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A02037 Summary:

BILL NOA02037
 
SAME ASSAME AS S00553
 
SPONSORDinowitz
 
COSPNSRBarron, Dickens, Wallace, Anderson, Vanel, Galef, Bichotte Hermelyn, Reyes, Griffin, Meeks, Colton, Steck, Cusick, Aubry, Cook, Santabarbara, Jacobson
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add 2808-e, Pub Health L
 
Requires that the most recent rating of every nursing home assigned pursuant to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS rating), shall be prominently displayed on the home page of the department's website and at each nursing home facility.
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A02037 Actions:

BILL NOA02037
 
01/14/2021referred to health
02/02/2021reported referred to codes
02/09/2021reported
02/11/2021advanced to third reading cal.99
02/22/2021passed assembly
02/22/2021delivered to senate
02/22/2021REFERRED TO RULES
02/22/2021SUBSTITUTED FOR S553
02/22/20213RD READING CAL.347
02/22/2021PASSED SENATE
02/22/2021RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
09/28/2021delivered to governor
10/08/2021signed chap.441
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A02037 Committee Votes:

HEALTH Chair:Gottfried DATE:02/02/2021AYE/NAY:23/3 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes
GottfriedAyeByrneNay
GalefAyeMcDonoughAye
DinowitzAyeByrnesNay
CahillAyeAshbyAye
PaulinAyeMillerAye
CymbrowitzAyeSalkaAye
GuntherAyeJensenNay
Rosenthal L Aye
HevesiAye
SteckAye
AbinantiAye
BraunsteinAye
SolagesAye
Bichotte HermelAye
BarronAye
SayeghAye
Rosenthal D Aye
McDonaldAye
ReyesAye

CODES Chair:Dinowitz DATE:02/09/2021AYE/NAY:21/0 Action: Favorable
DinowitzAyeMorinelloAye
PretlowAyeGiglioAye
CookAyeMontesanoAye
CymbrowitzAyeReillyAye
O'DonnellAyeMikulinAye
LavineAyeTannousisAye
PerryAye
AbinantiAye
WeprinAye
HevesiExcused
FahyAye
SeawrightAye
RosenthalAye
WalkerAye
VanelAye
CruzAye

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A02037 Floor Votes:

DATE:02/22/2021Assembly Vote  YEA/NAY: 146/3
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Clark
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Sillitti
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Colton
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Simon
Yes
Anderson
Yes
Conrad
Yes
Gallagher
Yes
Lawler
Yes
Perry
Yes
Simpson
Yes
Angelino
Yes
Cook
Yes
Gallahan
Yes
Lemondes
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Smith
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Gandolfo
Yes
Lunsford
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Giglio JA
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Giglio JM
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Quart
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
Darling
Yes
Glick
Yes
Mamdani
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stern
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Davila
Yes
Gonzalez-Rojas
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Rajkumar
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Barron
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Goodell
Yes
McDonald
ER
Ramos
Yes
Tague
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Tannousis
Yes
Bichotte Hermel
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Griffin
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Meeks
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Rivera J
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Braunstein
No
DiPietro
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
Yes
Rivera JD
Yes
Walczyk
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Durso
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller M
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walker
Yes
Brown
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Mitaynes
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Burdick
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jackson
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Burgos
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Niou
Yes
Salka
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
No
Jensen
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Williams
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Jones
Yes
Norris
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Woerner
No
Byrnes
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Joyner
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Schmitt
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Forrest
Yes
Kelles
Yes
Otis
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Zinerman
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Friend
Yes
Kim
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Septimo
Yes
Mr. Speaker

‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
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A02037 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A2037
 
SPONSOR: Dinowitz
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to publication of nursing home ratings   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The purpose of this bill is to provide that every nursing home facility in the state display prominently the most recent star rating pursuant to the inspection rating system of the U.S. Center for Medicare and Medi- caid Services (CMS), to allow consumers, their families, and caregivers to easily compare facilities based upon their assigned ratings. These ratings will also be required to be displayed prominently on the Depart- ment of Health and the Nursing Home Facility's own website.   SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends the Public Health law by adding a new section 2808-e to require the commissioner to provide that the most recent CMS ratings be displayed prominently On the department website, as well as on the Nurs- ing Home Facility's own website and at the facility where it should be visible to the general public and its residents. Section 2 sets the effective date.   JUSTIFICATION: Family members often do not have the resources or skills necessary to properly care for their elderly loved ones. In these cases, the only solution is to trust professional nursing facilities to provide the care their loved ones need. It can be an emotionally strenuous processes for families to come. to this conclusion, which can make choosing the right facility all the more difficult. Unfortunately, nursing facilities do not provide the same level of care, and it can be extremely complicated for families to properly compare facilities based on their loved one's needs. A 2003 congressional report that examined nursing home records conducted over a two-year period showed that nearly 1 in 3 nursing homes were cited for violations that had the potential to cause harm. However shocking, this news was neither new when reported nor changed since. With the rise of publicly avail- able data, family members should have the ability to go into the nursing home selection process well informed. Information can bring great emotional ease and expedition to the process of picking a long-term, out-of-home care, facility for their loved ones. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services established a five-star rating system, in which nursing home ratings can be easily and readily understood. In times of crisis, these ratings can be difficult to find. If ratings and information are not easily accessible, the information they provide cannot be helpful or effective. This bill would make these ratings readily available so that families seeking nursing facilities can make an informed decision in the best interests of their loved ones.   LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2019-20 - A.8270A - referred to health / S.8461 - REFERRED TO HEALTH   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: Undetermined.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect on the nineteenth day after it shall have become a law
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A02037 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2037
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 14, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Health
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the public health law, in relation to publication of
          nursing home ratings
 
          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  2808-e to read as follows:
     3    § 2808-e. Nursing home ratings. 1. The commissioner shall provide that
     4  the most recent star rating of every  nursing  home    facility  in  the
     5  state,  assigned  pursuant  to  the inspection rating system of the U.S.
     6  Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (overall CMS  rating),  shall
     7  be  prominently  displayed on the home page of the department's website,
     8  or by an easily accessible link to such information.
     9    2. Each nursing home facility shall post its overall CMS rating on the
    10  homepage of any website maintained by such facility and on  any  website
    11  or  webpage relating to such facility maintained by an entity which owns
    12  or operates such facility. Each nursing home  shall  also  conspicuously
    13  post  its  most  recent  overall CMS rating so that it is visible to the
    14  general public and to residents.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    16  have become a law.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05741-01-1
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