Bill Text: NY A08474 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Provides grants for accredited level two geriatric emergency departments; establishes an age-friendly health system technical assistance center to provide assistance in relation to age-friendly health systems; relates to hospital performance data.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-07 - reported referred to ways and means [A08474 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A08474-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         8474--A

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    December 29, 2023
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        Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with
          Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN  ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to grants for geria-
          tric emergency departments; and in relation to grants from the  health
          care facility transformation program

          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  the  "age-
     2  friendly health system enhancement act of 2024".
     3    §  2.  Subdivision  8  of  section 2825-g of the public health law, as
     4  added by section 1 of part K of chapter 57  of  the  laws  of  2022,  is
     5  amended to read as follows:
     6    8. Selection of awards made by the department pursuant to subdivisions
     7  three,  four, five, six and seven of this section shall be contingent on
     8  an evaluation process acceptable to the commissioner and approved by the
     9  director of the division of the budget. Disbursement of  awards  may  be
    10  contingent  on the health care provider as defined in subdivision two of
    11  this section achieving certain process and performance metrics and mile-
    12  stones that are structured to ensure that the goals of the  project  are
    13  achieved.  Such  evaluation process shall include a preference for enti-
    14  ties that are designated  as "age-friendly" by the Institute for Health-
    15  care Improvement (IHI).
    16    § 3. Subdivision 5 of section 2825-h of  the  public  health  law,  as
    17  added  by  section  1  of  part  P of chapter 57 of the laws of 2023, is
    18  amended to read as follows:
    19    5. Selection of awards made by the department pursuant to subdivisions
    20  three and four of this section shall  be  contingent  on  an  evaluation
    21  process  acceptable  to the commissioner and approved by the director of
    22  the division of the budget. Disbursement of awards shall be  conditioned

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  on  the  awardee  achieving  certain process and performance metrics and
     2  milestones as determined by the commissioner.  Such  metrics  and  mile-
     3  stones  shall  be structured to ensure that the goals of the project are
     4  achieved,  and  such  metrics  and milestones shall be included in grant
     5  disbursement agreements or other contractual documents  as  required  by
     6  the commissioner. Such evaluation process shall include a preference for
     7  entities  that  are  designated   as "age-friendly" by the Institute for
     8  Healthcare Improvement (IHI).
     9    § 4. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2831  to
    10  read as follows:
    11    §  2831.  Geriatric emergency departments. Subject to an appropriation
    12  therefor, the commissioner shall award accredited  level  two  geriatric
    13  emergency  departments  in  the  state  a grant of five hundred thousand
    14  dollars per year for three years with the condition that each department
    15  grantee shall reach  level  one  status  within  twenty-four  months  of
    16  receiving the first grant award.
    17    §  5. Subdivision 1 of section 206 of the public health law is amended
    18  by adding a new paragraph (w) to read as follows:
    19    (w) establish, in conjunction with the office for the aging, a  center
    20  for  technical  assistance  in  relation to age-friendly health systems.
    21  Such center shall be a public-private entity and shall  utilize  outside
    22  entities  including  but  not  limited  to  the Institute for Healthcare
    23  Improvement.
    24    § 6. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
    25  the implementation of the provisions of section four of this  act  shall
    26  be  subject to the appropriation of moneys specifically for the purposes
    27  thereof.