Bill Text: NY A07149 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of health to conduct a study to analyze the adequacy of health networks and the delivery of gerontologic services and senior health care in New York state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to health [A07149 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A07149-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          7149

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     April 23, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Health

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to a study to analyze
          the adequacy of health  networks  and  the  delivery  of  gerontologic
          services and senior health care in New York state

          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  2703 to read as follows:
     3    §  2703. Delivery of gerontologic services and senior health care. The
     4  commissioner, in conjunction with the Charles D. Cook  Office  of  Rural
     5  Health, shall conduct a study to analyze the adequacy of health networks
     6  and the delivery of gerontologic services and senior health care in this
     7  state.  The  study  shall contain, but not be limited to, evaluations of
     8  access to care and specialized practitioners in all areas of  the  state
     9  with  a  focus  on  identifying underserved or unserved areas as well as
    10  at-risk senior  populations.  The  study  shall  consider,  among  other
    11  things,  transportation concerns related to accessing care, the utiliza-
    12  tion of telehealth and telemedicine in senior populations and any imped-
    13  iments thereto, the availability of specialized practitioners,  as  well
    14  as  highly prevalent chronic diseases or conditions requiring additional
    15  education, prevention,  and  service  supports.  The  study  shall  also
    16  consider  incentive options used in New York state, other states, and at
    17  the federal level to encourage physicians  and  nurse  practitioners  to
    18  practice  in gerontology or focus on services for the elderly including,
    19  but not limited to, the incorporation of targeted  gerontology  supports
    20  into the primary care practitioner scholarship program as articulated by
    21  section  nine  hundred  four  of  this chapter, as a qualifying shortage
    22  specialty as defined in section two thousand eight  hundred  seven-m  of
    23  this chapter, or any other public health programming deemed appropriate.
    24  The  report  shall  contain  recommendations  to  address  the specified

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07950-01-1
        A. 7149                             2

     1  considerations in addition to other relevant concerns related to  health
     2  care delivery and senior populations. The commissioner shall deliver the
     3  report  to  the  governor, the temporary president of the senate and the
     4  speaker  of the assembly no later than October first, two thousand twen-
     5  ty-two.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.