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Relates to requiring certain residential adult care facilities to hold a specific TBI certification or professional license
In Assembly Committee · Health · Sponsor David Weprin
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BILL NUMBER:S1704
Title of bill
An act to amend the social services law, in relation to residential programs for adults with traumatic brain injuries
Purpose
To require certain residential adult care facilities to hold a specific TBI certification or professional license.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 of this bill amends the social services law by adding a new section 461-n, which provides that residential care programs for adults with traumatic brain injuries. Any residential adult care facility serving residents with TBI must hold a national certification by the academy of certified brain injury specialists or hold a current professional license or employ a residential manager who holds a current professional license as a physician, nurse practitioner, registered nurse, licensed rehabilitation professional, certified brain injury specialist.
Section 2 of this bill provides that this law shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall become a law, provided, however, that effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or before such effective date.
Justification
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 1.7 million Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)-related emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and deaths occur annually in the United States, while TBI is a contributing factor in one third of all injury-related death in the U.S.
According to the New York State Department of Health's TBI Five Year Action Plan in 2012, "adults 75 years and older have the highest rates of TBI-related hospitalization and death" (p. 7). Falls are the major cause of TBI-incidents among adults 44 years or older and they make up nearly two thirds of TBI-related incidents among adults 65 years or older in New York. As the older population is vulnerable to TBI-related incidents, it is necessary for the State of New York to make an effort to reduce the incidence of avoidable TBI and enhance post-injury recovery outcomes.
This legislation would require that any residential adult care facility serving residents with TBI must hold a national certification by the academy of certified brain injury specialists or employ a residential manager who holds a current professional license as a physician, nurse practitioner, registered nurse, licensed rehabilitation professional, certified brain injury specialist or licensed mental health professional who is trained and experience in the care and rehabilitation of residents with traumatic brain injury. This would enhance recovery and prevention of TBI, particularly among seniors.
Legislative history
New bill
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
This law shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall become a law, provided, however, that effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or before such effective date.
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