S09563 Summary:
| BILL NO | S09563 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS A09630 |
| SPONSOR | CLEARE |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd §3614-f, Pub Health L | |
| Requires insurers to pay a licensed home care services agency for work provided by a personal care aide or a home health aide with temporary protected status or other visa status; requires the licensed home services agency to have made a good faith effort to establish the employment eligibility of personal care aide or a home health aide consistent with federal regulation and statutes. | |
S09563 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9563 IN SENATE March 25, 2026 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- 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 payment for work by a personal care aide or a home health aide with temporary protected status or other visa status The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 3614-f of the public health law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows: 3 5. A licensed home care services agency under contract with an insurer 4 shall be paid for the provision of authorized home care services by such 5 insurer provided by a personal care aide or a home health aide under 6 employment by such licensed home care services agency regardless of the 7 temporary protected status or other visa status of such foreign worker 8 as defined under federal law and regulation, provided, however, such 9 licensed home services agency shall have made good faith efforts to 10 establish the employment eligibility of such personal care aide or a 11 home health aide consistent with federal regulation and statutes. No 12 payments shall be recouped by an insurer for home care services pursuant 13 to this subdivision and any payments shall be made by an insurer to 14 licensed home care services agencies regardless of whether any federal 15 funds are available. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14434-01-6