Bill Text: NY S06390 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to the definition of "affiliate" for the purposes of licensed operators of adult care and assisted living facilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-03-21 - SIGNED CHAP.15 [S06390 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S06390-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6390--A Cal. No. 21 IN SENATE January 8, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MURPHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to licensed opera- tors of adult care facilities and their affiliates; and to amend the public health law, in relation to licensed operators of assisted living facilities and their affiliates The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 461-b of the 2 social services law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2015 amend- 3 ing the social services law and the public health law relating to 4 licensed operators of certain facilities and their affiliates as 5 proposed in legislative bills numbers S.5540-A and A.7681-A, is amended 6 and a new paragraph (b-1) is added to read as follows: 7 (b) For existing licensed operators in good standing and their affil- 8 iates, the department shall develop a streamlined application review and 9 approval process, in collaboration with representatives of associations 10 of operators, to be available for use in relation to approval of an 11 additional facility of the same type. Notwithstanding any provision of 12 law or regulation to the contrary, the streamlined application review 13 and approval process shall include, but not be limited to, the follow- 14 ing: 15 (i) a certification process and form for the operator or its affiliate 16 to [verify] attest that it will have sufficient financial resources, 17 revenue and financing to meet facility expenses and resident needs, 18 which shall satisfy the statutory and regulatory financial component of 19 the application review and approval process; 20 (ii) a certification process and form for the operator or its affil- 21 iate to [verify] attest that its legal, corporate and organizational 22 documents comply in substance with department requirements, which shall 23 satisfy the statutory and regulatory legal component of the application 24 review and approval process; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11181-07-6