STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9718--A IN ASSEMBLY April 3, 2024 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, WEINSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring hospi- tals and residential health care facilities to implement a pressure ulcer prevention program The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 2803 of the public health law is amended by adding 2 a new subdivision 15 to read as follows: 3 15. (a) The commissioner shall require each general hospital and resi- 4 dential health care facility to develop and implement a pressure ulcer 5 prevention program. 6 (b) Within one hundred twenty days of the effective date of this 7 subdivision, the commissioner shall evaluate current reimbursement poli- 8 cies in regard to pressure ulcer prevention programs including durable 9 medical equipment, education and training. Within six months after the 10 effective date of this subdivision, the commissioner shall develop a 11 menu of reimbursement alternatives that would reduce the incidence of 12 pressure ulcers across all health care settings. 13 (c) By October first, two thousand twenty-four the commissioner shall 14 establish a pressure ulcer prevention center of excellence within the 15 department. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14439-02-4