOME.  SUCH PLAN SHALL BE CONSISTENT
 WITH THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF  SUBDIVISION  TWELVE
 OF  SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED THREE OF THIS ARTICLE. THE NURSING HOME
 MUST DESIGNATE ONE OR MORE STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE  FOR  THESE
 COMMUNICATIONS WITH STAFF, RESIDENTS AND RESIDENTS' FAMILIES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect ninety days after it shall have become
 a law.

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