Bill Text: NY A00438 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes certain county operated NY Connects: Choices for Long Term Care programs to participate in a universal assessment demonstration program funded pursuant to chapter 53 of the laws of 2011; targets those as potentially in need of respite, home delivered meals, and in-home services provided by the aging network and licensed home and community services and nursing home level of care.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to aging [A00438 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A00438-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          438
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Aging
       AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to authorizing certain county
         operated  NY  Connects: Choices for Long Term Care programs to partic-
         ipate in a uniform assessment demonstration program
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  203  of the elder law is amended by adding a new
    2  subdivision 11 to read as follows:
    3    11. THE DIRECTOR, IN CONSULTATION WITH  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  HEALTH,
    4  SHALL  ESTABLISH A UNIFORM ASSESSMENT DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. THE PURPOSE
    5  OF THIS INITIATIVE IS TO DETERMINE  THE  EFFECTIVENESS  OF  THE  UNIFORM
    6  ASSESSMENT PROGRAM FUNDED PURSUANT TO CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE OF THE LAWS OF
    7  TWO  THOUSAND ELEVEN. THE DIRECTOR SHALL SELECT ONE OR MORE COUNTY OPER-
    8  ATED NY CONNECTS: CHOICES FOR LONG TERM CARE  PROVIDERS  TO  PARTICIPATE
    9  BASED ON CRITERIA ESTABLISHED BY THE DIRECTOR. THE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM
   10  SHALL  ASSESS WHETHER THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT TOOL IS EFFECTIVE IN DETER-
   11  MINING THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF LONG TERM CARE FOR INDIVIDUALS  IN  NEED
   12  OF  NON-MEDICAL  HOME  AND  COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES ADMINISTERED BY THE
   13  OFFICE, OR ANY OTHER PROGRAMS AS DETERMINED  BY  THE  DIRECTOR.  FUNDING
   14  SHALL  BE  MADE  AVAILABLE  FROM THE APPROPRIATION MADE FOR SERVICES AND
   15  EXPENSES, INCLUDING GRANTS, OF THE UNIFORM ASSESSMENT PROGRAM, FROM  THE
   16  GENERAL  FUND-LOCAL  ASSISTANCE  ACCOUNT TO THE OFFICE OF LONG TERM CARE
   17  WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PURSUANT TO CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE  OF  THE
   18  LAWS  OF  TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN, AND SHALL BE SUB-ALLOCATED BY THE DEPART-
   19  MENT OF HEALTH TO THE OFFICE TO SUPPORT THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE DEMON-
   20  STRATION PROGRAM.
   21    S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
   22  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
   23  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
   24  this act on its effective date are authorized and directed  to  be  made
   25  and completed on or before such effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01497-01-3