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A00533 Summary:

BILL NOA00533
 
SAME ASSAME AS S02626
 
SPONSORBronson
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §2801-h, Pub Health L; amd §461-u, Soc Serv L
 
Allows personal caregivers to visit residents of adult care facilities at any time, in compliance with federal and state laws and regulations.
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A00533 Actions:

BILL NOA00533
 
01/09/2023referred to health
01/03/2024referred to health
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A00533 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A533
 
SPONSOR: Bronson
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law and the social services law, in relation to allowing personal caregivers to visit residents of adult care facilities   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To allow personal caregiving visitors in adult care facilities at all times.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: amends subdivision 2 of section 2801-h of the public health law, as amended by chapter 108 of the laws of 2021, to remove language limiting personal caregiving to times when public health emergencies are declared. Section 2: amends subdivision 2 of section 461-u of the social services law, as amended by chapter 107 of the laws of 2021, to remove language limiting personal caregiving to times when public health emergencies are declared.   JUSTIFICATION: The COVID-19 pandemic has kept nursing home and adult care facility residents apart from their loved ones since March 2020. The legislature previously passed legislation enacting a system of personal caregiving that seeks to end isolation and allow for even during a public health emergency. With the end of the declared public health emergency in summer 2021, the personal caregiving policies went out of effect. This legislation ends this on/off approach to policymaking by ensuring that personal caregiving visitation will always be available to nursing home and adult care facility residents and their families.   LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: A8370 of 2021-22: referred to Health   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: None   EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately
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A00533 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           533
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     January 9, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Health
 
        AN ACT to amend the public health law and the social  services  law,  in
          relation  to  allowing personal caregivers to visit residents of adult
          care facilities
 
          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 2801-h of the public health law,
     2  as amended by chapter 108 of the laws of 2021, is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    2.  [During  a  public health emergency declared under section twenty-
     5  four or section twenty-eight of the  executive  law  personal]  Personal
     6  caregiving  visitors may visit residents of nursing homes, in compliance
     7  with federal law and regulations and state regulations made  under  this
     8  section.  Nursing  homes shall admit any personal caregiving visitor who
     9  is in compliance with applicable requirements under this section.
    10    § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 461-u of the  social  services  law,  as
    11  amended  by  chapter  108  of  the  laws  of 2021, is amended to read as
    12  follows:
    13    2. [During a public health emergency declared  under  section  twenty-
    14  four  or  section  twenty-eight  of the executive law personal] Personal
    15  caregiving visitors may visit residents of  adult  care  facilities,  in
    16  compliance  with  federal law and regulations and state regulations made
    17  under this section. Adult care facilities shall admit any personal care-
    18  giving visitor who is in compliance with applicable  requirements  under
    19  this section.
    20    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00511-01-3
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