Senate Bill S3060

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to requirements for residential health care facilities and related entities and operations

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-S3060 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2801-a & 2803-x, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S9025

2021-S3060 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires operators of nursing homes and residential health care facilities to provide notification of certain contracts and agreements to all residents, representatives, staff and the office of the long-term care ombudsman.

2021-S3060 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S3060 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3060
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 27, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  RIVERA,  MAY,  SKOUFIS  -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  requirements  for
   residential health care facilities and nursing homes
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Section 2801-a of the public  health  law  is  amended  by
 adding two new subdivisions 2-b and 3-b to read as follows:
   2-B. WITH RESPECT TO THE INCORPORATION OR ESTABLISHMENT OF ANY NURSING
 HOME,  IN  ADDITION  TO THE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF
 THIS SECTION, AFTER THE FILING OF AN APPLICATION THE PUBLIC  HEALTH  AND
 HEALTH  PLANNING COUNCIL SHALL (A) PROVIDE NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC, NURSING
 HOMES RESIDENTS AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES,  STAFF  AND  THEIR  REPRESEN-
 TATIVES,  AND  THE  STATE OFFICE OF THE LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN AND THE
 REGIONAL OFFICE HAVING GEOGRAPHICAL JURISDICTION OF THE AREA  WHERE  THE
 PROPOSED  INSTITUTION  IS  TO  BE LOCATED OF THE PROPOSED CERTIFICATE OR
 APPLICATION ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE WITHIN THIRTY DAYS  OF  RECEIPT;
 PROVIDE  A  MECHANISM  TO  SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS ELECTRONICALLY ON THE
 PROPOSED CERTIFICATE OR APPLICATION TO  THE  PUBLIC  HEALTH  AND  HEALTH
 PLANNING  COUNCIL;  AND  PROVIDE  AT  LEAST NINETY DAYS FOR SUCH COMMENT
 PERIOD, AND (B) FORWARD A COPY OF THE PROPOSED CERTIFICATE  OR  APPLICA-
 TION  FOR ESTABLISHMENT, AND ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS, TO THE STATE OFFICE
 OF THE LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN AND THE REGIONAL OFFICE HAVING GEOGRAPH-
 ICAL JURISDICTION OF THE AREA WHERE THE PROPOSED INSTITUTION  IS  TO  BE
 LOCATED  WITHIN  THIRTY  DAYS  OF  RECEIPT. THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH
 PLANNING COUNCIL SHALL ACT UPON SUCH APPLICATION AFTER THE STATE  OFFICE
 OF THE LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN, REGIONAL OFFICE AND THE PUBLIC HAVE HAD
 A REASONABLE TIME, BUT NOT LESS THAN NINETY DAYS, TO SUBMIT THEIR RECOM-
 MENDATIONS. AT THE TIME MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH PLANNING
 COUNCIL ARE NOTIFIED THAT AN APPLICATION IS SCHEDULED FOR CONSIDERATION,
 THE  APPLICANT,  THE  PUBLIC,  THE  STATE  OFFICE  OF THE LONG-TERM CARE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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