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Assembly Bill A1653

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires assisted living facilities to notify residents of changes to medical and support services 180 days prior to such changes taking effect

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2025-A1653 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4656, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9404
2017-2018: A4958
2019-2020: A1140
2021-2022: A2100
2023-2024: A576

2025-A1653 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires assisted living facilities to notify residents of changes to medical and support services 180 days prior to such changes taking effect.

2025-A1653 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1653
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 10, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation  to  notification  of
   changes  to  medical  and  support  services  to residents in assisted
   living facilities
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 4656 of the public health law, as added by chapter
 2 of the laws of 2004, is amended by adding a new subdivision 11 to read
 as follows:
   11. EVERY ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY LICENSED UNDER THIS  ARTICLE  SHALL
 PROVIDE  THE  RESIDENT,  RESIDENT'S  REPRESENTATIVE AND RESIDENT'S LEGAL
 REPRESENTATIVE, IF ANY, NO LESS THAN  ONE  HUNDRED  EIGHTY  DAYS  NOTICE
 BEFORE  THERE  ARE  ANY  CHANGES  IN  CONTRACTS WHICH AFFECT THE MEDICAL
 AND/OR OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES TO THE RESIDENT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04100-01-5

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