Bill Text: NY A04549 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4549
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 4, 2011
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       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