STATE OF NEW YORK
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9555
IN SENATE
March 24, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to information that
residential health care facilities are required to provide to resi-
dents and their families
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 13 of section 2803 of the public health law, as
2 added by chapter 344 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
3 [13.] 13-a. The commissioner shall require each residential health
4 care facility to provide residents and their families with a separate
5 document, as part of an intake application, in no less than twelve-point
6 font, that includes information on how a potential resident and their
7 family members can look up complaints, citations, inspections, enforce-
8 ment actions, and penalties taken against the facility, including the
9 web address for the New York state nursing home profiles website that is
10 maintained by the department and the nursing home compare website main-
11 tained by the United States department of health and human services, if
12 applicable. Such information shall also include an explanation of the
13 ownership structure of the facility, including the current board of
14 directors and members of the limited liability entity, and any contrac-
15 tors involved with major functions of the facility, including staffing,
16 food, and linen service.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14894-01-6
