Bill Text: NY A08159 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires residential health care facilities to provide notices to patients when a temporary operator has been appointed.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-12-07 - approval memo.11 [A08159 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A08159-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8159 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY June 1, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT, GOTTFRIED, ABBATE, CRESPO, PERRY, AUBRY, SEPULVEDA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring resi- dential health care facilities and adult homes to advise current and prospective residents of the financial condition of the facility The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 460-d of the social services law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 17 to read as follows: 3 17. The department of health shall provide written notification to 4 residents of all adult homes, enriched housing programs, residences for 5 adults and assisted living programs where a temporary operator has been 6 appointed pursuant to subdivision four of this section. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02756-01-7