Bill Text: NY A04549 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires prospective employees of nursing homes and home health care agencies who will be caring for patients with dementia to undergo a physical and psychological examination before they are hired.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to health [A04549 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A04549-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4549 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 4, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LANCMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring prospec- tive employees of nursing homes and home care services agencies to undergo a physical and psychological examination THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2 2899-b to read as follows: 3 S 2899-B. REQUIREMENTS FOR PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES. A PROVIDER SHALL 4 REQUIRE THAT ALL PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES OF NURSING HOMES AND HOME CARE 5 SERVICES AGENCIES WHO WILL BE CARING FOR PATIENTS WITH DEMENTIA BE 6 REQUIRED TO COMPLETE AND PASS A PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMINATION 7 PRIOR TO BEING HIRED BY SUCH PROVIDER. 8 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08405-01-1