Bill Text: NY A04073 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Enacts "Vincent Scheppa's law" authorizing, in certain cases, the provision of private duty nursing services to a medical assistance recipient by a relative who is a registered professional nurse.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to ways and means [A04073 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A04073-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4073

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 1, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI, RA, SEAWRIGHT, JACOBSON, GRIFFIN, DICK-
          ENS, M. MILLER, GOTTFRIED, SAYEGH, ENGLEBRIGHT, CRUZ, EPSTEIN, BARRON,
          COOK,  TAYLOR,  HYNDMAN,  DeSTEFANO, WALSH, BRABENEC, PALMESANO, McDO-
          NOUGH,  MANKTELOW,  MORINELLO,  BYRNE,  MIKULIN,   B. MILLER,   SALKA,
          JEAN-PIERRE,  WOERNER,  STIRPE,  LAVINE, ASHBY, LUPARDO -- Multi-Spon-
          sored by -- M. of A. GALEF, RAMOS, SIMON, WALCZYK  --  read  once  and
          referred to the Committee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to enacting Vincent
          Scheppa's  law authorizing, in certain cases, the provision of in-home
          private duty nursing services to a recipient of medical assistance  by
          a relative who is a registered professional nurse

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. This act shall be  known  and  may  be  cited  as  "Vincent
     2  Scheppa's law".
     3    §  2. The social services law is amended by adding a new section 365-o
     4  to read as follows:
     5    § 365-o. Provision of in-home private duty  nursing  services  by  the
     6  relative of a recipient. Upon application or request to the commissioner
     7  by  a  recipient  of medical assistance, or his or her representative or
     8  guardian, who has been approved for the  provision  of  in-home  private
     9  duty  nursing,  the  commissioner  may  authorize  the provision of such
    10  private duty nursing by an adult relative of such recipient, other  than
    11  a  spouse  of  the  recipient,  who  is a registered professional nurse.
    12  Reimbursement for private nursing services provided in  accordance  with
    13  this  section  shall  be  at  the  rate  paid  for the provision of such
    14  services by a licensed practical nurse.
    15    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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