Bill Text: NY A08474 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended
NOTE: There are more recent revisions of this legislation. Read Latest Draft
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
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
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8474--B 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY December 29, 2023 ___________ 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 -- 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: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13713-03-4A. 8474--B 2 1 5. Selection of awards made by the department pursuant to subdivisions 2 three and four of this section shall be contingent on an evaluation 3 process acceptable to the commissioner and approved by the director of 4 the division of the budget. Disbursement of awards shall be conditioned 5 on the awardee achieving certain process and performance metrics and 6 milestones as determined by the commissioner. Such metrics and mile- 7 stones shall be structured to ensure that the goals of the project are 8 achieved, and such metrics and milestones shall be included in grant 9 disbursement agreements or other contractual documents as required by 10 the commissioner. Such evaluation process shall include a preference for 11 entities that are designated as "age-friendly" by the Institute for 12 Healthcare Improvement (IHI). 13 § 4. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2831 to 14 read as follows: 15 § 2831. Geriatric emergency departments. Subject to an appropriation 16 therefor, the commissioner shall award accredited level two geriatric 17 emergency departments in the state a grant of five hundred thousand 18 dollars per year for three years with the condition that each department 19 grantee shall reach level one status within twenty-four months of 20 receiving the first grant award. 21 § 5. Subdivision 1 of section 206 of the public health law is amended 22 by adding a new paragraph (w) to read as follows: 23 (w) establish, in conjunction with the office for the aging, a center 24 for technical assistance in relation to age-friendly health systems. 25 Such center shall be a public-private entity and shall utilize outside 26 entities including but not limited to the Institute for Healthcare 27 Improvement. 28 § 6. The section heading of section 2995-b of the public health law, 29 as added by chapter 542 of the laws of 2000, is amended and a new subdi- 30 vision 4 is added to read as follows: 31 Hospital [report cards] performance data. 32 4. Special designations. Using criteria developed from data collected 33 pursuant to this section and other criteria, the department shall desig- 34 nate hospitals that are well equipped in terms of expertise and technol- 35 ogy to provide certain types of care including stroke centers, trauma 36 centers, regional perinatal centers, burn centers, sexual assault foren- 37 sic examiner (SAFE) programs and age-friendly designated hospitals. 38 § 7. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 39 the implementation of the provisions of section four of this act shall 40 be subject to the appropriation of moneys specifically for the purposes 41 thereof.
