A03771 Summary:

BILL NOA03771
 
SAME ASSAME AS S08359
 
SPONSORDickens
 
COSPNSRCook, Darling, Jean-Pierre, Richardson, Sayegh, Simon, Steck, Taylor
 
MLTSPNSRGriffin
 
Add §2862-a, Pub Health L
 
Requires nursing homes that maintain a trust fund or funds into which residents' money is deposited to conduct quarterly audits and to report the findings of such audits to the commissioner of public health.
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A03771 Actions:

BILL NOA03771
 
01/28/2021referred to health
01/05/2022referred to health
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A03771 Committee Votes:

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A03771 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A03771 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3771
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 28, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. DICKENS, COOK, DARLING, JEAN-PIERRE, RICHARDSON,
          SAYEGH, SIMON, STECK, TAYLOR -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GRIFFIN
          -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring  nursing
          homes  that maintain a trust fund or funds into which residents' money
          is deposited to conduct quarterly audits and to report the findings of
          such audits to the commissioner of public health
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The  public health law is amended by adding a new section
     2  2862-a to read as follows:
     3    § 2862-a. Audits of trust fund accounts. 1. Each nursing home  company
     4  subject  to  the  provisions  of this article shall, at its own expense,
     5  arrange for quarterly financial audits of all books and records pertain-
     6  ing to each trust fund account into which moneys  of  residents  of  the
     7  nursing  home  facilities operated by the company are deposited. A sepa-
     8  rate audit shall be conducted for each nursing   home facility  operated
     9  by the company in this state.
    10    2.  The  audits  shall be conducted by a third party unaffiliated with
    11  the nursing home company and shall  be  conducted  for  the  purpose  of
    12  ensuring that residents' moneys are not misappropriated.
    13    3.  Copies  of  the  report  of  such  audits shall be provided to the
    14  commissioner within sixty days of the completion of the audit.
    15    4. The commissioner may examine and audit the books and records of the
    16  company at any time.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
    18  ing the date upon which it shall become a law.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03723-01-1
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