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S02230 Summary:
BILL NO | S02230 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS A01706 |
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SPONSOR | CLEARE |
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Amd §4653-a, Pub Health L (as proposed in S.3932 & A.2211) | |
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Specifies procedures for the closure and/or decertification of assisted living residences; requires certain review and disclosures to be completed within a certain time frame. |
S02230 Actions:
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01/19/2023 | REFERRED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/23/2023 | ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.167 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/31/2023 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/31/2023 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/31/2023 | referred to health | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/01/2023 | substituted for a1706 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/01/2023 | ordered to third reading rules cal.65 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/14/2023 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/14/2023 | returned to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/03/2023 | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/03/2023 | SIGNED CHAP.103 |
S02230 Committee Votes:
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Yes
Alvarez
Yes
Carroll
No
Flood
Yes
Kim
ER
Palmesano
No
Simpson
Yes
Anderson
Yes
Chandler-Waterm
Yes
Forrest
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Paulin
No
Slater
No
Angelino
No
Chang
No
Friend
Yes
Lee
ER
Peoples-Stokes
No
Smith
Yes
Ardila
Yes
Clark
Yes
Gallagher
No
Lemondes
No
Pheffer Amato
No
Smullen
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Colton
No
Gallahan
Yes
Levenberg
No
Pirozzolo
Yes
Solages
No
Barclay
Yes
Conrad
No
Gandolfo
ER
Lucas
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Cook
Yes
Gibbs
Yes
Lunsford
No
Ra
Yes
Stern
No
Beephan
Yes
Cruz
No
Giglio JA
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Raga
Yes
Stirpe
No
Bendett
Yes
Cunningham
No
Giglio JM
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Rajkumar
No
Tague
Yes
Benedetto
No
Curran
Yes
Glick
No
Maher
Yes
Ramos
No
Tannousis
Yes
Bichotte Hermel
Yes
Darling
Yes
Gonzalez-Rojas
Yes
Mamdani
No
Reilly
Yes
Tapia
ER
Blankenbush
Yes
Davila
No
Goodell
No
Manktelow
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Taylor
No
Blumencranz
Yes
De Los Santos
No
Gray
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Bores
No
DeStefano
Yes
Gunther
ER
McDonough
No
Rosenthal D
Yes
Vanel
No
Brabenec
Yes
Dickens
No
Hawley
No
McGowan
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Walker
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Dilan
ER
Hevesi
ER
McMahon
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Meeks
Yes
Santabarbara
No
Walsh
No
Brook-Krasny
ER
DiPietro
Yes
Hyndman
No
Mikulin
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Weinstein
No
Brown E
No
Durso
Yes
Jackson
No
Miller
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Weprin
No
Brown K
Yes
Eachus
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Mitaynes
Yes
Septimo
Yes
Williams
Yes
Burdick
No
Eichenstein
Yes
Jean-Pierre
No
Morinello
Yes
Shimsky
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Burgos
Yes
Epstein
No
Jensen
No
Norris
Yes
Shrestha
Yes
Zaccaro
ER
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Jones
No
Novakhov
Yes
Sillitti
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
Yes
Joyner
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Simon
Yes
Zinerman
No
Byrnes
No
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Kelles
Yes
Otis
Yes
Simone
Yes
Mr. Speaker
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
S02230 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2230 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 19, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to specifying proce- dures for the closure and/or decertification of assisted living resi- dences The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 4653-a of the public health law, as added by a 2 chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the public health law relating to 3 specifying procedures for the closure and/or decertification of assisted 4 living residences, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 3932 and 5 A. 2211, is amended to read as follows: 6 § 4653-a. Closure of assisted living residences. 1. In the event 7 that an operator of an assisted living residence elects to close and to 8 surrender an operating certificate and/or certification as an enhanced 9 or special needs assisted living residence, the following provisions 10 shall apply: 11 (a) The operator shall notify the appropriate regional office of the 12 department and the office of the state long-term care ombudsman in writ- 13 ing prior to the anticipated date of closure of the assisted living 14 residence and/or the decertification of [such] the assisted living resi- 15 dence. 16 (b) [Such] The written notice shall include a proposed plan for 17 closure and/or decertification. The plan shall be subject to the 18 approval of the commissioner, shall include timetables for all steps 19 entailed in the closure process and shall describe the procedures and 20 actions the operator will take to: 21 (i) notify residents and the residents' representatives of the 22 closure, and/or decertification, including provisions for termination of 23 [admission] residency agreements and involuntary discharge; 24 (ii) assess the needs and preferences of individual residents; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04142-01-3S. 2230 2 1 (iii) assist residents in relocating and transferring to appropriate 2 alternative settings; and 3 (iv) maintain compliance with approved plan until all residents have 4 relocated. 5 (c) The plan of closure shall be reviewed by the commissioner within 6 ninety days of submission. 7 2. (a) The operator shall take no action to close the assisted living 8 residence prior to approval from the commissioner of the plan for 9 closure and/or decertification. 10 (b) The operator shall not close the assisted living residence until 11 all residents thereof have transferred to appropriate alternative 12 settings. 13 (c) The operator shall not increase the amount of any rent, fees or 14 other surcharges imposed upon the residents of the assisted living resi- 15 dence, their residents' representatives, and/or any applicable health 16 insurance plan, long term care plan or other insurance plan providing 17 payment to the residence on behalf of the resident prior to the approval 18 of the plan for closure and/or decertification by the commissioner[,19provided however, that the operator may increase the amount of any rent,20fees or other surcharges imposed upon an individual resident correspond-21ing with an increase in the individual's supplemental security income;]; 22 provided that an operator shall not be prohibited from amending a resi- 23 dency agreement to account for changes in supplemental security income 24 however, the total of [such increases] the changes for an individual 25 shall not exceed the amount of the increase in the individual's supple- 26 mental security income. The operator shall provide each resident, as 27 applicable, written notice of any increase not less than forty-five days 28 prior to the proposed effective date of the fee increase consistent with 29 the notice requirement in section forty-six hundred sixty of this arti- 30 cle. 31 (d) The operator shall not accept new residents or applications for 32 residency after the operator has notified the appropriate regional 33 office of the department that the operator intends to close and/or 34 decertify the assisted living residence. 35 3. As part of the final approval of the closure plan, the department[,36center for health care quality and surveillance] and operator shall 37 agree upon a target closure date, which shall be at least one hundred 38 twenty days from the actual date that the operator provides written 39 notification to the residents and the residents' representatives of the 40 closure. In providing notification of such target closure date, the 41 operator shall also notify residents and the residents' representatives 42 that additional time will be provided to residents who make good faith 43 efforts, as determined by the commissioner, to secure an alternative 44 setting and have demonstrated a reasonable basis for needing more than 45 one hundred twenty days to transfer to an appropriate alternative 46 setting, so long as it remains safe and appropriate to reside in the 47 assisted living residence at [such] the time. 48 4. The operator shall implement the approved plan to ensure that 49 arrangements for continued care which meet each resident's social, 50 emotional and health care needs are effectuated prior to closure and/or 51 decertification. 52 5. Failure to notify the department of intent to cease operations, 53 failure to submit a plan for closure and/or decertification, failure to 54 execute the approved plan for closure and/or decertification and closing 55 an assisted living residence before all residents have been appropriate-S. 2230 3 1 ly relocated, shall result in the imposition of civil penalties in 2 accordance with section twelve of this chapter. 3 6. The commissioner may [promulgate] make such rules and regulations 4 as he or she deems necessary to implement [the provisions of] this 5 section. 6 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same 7 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the public health law 8 relating to specifying procedures for the closure and/or decertification 9 of assisted living residences, as proposed in legislative bills numbers 10 S. 3932 and A. 2211, takes effect.