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Senate Bill S10163

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Directs the department of health to conduct a study of recreational activity programming in nursing homes

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2025-S10163 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A11111
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health

2025-S10163 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of health to conduct a study and prepare a report of recreational activity programming in nursing homes examining the accessibility and inclusivity of programming, including accommodations for residents with physical or cognitive impairments, availability of multilingual services, transportation for off-site programming, and scheduling considerations.

2025-S10163 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10163
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 1, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT directing the department of health to conduct a study  of  recre-
   ational activity programming in nursing homes
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. a. The department of  health  shall  conduct  a  study  and
 prepare  a report on recreational activity programming in nursing homes.
 Such study shall examine the accessibility and inclusivity  of  program-
 ming,  including accommodations for residents with physical or cognitive
 impairments, availability of multilingual services,  transportation  for
 off-site programming, and scheduling considerations.
   b.  For  the  purposes  of  the  study, the department of health shall
 collect, at a minimum, the following data on facility characteristics:
   (i) size;
   (ii) geographic location;
   (iii) ownership type;
   (iv) for-profit or non-profit status;
   (v) staffing and administrative capacity, including the  presence  and
 qualifications of activities directors;
   (vi) staffing ratios;
   (vii) budget allocations; and
   (viii) the structure of activity programming, including whether facil-
 ities  use written activity calendars, the frequency and types of activ-
 ities offered, such as physical or social programming.
   c. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the follow-
 ing meanings:
   (i) "Nursing home" shall have the same meaning as such term is defined
 in section twenty-eight hundred one of the public health law.
   (ii) "Recreational activity" shall include a range of structured phys-
 ical, and social  interventions  as  determined  by  the  department  of
 health.
   § 2. Within one year of the effective date of this act, the department
 of  health  shall  issue  a  report  of the findings of the study to the
 governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker  of  the
 assembly.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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