STATE OF NEW YORK
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8474--C
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 -- 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; in relation to establishing a center for
technical assistance relating to age-friendly health systems; and in
relation to hospital performance data
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. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2831 to
4 read as follows:
5 § 2831. Geriatric emergency departments. Subject to an appropriation
6 therefor, the commissioner shall award accredited level two geriatric
7 emergency departments in the state a grant of five hundred thousand
8 dollars per year for three years with the condition that each department
9 grantee shall reach level one status within twenty-four months of
10 receiving the first grant award.
11 § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 206 of the public health law is amended
12 by adding a new paragraph (w) to read as follows:
13 (w) establish, in conjunction with the office for the aging, a center
14 for technical assistance in relation to age-friendly health systems.
15 Such center shall be a public-private entity and shall utilize outside
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 entities including but not limited to the Institute for Healthcare
2 Improvement.
3 § 4. The section heading of section 2995-b of the public health law,
4 as added by chapter 542 of the laws of 2000, is amended and a new subdi-
5 vision 4 is added to read as follows:
6 Hospital [report cards] performance data.
7 4. Special designations. Using criteria developed from data collected
8 pursuant to this section and other criteria, the department shall desig-
9 nate hospitals that are well equipped in terms of expertise and technol-
10 ogy to provide certain types of care including stroke centers, trauma
11 centers, regional perinatal centers, burn centers, sexual assault foren-
12 sic examiner (SAFE) programs and age-friendly designated hospitals.
13 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
14 the implementation of the provisions of section two of this act shall be
15 subject to the appropriation of moneys specifically for the purposes
16 thereof.