Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 22, 2023 |
approval memo.70 signed chap.747 |
Dec 12, 2023 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 07, 2023 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1535 substituted for s6897 |
Jun 07, 2023 |
substituted by a7328 |
Jun 01, 2023 |
ordered to third reading cal.1535 committee discharged and committed to rules |
May 23, 2023 |
reported and committed to finance |
May 15, 2023 |
referred to health |
Senate Bill S6897
Signed By Governor2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 33rd Senate District
Current Bill Status Via A7328 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 55th Senate District
(R, C) 60th Senate District
(D, WF) 48th Senate District
2023-S6897 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7328
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §2828, Pub Health L
2023-S6897 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6897 SPONSOR: RIVERA TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing a four-year demonstration project and workgroup to reduce the use of temporary staffing agencies in residential healthcare facilities PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill would establish a demonstration program to address the staff- ing challenges associated with the pandemic that have driven an increase in the use of temporary agency staff throughout health care, including in nursing homes. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends the Public Health Law to establish a demonstration program to incentivize a reduction in the use of temporary agency staff. This would allow for certain reductions in penalties assessed against facilities related to excess revenues and failure to meet minimum spend-
2023-S6897 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6897 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 15, 2023 ___________ 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, in relation to establishing a four-year demonstration project and workgroup to reduce the use of temporary staffing agencies in residential healthcare facilities THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 and paragraph (a) of subdi- vision 2 of section 2828 of the public health law, paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 as amended by section 4 and paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 as amended by section 1 of part M of chapter 57 of the laws of 2022, are amended to read as follows: (c) [Such] (I) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS PARA- GRAPH, SUCH regulations shall further include at a minimum that any residential health care facility for which total operating revenue exceeds total operating and non-operating expenses by more than five percent of total operating and non-operating expenses or that fails to spend the minimum amount necessary to comply with the minimum spending standards for resident-facing staffing or direct resident care, calcu- lated on an annual basis, or for the year two thousand twenty-two, on a pro-rata basis for only that portion of the year during which the fail- ure of a residential health care facility to spend a minimum of seventy percent of revenue on direct resident care, and forty percent of revenue on resident-facing staffing, may be held to be a violation of this chap- ter, shall remit such excess revenue, or the difference between the minimum spending requirement and the actual amount of spending on resi- dent-facing staffing or direct care staffing, as the case may be, to the state, with such excess revenue which shall be payable, in a manner to be determined by such regulations, by November first in the year follow- ing the year in which the expenses are incurred. The department shall collect such payments by methods including, but not limited to, bringing EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11118-02-3
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