Assembly Bill A4583A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

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

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

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2023-A4583 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
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 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A9148

2023-A4583 - 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.

2023-A4583 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4583
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, KIM, SIMON, L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and
   referred 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
 
              

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2023-A4583A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
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 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A9148

2023-A4583A (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.

2023-A4583A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4583--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, KIM, SIMON, L. ROSENTHAL, ARDILA, KELLES,
   GONZALEZ-ROJAS,  RAGA  --  read  once and referred to the Committee on
   Health -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee

 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,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05278-02-3
 A. 4583--A                          2
              

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