Bill Text: NY S06125 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to medical evaluations of children placed in foster care and providing any services deemed medically necessary for the child.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES [S06125 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S06125-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6125

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 16, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  MONTGOMERY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families

        AN ACT to amend the social services law and the public  health  law,  in
          relation to the medical evaluation of children placed in foster care

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

     1    Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new  section
     2  383-d to read as follows:
     3    §  383-d.  Home care evaluations for foster care children. 1. Upon the
     4  completion of a comprehensive medical examination of the child, or  upon
     5  a  waiver of such examination by the local social services district, the
     6  foster care worker assigned to the child shall assist  the  foster  care
     7  parent  in  acquiring  any  services  deemed medically necessary for the
     8  child.
     9    2. The foster parent must continue to allow for the provision of  such
    10  services  for  the  foster  care child until such time as the authorized
    11  agency, examining physician, certified home health agency,  or  licensed
    12  home  care  services  agency determines that such services are no longer
    13  necessary.
    14    § 2. The public health law is amended by adding a new  section  3620-a
    15  to read as follows:
    16    § 3620-a. Home care services to children placed in foster care. 1. For
    17  purposes  of  this  section,  the  term  "home health care agency" shall
    18  include both a certified home health agency and  a  licensed  home  care
    19  services agency.
    20    2.  Whenever  a  home  health  care agency performs an assessment of a
    21  child to be placed in foster care, the agency must  provide  a  copy  of
    22  such  assessment  to the referring physician, the authorized foster care
    23  agency, and the foster parent.
    24    3. Whenever a home health care agency provides services to a child who
    25  is in foster care, such agency must provide  a  monthly  report  on  the

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11896-01-9
        S. 6125                             2

     1  progress  and  diagnosis  of the child. Such report shall be provided to
     2  the referring physician, the authorized  foster  care  agency,  and  the
     3  foster parent.
     4    4.  Prior  to  discontinuing any services, the home health care agency
     5  must inform the foster child's physician, the foster  care  worker,  and
     6  the foster parent of such change and the reason for the change.
     7    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.