- August 10, 2022
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Proposed New York State Legislation Concerning Nursing Homes and Adult Care Facilities
PROPOSED NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATION CONCERNING NURSING HOMES AND ADULT CARE FACILITIES
Current as of July 7, 2021
| Assembly Bill No. |
Senate Bill No. |
Purpose |
| A00232 | No Same As | Increases monetary penalties for public health law violations and provides support for the nursing home quality improvement demonstration program. |
| A00244 | No Same As | Formalizes HERDS reporting; requires the Department of Health to share aggregate data from reports with reporting entities and the public. |
| A1010A | S02022A | All nursing homes and other residential health care facilities inspection results during the COVID-19 state disaster emergency shall be made public. |
| A02432 | S02847 | Relates to the closure of nursing homes. |
| A03131A | S01080A | Establishes requirements for facilities during a state disaster emergency involving a disease outbreak; requires DOH issue guidance regarding precautions and procedures to maintain health and safety; establishes facility reporting requirements. |
| A03622 | S02705 | Imposes a nursing home purchase moratorium on those who own or have owned failing facilities for twenty-four months since their last violation. |
| A04539 | S01162 | Requires the department of health to provide written, public updates to the Draft New York State’s COVID-19 Vaccination Program Plan. |
| A05436 | No Same As S00612 before Assembly amended |
Implements the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program Reform Act. |
| A05446 | S04029 | Requires the department of health to post on its website certain data relating to COVID-19 cases in hospitals and nursing homes, including total COVID-19 cases and deaths in nursing homes. |
| A05685 | No Same As | Establishes a required resident care spending ratio for nursing homes. |
| A05842 | S05269 | To end the establishment or expansion of for-profit nursing homes. |
| A05848 | S03185 | Provides information on where a list of a facility’s violations and other actions against it can be found and requires the facility to inform certain persons on where they can locate the list. |
| A06052 | S05177 | Adds 12-hour notification requirements when resident or staff infection is discovered, and have a plan in place for effective separation of residents suspected of being infectious. |
| A06057A Formerly A01999 |
S01783A | Directs the department of health to establish and implement an infection inspection audit and checklist on residential care facilities, nursing homes and long-term care facilities. |
| A06610 | S03061 | Outlines requirements for reporting COVID-19, communicable diseases and deaths. |
| No Same As – See A05436 |
S00612 | Implements the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program Reform Act. |
| No Same As | S01593 | Allows an adult home, EALR, ALR, or SNALR to provide for nursing services that are not continual, either by arrangement with a provider of nursing services or by employment. |
| No Same As | S03060 | Requires operators of nursing homes and residential health care facilities to provide notification of certain contracts and agreements to all residents, representatives, staff and the office of the long-term care ombudsman. |
| No Same As | S03061 | Outlines requirements for reporting COVID-19, communicable diseases and deaths due to such communicable diseases for the commissioner of health, state institutions, and hospitals. |
| No Same As | S04336 | Directs the commissioner of health to establish a direct patient care ratio reporting and rebate requirement for nursing homes. |
| A05847 | S02191 | Relates to antimicrobial resistance prevention and education; requires every general hospital and nursing home to establish and implement an antimicrobial stewardship program and establish and implement training regarding antimicrobial resistance and infection prevention and control. |
| A03922A | S00598B | Enacts the “Reimagining Long Term Care Task Force Act” to create a task force to study the state of long-term care services in New York |
| Final Bill No. S01784 |
Requires adult care facilities to include quality improvement committees; includes a focus on infection control in such facilities’ quality assurance plans. | |
| Final Bill No. S03185 |
Requires facilities to make a list of violations and other actions against it readily available. | |
| Final Bill No. A02037 | Requires every nursing home to prominently display it’s most recent CMS rating on DOH’s website and at each nursing home facility. |
ENACTED NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATION CONCERNING NURSING HOMES AND ADULT CARE FACILITIES
Current as of July 7, 2021
| Assembly Bill No. |
Senate Bill No. |
Purpose |
| A03007 | S02507 | Implements the Governor’s budget. |
| A05684A | S04893A | Requires operators of nursing homes and residential health care facilities to provide notification of certain contracts and agreements to all residents, representatives, staff and the office of the long-term care ombudsman. |
| A03397 | S05177 | Repeals the Emergency or Disaster Treatment Protection Act (EDTPA). |
| Final Bill No. S00614B |
Provides for the authorization and regulation of visitation of compassionate care-giving visitors at nursing homes and residential health care facilities. | |
| Final Bill No. S03058 |
Establishes requirements for transfer, discharge and voluntary discharge from residential health care facilities | |
| A00108B | S01168 | Enacts the “Safe Staffing For Quality Care Act.” |
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