Bill Text: NY A01010 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the department of health to make publicly available the results of all inspections conducted by the department in nursing homes and other residential health care facilities in the state during the COVID-19 state disaster emergency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 37-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-01-12 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [A01010 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A01010-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1010

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     January 7, 2021
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        Introduced  by M. of A. BRONSON, LUPARDO, SEAWRIGHT, STERN, CLARK, GOTT-
          FRIED, NOLAN, JACOBSON, MEEKS, SIMON, ENGLEBRIGHT  --  read  once  and
          referred to the Committee on Health

        AN ACT directing the department of health to make publicly available the
          results  of  all  inspections  conducted by such department in nursing
          homes and other residential health care facilities in the state during
          the COVID-19 state disaster emergency and  to  conduct  a  comparative
          study  of  practices  utilized  in nursing homes and other residential
          health care facilities in the state during the pendency of the  COVID-
          19  state  disaster emergency and identify best practices for ensuring
          the containment and prevention of  future  outbreaks  of  COVID-19  in
          residential health care facilities

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. a. Within thirty days after  the  effective  date  of  this
     2  section,  the  department  of  health shall publish on its website, in a
     3  location accessible to  the  public,  the  results  of  all  inspections
     4  conducted  by  such  department  in  nursing homes and other residential
     5  health care facilities in the state during the COVID-19  state  disaster
     6  emergency declared pursuant to Executive Order No. 202 on March 7, 2020.
     7  Such  reports  shall  be published in their entirety; provided, however,
     8  that any portion of a report that contains patient-identifying  informa-
     9  tion  shall  be  redacted.  In the event that information in a report is
    10  redacted, such department shall note on its website the reason  for  the
    11  redaction.
    12    b.  During  the  pendency  of  the  COVID-19  state disaster emergency
    13  declared pursuant to Executive Order No. 202 of 2020, the department  of
    14  health  shall release the results of all future inspections conducted by
    15  such department in nursing homes in the state within thirty days of  the
    16  completion  of  such  report.  Such  reports shall be published in their
    17  entirety; provided, however, that any portion of a report that  contains

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  patient-identifying  information  shall  be  redacted. In the event that
     2  information in a report is redacted, such department shall note  on  its
     3  website the reason for the redaction.
     4    §  2.  The  department  of health shall conduct a comparative study of
     5  practices utilized in nursing homes and other  residential  health  care
     6  facilities in the state during the pendency of the COVID-19 state disas-
     7  ter  emergency  declared  pursuant to Executive Order No. 202 of 2020 to
     8  protect employees and residents from infection.  Such  department  shall
     9  perform a detailed analysis of infection control measures implemented at
    10  each  facility,  staffing  levels  and  other  staffing  issues, and the
    11  success of the facility in maintaining a good quality of life for  resi-
    12  dents of the facility. Such department shall identify best practices for
    13  ensuring  the containment and prevention of future outbreaks of COVID-19
    14  in residential health care facilities. On or before December  15,  2021,
    15  such  department shall prepare a report of its findings and publish such
    16  report on its website, in a location accessible to the public.
    17    § 3. As used in this act:
    18    a. "nursing home" means a nursing home as defined in subdivision 1  of
    19  section 2895-a of the public health law; and
    20    b.  "residential health care facility" means a residential health care
    21  facility as defined in subdivision 3  of  section  2801  of  the  public
    22  health law.
    23    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.