Bill Text: NY A03415 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Enacts "Vincent Scheppa's law" authorizing, in certain cases, the provision of private duty nursing services to a medical assistance recipient by a relative who is a registered professional nurse.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-17)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to ways and means [A03415 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A03415-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3415--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 29, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI, RA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to enacting Vincent Scheppa's law authorizing, in certain cases, the provision of in-home private duty nursing services to a recipient of medical assistance by a relative who is a registered professional nurse The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "Vincent 2 Scheppa's law". 3 § 2. The social services law is amended by adding a new section 365-o 4 to read as follows: 5 § 365-o. Provision of in-home private duty nursing services by the 6 relative of a recipient. Upon application or request to the commissioner 7 by a recipient of medical assistance, or his or her representative or 8 guardian, who has been approved for the provision of in-home private 9 duty nursing, the commissioner may authorize the provision of such 10 private duty nursing by an adult relative of such recipient, other than 11 a spouse of the recipient, who is a registered professional nurse. 12 Reimbursement for private nursing services provided in accordance with 13 this section shall be at the rate paid for the provision of such 14 services by a licensed practical nurse. 15 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05205-04-9