NY State Senate Bill S1784A

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 22, 2021	signed chap.769
Dec 10, 2021	delivered to governor
Mar 03, 2021	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.30 substituted for a5846
Feb 22, 2021	referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.352 committed to rules
Feb 10, 2021	2nd report cal. amended (t) 1784a
Feb 09, 2021	1st report cal.352
Jan 15, 2021	referred to health

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S1784 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5846
Law Section:: Social Services Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §461-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S9028

S1784 - Summary

Requires adult care facilities to include quality improvment committees; includes a focus on infection control in such facilities' quality assurance plans.

S1784 - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S1784

SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring adult
care facilities to include quality assurance committees and include a
focus on infection control in such facilities' quality assurance plans

 
PURPOSE:

To require adult care facilities to establish and incorporate quality
assurance committees in each adult care facility's quality assurance
plan. Mandates the inclusion of front-line workers, employees, resi-
dents, and family members of residents in the quality assurance commit-
tees. Infection control shall be a focus of each facility's quality
assurance plan.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Amends section paragraph (c) of subdivision 461-a of the

social services law to require certain residential care facilities to
include the development and maintenance of infection control performance
standards in their mandated quality assurance plans. Also requires qual-
ity assurance plans to include the creation of a quality assurance
committee that is charged with meeting periodically to review findings
from monitoring activities, evaluating the effectiveness of corrective
actions, and identifying trends and improvement activities. Such
commit-tees shall include the administrator or operator of the facility,
the resident council president or other resident representative, repre-
sentatives of family members of residents, and representatives from
front-line employees from each area of operation.

Section 2: Effective date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Given the congregate nature and traditional population residing in adult
care facilities, maintaining a quality assurance plan that includes
infection control standards is crucial to protect the health and well
being of residents and employees.

This legislation directs certain residential health care facilities to
develop and maintain infection control standards as part of their
mandated quality assurance plans. In addition, this legislation requires
such facilities to create quality assurance committees, with members
comprising of the administrator or operator of the facility, the resi-
dent council president or other representatives of family members of
residents, and representatives from frontline employees from each area
of operation. Consulting an array of varied individuals is imperative in
establishing a quality assurance committee because each group will
provide unique and distinct insight into how to best protect the health
and wellbeing of a facility's residents and employees.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2020 - S9028A Amend And Recommit to Rules - Print Number 9028A / No
Assembly Same-as

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the state.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become law.

S1784 - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1784
 
                        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 to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring  adult
   care  facilities to include quality assurance committees and include a
   focus on infection control in such facilities' quality assurance plans

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (c)  of  subdivision 2 of section 461-a of the
 social services law, as amended by chapter 735 of the laws of  1994,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (c)  An inspection report shall be made of each inspection which shall
 clearly identify and indicate in detail each area of operation,  includ-
 ing,  but  not  limited to, the premises, equipment, personnel, resident
 care and services, and whether each such area of operation or any of its
 component parts is or is not in compliance with the regulations  of  the
 department and all other applicable requirements. It also shall identify
 those  areas  of  operation  or  any of its component parts found not in
 compliance as a result of failure in systemic practices and  procedures.
 The  operator  shall  be  notified of the results of the inspection in a
 manner to be determined by regulations of the department. Such notifica-
 tion shall contain directions as may be appropriate as to the manner and
 time in which compliance with applicable requirements of  law  or  regu-
 lations  of the department shall be effected.  The department shall also
 require the operator of an adult home or residence for adults to  devel-
 op,  biannually  update and implement plans for quality assurance activ-
 ities for each area of operation. Quality assurance  activities  include
 but are not limited to, development and maintenance of performance stan-
 dards  INCLUDING  INFECTION  CONTROL,  measurement  of adherence to such
 standards and to applicable state and local laws and regulations,  iden-
 tification  of  performance  failures,  design,  and  implementation  of
 corrective action. EACH PLAN MUST ALSO INCLUDE THE CREATION OF A QUALITY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD02902-02-1

 S. 1784                             2
 
 ASSURANCE COMMITTEE THAT IS CHARGED WITH MEETING PERIODICALLY TO  REVIEW
 FINDINGS  FROM  MONITORING  ACTIVITIES,  EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF
 CORRECTIVE ACTIONS, AND IDENTIFYING TRENDS AND  IMPROVEMENT  ACTIVITIES.
 SUCH COMMITTEE SHALL INCLUDE THE ADMINISTRATOR OR OPERATOR OF THE FACIL-
 ITY,  THE  RESIDENT  COUNCIL PRESIDENT OR OTHER RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE,
 REPRESENTATIVES OF FAMILY MEMBERS OF RESIDENTS, AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM
 FRONTLINE EMPLOYEES FROM EACH AREA OF OPERATION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.

Co-Sponsors

S1784A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5846
Law Section:: Social Services Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §461-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S9028

S1784A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires adult care facilities to include quality improvment committees; includes a focus on infection control in such facilities' quality assurance plans.

S1784A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S1784A

SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring adult
care facilities to include quality improvement committees and include a
focus on infection control in such facilities' quality assurance plans

 
PURPOSE:

To require adult care facilities to establish and incorporate quality
assurance committees in each adult care facility's quality assurance
plan. Mandates the inclusion of front-line workers, employees, resi-
dents, and family members of residents in the quality assurance commit-
tees. Infection control shall be a focus of each facility's quality
assurance plan.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Amends section paragraph (c) of subdivision 461-a of the

social services law to require certain residential care facilities to
include the development and maintenance of infection control performance
standards in their mandated quality assurance plans. Also requires qual-
ity assurance plans to include the creation of a quality improvement
committee that is charged with meeting periodically, at least every six
months to review summary findings from monitoring the facility's pan,
evaluating the effectiveness of corrective action policies, and identi-
fying trends and improvement activities. Such committees shall include
the administrator or operator of the facility, the resident council
president or other resident representative, representatives of family
members of residents, and representatives from front-line employees from
each area of operation. The Committee shall not examine personally iden-
tifiable resident incidents.

Section 2: Effective date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Given the congregate nature and traditional population residing in adult
care facilities, maintaining a quality assurance plan that includes
infection control standards is crucial to protect the health and well
being of residents and employees.

This legislation directs certain residential health care facilities to
develop and maintain infection control standards as part of their
mandated quality assurance plans. In addition, this legislation requires
such facilities to create quality assurance committees, with members
comprising of the administrator or operator of the facility, the resi-
dent council president or other representatives of family members of
residents, and representatives from frontline employees from each area
of operation. Consulting an array of varied individuals is imperative in
establishing a quality assurance committee because each group will
provide unique and distinct insight into how to best protect the health
and wellbeing of a facility's residents and employees.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2020 - S9028A (Skoufis)
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the state.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become law.

S1784A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1784--A
     Cal. No. 352
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  SKOUFIS,  BIAGGI,  MAY,  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
   report, amended on first  report,  ordered  to  a  second  report  and
   ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of second report
 
 AN  ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring adult
   care facilities to include quality improvement committees and  include
   a  focus  on  infection  control in such facilities' quality assurance
   plans
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (c)  of  subdivision 2 of section 461-a of the
 social services law, as amended by chapter 735 of the laws of  1994,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (c)  An inspection report shall be made of each inspection which shall
 clearly identify and indicate in detail each area of operation,  includ-
 ing,  but  not  limited to, the premises, equipment, personnel, resident
 care and services, and whether each such area of operation or any of its
 component parts is or is not in compliance with the regulations  of  the
 department and all other applicable requirements. It also shall identify
 those  areas  of  operation  or  any of its component parts found not in
 compliance as a result of failure in systemic practices and  procedures.
 The  operator  shall  be  notified of the results of the inspection in a
 manner to be determined by regulations of the department. Such notifica-
 tion shall contain directions as may be appropriate as to the manner and
 time in which compliance with applicable requirements of  law  or  regu-
 lations  of the department shall be effected.  The department shall also
 require the operator of an adult home or residence for adults to  devel-
 op,  biannually  update and implement plans for quality assurance activ-
 ities for each area of operation. Quality assurance  activities  include
 but are not limited to, development and maintenance of performance stan-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02902-04-1

 S. 1784--A                          2
 
 dards  INCLUDING  INFECTION  CONTROL,  measurement  of adherence to such
 standards and to applicable state and local laws and regulations,  iden-
 tification  of  performance  failures,  design,  and  implementation  of
 corrective action.  EACH PLAN MUST ALSO INCLUDE THE CREATION OF A QUALI-
 TY  IMPROVEMENT  COMMITTEE THAT IS CHARGED WITH MEETING PERIODICALLY, AT
 LEAST ONCE EVERY SIX MONTHS, TO REVIEW SUMMARY FINDINGS FROM  MONITORING
 IMPLEMENTATION  OF  THE FACILITY'S PLAN, EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF
 CORRECTIVE ACTION  POLICIES,  AND  IDENTIFYING  TRENDS  AND  IMPROVEMENT
 ACTIVITIES.  WHILE  REVIEWING  FACILITY PERFORMANCE, THE COMMITTEE SHALL
 NOT EXAMINE PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE RESIDENT INCIDENTS.  SUCH  COMMITTEE
 SHALL  INCLUDE  THE ADMINISTRATOR OR OPERATOR OF THE FACILITY, THE RESI-
 DENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT OR OTHER RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE,  AND  REPRESEN-
 TATIVES FROM FRONTLINE EMPLOYEES FROM EACH AREA OF OPERATION.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

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Feb 22, 2021 - floor Vote

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Feb 22, 2021 - Rules committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: Feb 22, 2021

Feb 9, 2021 - Health committee Vote

Committee Vote: Feb 9, 2021

Bill Amendments

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S1784 - Details

S1784 - Summary

S1784 - Sponsor Memo

S1784 - Bill Text download pdf

Co-Sponsors

S1784A (ACTIVE) - Details

S1784A (ACTIVE) - Summary

S1784A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S1784A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Feb 22, 2021 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Feb 22, 2021

Feb 22, 2021 - Rules committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: Feb 22, 2021

Feb 9, 2021 - Health committee Vote

Committee Vote: Feb 9, 2021

Bill Amendments

Co-Sponsors

S1784 - Details

S1784 - Summary

S1784 - Sponsor Memo

S1784 - Bill Text download pdf

Co-Sponsors

S1784A (ACTIVE) - Details

S1784A (ACTIVE) - Summary

S1784A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S1784A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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