What's happening
This bill clarifies that the nurse-family partnership program is not considered home care and is exempt from related regulations.
Why it matters
Exempting the nurse-family partnership program from home care regulations allows for greater flexibility in how these services are delivered. , potentially making it easier for nurses to provide support to new and expecting mothers without the administrative burdens faced by traditional home care providers.
This clarification could encourage more providers to participate in the nurse-family partnership program. , as they would not need to comply with the sometimes costly and complex requirements of home care agency licensure and oversight under Article 36.
Eligible families may experience improved access to nurse-led home visiting services. , since this exemption aims to streamline the delivery of preventive care and case management, focusing on health outcomes for mothers and young children rather than regulatory compliance.
By distinguishing these programs from home care, the law recognizes the unique, preventive, and educational focus of nurse-family partnerships. , reinforcing their role in early childhood health and maternal support rather than in medical or rehabilitative home care.
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Clarify Nurse Program Status
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Sponsors
6 Co-sponsors
1 Multi-sponsor
History
- Tabled
- Vetoed memo.234
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
- 3rd reading cal.1930
- Substituted for S6656
- Referred to rules
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.461
- Rules report cal.461
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- Reported
- Reported referred to rules
- Referred to health
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Clarify Nurse Program Status
Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Kemp Hannon
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STATE OF NEW YORK
8388
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
June 12, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to clarifying that the nurse-family partnership program is not home care
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 2530 of the public health law, as added by section 33-a of part C of chapter 58 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follow:
3. The nurse-family partnership program is a nurse home-visiting program in which a nurse-family partnership provider provides case management and nursing services (primarily nurse home visits to participants) to eligible participants up to the child's second birthday. Participation in the program shall be voluntary for eligible participants. The nurse-family partnership program shall not be subject to article thirty-six of this chapter.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13144-01-7
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