Bill Text: NY S07773 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs the department of health to provide oversight of the transitioning of individuals to managed long term care plans operated by health maintenance organizations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-06-21 - referred to health [S07773 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S07773-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7773 I N S E N A T E June 18, 2012 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to managed long term care plans operated by health maintenance organizations THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 4403-f of the public health law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 12 to read as follows: 3 12. IN TRANSITIONING INDIVIDUALS TO MANAGED LONG TERM CARE, THE 4 DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE OVERSIGHT OF LONG TERM MANAGED CARE BY ENSUR- 5 ING: 6 (A) ACCESS TO QUALITY CARE BY REQUIRING NETWORK TRANSPARENCY AT CHOICE 7 AMONGST LONG TERM CARE PLANS, ALLOWING PATIENTS TO CHOOSE THE PLAN THAT 8 BEST FITS THEIR NEEDS; 9 (B) TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FROM PROVIDERS, WHICH SHALL 10 INCLUDE A MECHANISM BY WHICH STAFF, RESIDENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS CAN 11 SAFELY AND ANONYMOUSLY REPORT CONCERNS RELATING TO QUALITY AND WASTE; 12 (C) LOW STAFF TURNOVER IN NURSING HOMES BY PROMOTING AND ENCOURAGING 13 FAIR PAY; AND 14 (D) PLANS AND PROVIDERS ARE ASSESSED PERIODICALLY FOR EFFICIENCY, WITH 15 INCENTIVES PROVIDED FOR A VARIETY OF INDICATORS, INCLUDING BUT NOT 16 LIMITED TO, SMOOTH PATIENT TRANSITIONS, HIGH STAFF RETENTION AND POSI- 17 TIVE HEALTH CARE OUTCOMES ACHIEVED AT A LOW COST. 18 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the amend- 19 ments to section 4403-f of the public health law made by section one of 20 this act shall not affect the expiration and repeal of such section, and 21 shall expire and be deemed repealed therewith. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD16337-01-2