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A00407 Summary:

A00407 Actions:

A00407 Committee Votes:

Committee:HEALTH   Chair:Gottfried      
DATE:01/15/2019AYE/NAY:25/0  Action: Favorable         
Gottfried
Aye
Raia
Aye
Schimminger
Excused
McDonough
Aye
Galef
Aye
Ra
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Garbarino
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Byrne
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Byrnes
Aye
Cymbrowitz
Aye
Ashby
Aye
Gunther
Aye
Rosenthal
Aye
Hevesi
Aye
Jaffee
Aye
Steck
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Kim
Aye
Solages
Aye
Bichotte
Aye
Barron
Aye
Sayegh
Aye

A00407 Floor Votes:

A00407 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
 submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)



 
BILL NUMBER: A407
 
SPONSOR: Cahill

 
TITLE OF BILL:
 
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to prior notice of
physician privileges in nursing home residency agreements
 
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
 
Requires nursing homes to provide potential residents with their policy
on granting physician privileges prior to the execution of a residency
agreement.
 
 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
 
Adds a new paragraph q to subdivision 3 of section 2803-c of the public
health law.
 
 
JUSTIFICATION:

Potential nursing home residents have a right to know which physicians
will be available to provide care prior to signing a residency agree-
ment. Many individuals enter nursing homes having pre-existing relation-
ships with doctors in their community. Whether or not those physicians
already have or have the opportunity to be granted privileges may play
an important role in choosing a nursing facility.
 
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
 
2018: A.150A - Advanced to third reading
2017: A.150 - Referred to Health
2015-2016: A.1393 - Referred to Health
2013-2014: A.1239 - Referred to health
2011-2012: A.230 - Referred to health
2009-2010: A.714 - Referred to health
2007-2008:  A.7718 - Referred to health
2006: A.11220A - Referred to health
 
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
 
None.
 
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become law.

A00407 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           407
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Health
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend the public health law, in relation to prior notice of
          physician privileges in nursing home residency agreements

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 2803-c of the public health law is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph q to read as follows:
     3    q.  A  statement  indicating  the policy of the facility regarding the
     4  granting of physician privileges to residents.
     5    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
     6  have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01980-01-9

A00407 LFIN:

 
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