Bill Text: NY A10560 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 10560

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to notice of adult care facility closure requirements.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-06-03 - referred to health [A10560 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A10560-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          10560

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      June 3, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Simon) --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to notice of  adult
          care facility closure requirements

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new  section
     2  461-v to read as follows:
     3    §  461-v.  Notice  of  adult  care  facility closure; requirements. 1.
     4  Immediately upon the submission of a notice of suspension or  revocation
     5  of  an  operating  certificate from the department to the operator of an
     6  adult care facility, the department shall submit  electronic  copies  of
     7  such  notice  with  supporting  documentation to the governor, the state
     8  comptroller, the investigations and health care bureaus of the office of
     9  the New York state attorney general, the members of the legislature that
    10  represent the area where the facility is located, and the  executive  of
    11  the  county  where  the  facility  is located. Such written notice shall
    12  include, but not be limited to:
    13    (a) the name of the operator and the operator's current address;
    14    (b) identification of the location of the adult care facility;
    15    (c) the date on which the department's  revocation  or  suspension  of
    16  operating certificate shall take effect; and
    17    (d)  a  brief  description  of  the nature of the violations that have
    18  necessitated the revocation or suspension of  the  facility's  operating
    19  certificate.
    20    2.  (a)  Except  as  provided  in  paragraph  (b) of this subdivision,
    21  supporting documentation as described in subdivision one of this section
    22  shall not be subject to disclosure under article six of the public offi-
    23  cers law.
    24    (b) During the thirty-day  period  prior  to  the  closing  date,  the
    25  department shall post on its website:
    26    (i) a summary of the violations at the adult care facility;
    27    (ii) an explanation of the groups or individuals likely to be impacted
    28  by the closure; and
    29    (iii)  a  summary  of the facility operator's plan to ensure continued
    30  care for all residents to be impacted.
    31    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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