Senate Bill S7726

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

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

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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-S7726 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8775
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2803-aa, Pub Health L (as proposed in S.1783-A & A.6057-A)

2021-S7726 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of health to establish and implement an infection inspection control audit and checklist on nursing homes; provides civil penalties for nursing homes who violate infection control standards.

2021-S7726 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S7726 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7726
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 7, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 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.  Subdivisions 1 and 2 and the opening paragraph and subpar-
 agraphs  (iv)  and  (vii)  of  paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of section
 2803-aa of the public health law, as added by a chapter of the  laws  of
 2021 amending the public health law relating to directing the department
 of  health  to  establish  and implement an infection inspection control
 audit and checklist on nursing homes, as proposed in  legislative  bills
 numbers S.  1783-A and A. 6057-A, are amended to read as follows:
   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] DECEMBER 1, [2021] 2022, and shall be conducted annually ther-
 eafter.
   2.  (a)  The  audit  shall utilize a checklist THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH
 FOCUSED INFECTION CONTROL SURVEY STANDARDS ISSUED BY THE FEDERAL CENTERS
 FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES to evaluate infection control  compe-
 tency of each nursing home.
   (b) A nursing home [meeting at least eighty-five percent of the crite-
 ria  on  the  checklist  shall]  MUST  MEET ALL METRICS ON THE CHECKLIST
 DEVELOPED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION TO be scored  as
 ["proficient"] in COMPLIANCE WITH 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] FAILS TO MEET ALL METRICS ON THE CHECKLIST DEVELOPED  PURSU-
 ANT  TO  PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CONDUCT
 ANOTHER INFECTION CONTROL AUDIT WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF THE INITIAL DETER-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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