Senate Bill S8295

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to home care services and to rates of reimbursement under medicaid for home care services

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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-S8295 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9148
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3600, 3614 & 4403-f, add §3603, Pub Health L; amd §365-a, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S2931, A4583

2021-S8295 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends provisions to improve accessibility of home care services, develop and maintain a qualified workforce, develop a comprehensive public education program and approve rates of reimbursement under medicaid for home care services that support the provision of those services.

2021-S8295 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8295 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8295
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 10, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law and the social  services  law,  in
   relation to enacting the New York home care first act
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the  "New  York
 home care first act".
   § 2. Section 3600 of the public health law, as added by chapter 895 of
 the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
   §  3600.  Declaration of legislative findings and intent. The legisla-
 ture hereby finds and declares that the provision of high  quality  home
 care  services  to  residents  of  New York state is a priority concern.
 [Expanding] ENSURING THE AVAILABILITY OF these services  [to  make  them
 available]  throughout  the  state as a [viable] CORE part of the health
 care system [and as an] FOR INDIVIDUALS' NEEDS, INCLUDING AS AN alterna-
 tive to institutional care should be a  primary  focus  of  the  state's
 actions.
   Home  health  care  has [only recently] LONG been recognized [legisla-
 tively] as an integral part of the health care delivery system  and  has
 proven  to  have  an  important  and  valuable role in patient care. The
 certified home health AND  LICENSED  HOME  CARE  SERVICES  agencies  AND
 PROGRAMS  render  a  coordinated  array of services to patients in their
 homes[,] AND COMMUNITIES. THESE HOME CARE SERVICES AGENCIES PARTNER WITH
 HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, HOSPITALS, HEALTH PLANS, COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH
 DEPARTMENTS AND MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS IN  THE  PROVISION  OF  PRIMARY,
 PREVENTIVE,  PUBLIC  HEALTH,  PRE-ACUTE,  POST-ACUTE AND LONG-TERM CARE,
 thereby avoiding prolonged institutionalization, concomitant high  costs
 and associated adverse social and medical implications.
   The  legislature  intends  that  there  be  a public commitment to the
 appropriate provision and [expansion] ACCESSIBILITY of services rendered
 to the residents of the state by [certified] home [health] CARE SERVICES
 agencies, [to] INCLUDING FINANCIAL AND  PROGRAMMATIC  SUPPORT  FOR:  the
 maintenance  of  a  consistently high level of services by all home care
 services  agencies[,  to]  AND  WORKFORCE;  THE  RECRUITMENT,  TRAINING,
 COMPENSATION  AND  RETENTION  OF  A CAPABLE AND COMMITTED WORKFORCE; THE
 INTEGRATION OF HOME CARE PROVIDER ROLES IN THE STATE'S STRATEGIC  PRIMA-
              

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