Bill Text: NY A07188 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Authorizes certain advanced home health aides to perform certain advanced tasks.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-05-16 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [A07188 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A07188-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7188--A Cal. No. 272 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 27, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GLICK, WEINSTEIN, WEPRIN, GOTTFRIED, GUNTHER, McDONALD, SKOUFIS, BRONSON, MORELLE, LIFTON, FAHY, STIRPE, GALEF -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. MOSLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education -- advanced to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third read- ing AN ACT to amend the education law and the public health law, in relation to authorizing certain advanced home health aides to perform certain advanced tasks; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (v) of paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 2 6908 of the education law is renumbered subparagraph (vi) and a new 3 subparagraph (v) is added to read as follows: 4 (v) advanced tasks provided by an advanced home health aide in accord- 5 ance with regulations developed by the commissioner, in consultation 6 with the commissioner of health which, at a minimum, shall: (1) specify 7 the advanced tasks that may be performed by advanced home health aides 8 pursuant to this subparagraph, which shall include the administration of 9 medications which are routine and prefilled or otherwise packaged in a 10 manner that promotes relative ease of administration, provided that 11 administration of medications by injection, sterile procedures, and 12 central line maintenance shall be prohibited. Provided however such 13 prohibition shall not apply to injections of insulin for diabetes care 14 or to injections of low molecular weight heparin for diabetes care, and 15 provided further that a system shall be established that addresses drug 16 diversion; (2) specify that participation in this program shall be 17 voluntary and such advanced tasks provided by an advanced home health 18 aide shall be at the option of the individual; (3) provide that advanced 19 tasks performed by advanced home health aides may be performed only 20 under the direct supervision of a registered professional nurse licensed 21 in New York state and employed by a home care services agency licensed 22 or certified pursuant to article thirty-six or hospice program certified EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10526-03-6