Bill Text: NY A08524 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes certain core public health services to be provided in the home by local health departments without need for licensure; authorizes such services to be eligible to receive reimbursement under title XIX of the federal Social Security Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-02-07 - signed chap.36 [A08524 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A08524-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8524 IN ASSEMBLY January 5, 2024 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to licensure require- ments and reimbursements for certain home health services; and to repeal section 610 of the public health law relating thereto The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 610 of the public health law, as added by a chapter 2 of the laws of 2023 amending the public health law relating to licensure 3 requirements and reimbursements for certain home health services, as 4 proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 6641-A and A. 7365, is 5 REPEALED. 6 § 2. Section 3605 of the public health law is amended by adding two 7 new subdivisions 1-a and 1-b to read as follows: 8 1-a. (a) Core public health services, as defined in section six 9 hundred two of this chapter, when provided in the home by the local 10 health department of a county or of the city of New York, shall not 11 require licensure under this section if such core public services 12 require only minimal patient contact. Patient contact shall be consid- 13 ered minimal if it is of limited duration for acute or non-chronic 14 conditions, including but not limited to any health conditions posing a 15 potential threat to public health, and treatment is generally expected 16 to require no more than six patient visits; provided, however, that a 17 local health department may exceed six visits in the interest of patient 18 safety and public health. 19 (b) Core public health services that may be provided without a license 20 pursuant to this subdivision include but are not limited to: immuniza- 21 tions; testing for tuberculosis and observation of tuberculosis self-di- 22 rected therapy; verbal assessment, counseling and referral services; and 23 such other services as may be determined by the department, provided 24 that such services shall not include home health aide services, personal 25 care services, or nursing services that require more than minimal 26 patient contact. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11043-06-4A. 8524 2 1 1-b. Core public health services, as defined in section six hundred 2 two of this chapter, when provided by local health departments in the 3 home as authorized under subdivision one-a of this section, may be 4 eligible for reimbursement under title XIX of the federal Social Securi- 5 ty Act, provided that the services meet federal and state requirements 6 for such reimbursement. 7 § 3. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same 8 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the public health law 9 relating to licensure requirements and reimbursements for certain home 10 health services, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 6641-A and 11 A. 7365, takes effect.
