Bill Text: NY S09598 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires medical evaluations for assisted living eligibility to be conducted within thirty days prior to the date of admission.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-16 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S09598 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S09598-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9598

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 16, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to  medical  evalu-
          ations for assisted living eligibility

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 461-l of the social  services  law
     2  is amended by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
     3    (e)  Medical  evaluations.  Medical evaluations used to determine that
     4  the assisted living program can support the  physical,  supervisory  and
     5  psycho-social  needs  of a resident must be conducted within thirty days
     6  prior to the date of admission and signed by either a physician,  physi-
     7  cian assistant or nurse practitioner.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.







         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15523-01-4