Bill Text: NY A11040 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Directs the department of health to make publicly available the results of all inspections conducted by the department in nursing homes and other residential health care facilities in the state during the COVID-19 state disaster emergency, and to conduct a comparative study of practices utilized in nursing homes and other residential health care facilities in the state during the pendency of the COVID-19 state disaster emergency and identify best practices for ensuring the containment and prevention of future outbreaks of COVID-19 in residential health care facilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-10-07 - referred to health [A11040 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A11040-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          11040

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     October 7, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON  RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Bronson,
          Lupardo) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health

        AN ACT directing the department of health to make publicly available the
          results of all inspections conducted by  such  department  in  nursing
          homes and other residential health care facilities in the state during
          the  COVID-19  state  disaster  emergency and to conduct a comparative
          study of practices utilized in nursing  homes  and  other  residential
          health  care facilities in the state during the pendency of the COVID-
          19 state disaster emergency and identify best practices  for  ensuring
          the  containment  and  prevention  of  future outbreaks of COVID-19 in
          residential health care facilities

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  a.  Within  thirty  days after the effective date of this
     2  section, the department of health shall publish on  its  website,  in  a
     3  location  accessible  to  the  public,  the  results  of all inspections
     4  conducted by such department in  nursing  homes  and  other  residential
     5  health  care  facilities in the state during the COVID-19 state disaster
     6  emergency declared pursuant to Executive Order No. 202 on March 7, 2020.
     7  Such reports shall be published in their  entirety;  provided,  however,
     8  that  any portion of a report that contains patient-identifying informa-
     9  tion shall be redacted. In the event that information  in  a  report  is
    10  redacted,  such  department shall note on its website the reason for the
    11  redaction.
    12    b. During the  pendency  of  the  COVID-19  state  disaster  emergency
    13  declared  pursuant to Executive Order No. 202 of 2020, the department of
    14  health shall release the results of all future inspections conducted  by
    15  such  department in nursing homes in the state within thirty days of the
    16  completion of such report. Such reports  shall  be  published  in  their
    17  entirety;  provided, however, that any portion of a report that contains
    18  patient-identifying information shall be redacted.  In  the  event  that
    19  information  in  a report is redacted, such department shall note on its
    20  website the reason for the redaction.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD17085-02-0

        A. 11040                            2

     1    § 2. The department of health shall conduct  a  comparative  study  of
     2  practices  utilized  in  nursing homes and other residential health care
     3  facilities in the state during the pendency of the COVID-19 state disas-
     4  ter emergency declared pursuant to Executive Order No. 202  of  2020  to
     5  protect  employees  and  residents from infection. Such department shall
     6  perform a detailed analysis of infection control measures implemented at
     7  each facility, staffing  levels  and  other  staffing  issues,  and  the
     8  success  of the facility in maintaining a good quality of life for resi-
     9  dents of the facility. Such department shall identify best practices for
    10  ensuring the containment and prevention of future outbreaks of  COVID-19
    11  in  residential  health care facilities. On or before December 15, 2020,
    12  such department shall prepare a report of its findings and publish  such
    13  report on its website, in a location accessible to the public.
    14    § 3. As used in this act:
    15    a.  "nursing home" means a nursing home as defined in subdivision 1 of
    16  section 2895-a of the public health law; and
    17    b. "residential health care facility" means a residential health  care
    18  facility  as  defined  in  subdivision  3  of section 2801 of the public
    19  health law.
    20    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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