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Jan 08, 2014 |
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Feb 07, 2013 |
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Senate Bill S3637
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee
- 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
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
2013-S3637 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Health
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §2801-e, Pub Health L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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2013-S3637 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3637 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to authorizing adult day care programs to provide certain services at the site of a voluntary residential health care facility rightsizing demon- stration program PURPOSE: To authorize adult day care programs to provide certain services in a more flexible manner in order to continue meeting the needs of the senior and the disabled within the community as the state transitions to a mandatory managed care environment. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one amends Public Health Law § 2801-e to provide adult day health care programs with programmatic flexibility to meet the needs of seniors and the disabled in the community within the mandatory managed care environment. Under this section, approved adult day health care programs, upon notification to the Department of Health (DOH), may provide services to persons with health care needs, health care and social needs, or only social needs at the same time and location up to 130% of the program's approved capacity. These programs may provide an enrolled individual with a subset of adult day health care services pursuant to a service plan agreed upon by the program and the managed care organization. For programs approved prior to January 1, 2012, spon- sorship may be transferred from a residential health care facility to a
2013-S3637 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3637 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 7, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HANNON -- 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 authorizing adult day care programs to provide certain services at the site of a volun- tary residential health care facility rightsizing demonstration program THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 2801-e of the public health law is amended by adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows: 8. CONSISTENT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF LESS RESTRICTIVE AND LESS INSTITUTIONAL LONG-TERM CARE SERVICES THROUGH THE VOLUNTARY RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM, THIS SUBDIVISION PROVIDES ADULT DAY HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS WITH PROGRAMMATIC FLEXIBILITY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF SENIORS AND THE DISABLED IN THE COMMUNITY WITHIN THE MANDATORY MANAGED CARE ENVIRONMENT. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW OR REGU- LATION TO THE CONTRARY, APPROVED ADULT DAY HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS, AT THE INITIATIVE OF A PROGRAM AND UPON NOTIFICATION TO THE DEPARTMENT, MAY PROVIDE SERVICES TO PERSONS WITH HEALTH CARE NEEDS, HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL NEEDS OR ONLY SOCIAL NEEDS AT THE SAME TIME AND WITHIN THE SAME LOCATION UP TO ONE HUNDRED THIRTY PERCENT OF THE PROGRAM'S APPROVED CAPACITY. ADULT DAY CARE PROGRAMS MAY PROVIDE AN ENROLLED INDIVIDUAL A SUBSET OF ADULT DAY HEALTH CARE SERVICES REQUIRED UNDER DEPARTMENT REGU- LATIONS PURSUANT TO A SERVICE PLAN, PLAN OF CARE OR CARE PLAN AGREED UPON BY THE ADULT DAY HEALTH CARE PROGRAM AND A MANAGED CARE ORGANIZA- TION AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE SERVICES UNDER THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. FOR THOSE PROGRAMS APPROVED PRIOR TO JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOU- SAND THIRTEEN SPONSORSHIP MAY BE TRANSFERRED FROM A RESIDENTIAL HEALTH CARE FACILITY TO A MANAGED LONG-TERM CARE PLAN UPON NOTIFICATION TO THE DEPARTMENT. NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL DIMINISH THE DEPARTMENT'S OVERSIGHT OF ADULT DAY HEALTH PROGRAMS AND THE DEPARTMENT MAY REVOKE THE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02977-01-3
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