Bill Text: NY S04926 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 4926 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Requires the review of the criminal history of prospective employees of adult homes, enriched housing programs or residences for adults; extends effectiveness.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-06-20 - SUBSTITUTED BY A5476D [S04926 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4926
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      May 1, 2013
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       Introduced by Sens. HANNON, MARCHIONE -- read twice and ordered printed,
         and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
       AN  ACT  to  amend the public health law and the social services law, in
         relation to requiring the review of the criminal history  of  prospec-
         tive employees of adult care facilities
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 2899 of the public health law,  as
    2  amended  by  chapter  331  of  the  laws  of 2006, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    6. "Provider" shall mean any residential health care facility licensed
    5  under article twenty-eight of this chapter; or any certified home health
    6  agency, licensed home care services agency or long term home health care
    7  program certified under article thirty-six of this chapter; OR ANY ADULT
    8  CARE FACILITY LICENSED UNDER ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW.
    9    S 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 9 of section 2899-a  of  the  public
   10  health law, as amended by chapter 331 of the laws of 2006, is amended to
   11  read as follows:
   12    (a)  In the event that funds are appropriated in any given fiscal year
   13  for the reimbursement for the costs of providing such  criminal  history
   14  information,  reimbursement  shall be made available in an equitable and
   15  direct manner for the projected cost of the fee established pursuant  to
   16  law by the division of criminal justice services for processing a crimi-
   17  nal  history information check, the fee imposed by the federal bureau of
   18  investigation for a national criminal history check, and  costs  associ-
   19  ated  with obtaining the fingerprints to all providers licensed, but not
   20  certified under article thirty-six of this chapter, AND ALL  ADULT  CARE
   21  FACILITIES  LICENSED  UNDER  ARTICLE  SEVEN  OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW,
   22  including those that are subject to  this  article  and  are  unable  to
   23  access  direct  reimbursement  from  state  and/or federal funded health
   24  programs.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1    S 3. The social services law is amended by adding a new section  461-t
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 461-T. REVIEW OF CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION CONCERNING PROSPECTIVE
    4  DIRECT  CARE EMPLOYEES. EVERY ADULT CARE FACILITY SHALL CONDUCT A CRIMI-
    5  NAL HISTORY RECORD CHECK OF PROSPECTIVE DIRECT CARE EMPLOYEES  UTILIZING
    6  THE  PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT-E OF THE
    7  PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
    8    S 4. This act shall take effect on January 1,  2014.  Effective  imme-
    9  diately,  the department of health is authorized and directed to promul-
   10  gate, amend and/or repeal, on an emergency basis, any  rules  and  regu-
   11  lations necessary to implement the provisions of this act.