What's happening
This bill requires residential adult care facilities serving traumatic brain injury patients to employ staff with specific national certifications or professional licenses.
Why it matters
Raises the standard of care. By requiring staff to have specific national certifications or professional licenses, the bill ensures that residents with traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) receive care from individuals with proven expertise, potentially reducing risks of improper treatment and improving rehabilitation outcomes.
Promotes specialized training. Facilities must employ or be managed by professionals trained specifically in brain injury care, which may lead to more tailored, appropriate interventions and support for TBI patients, who often have complex and unique needs.
May impact facility staffing and costs. The new requirements could lead to increased operational costs for facilities (due to hiring or training staff to meet these standards), which may affect the availability, accessibility, or cost of residential care for TBI patients in New York.
Increases accountability and oversight. By tying staffing requirements to recognized certifications and licenses, the law creates clearer benchmarks for state regulators to monitor compliance, potentially leading to improved quality assurance across adult care facilities serving TBI populations.
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Require TBI Certification for Care
In Assembly Committee · Health · Sponsor David Weprin
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STATE OF NEW YORK
32
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE (Prefiled)
January 4, 2017
Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to residential programs for adults with traumatic brain injuries
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new section 461-n to read as follows:
§ 461-n. Residential care programs for adults with traumatic brain injuries. Any residential adult care facility serving residents with traumatic brain injury must hold a national certification by the academy of certified brain injury specialists as a certified brain injury specialist (CBIS), or hold a current professional license or employ a resident manager who holds a current professional license as a physician, nurse practitioner, registered nurse, licensed rehabilitation professional, certified brain injury specialist (CBIS) or licensed mental health professional who is trained and experienced in the care and rehabilitation of residents with traumatic brain injury.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have 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.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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Title of bill
An act to amend the social services law, in relation to residential programs for adults with traumatic brain injuries
Purpose or general idea of bill
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 (TBI) 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
According to the New York State Department of Health, approximately 400 incidents of TBI occur daily in New York State, resulting in emergency room treatment or inpatient hospitalization. Each year, TBIs result in more than 2,000 deaths, 19,000 hospitalizations, and over 112,000 emergency department visits among New York State residents.
Current research shows, in New York State, falls are the leading cause of unintentional injury deaths for those 45 years and older and furthermore adults 65 years and older have the highest rate of TBI deaths. 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 have the resources and medical professionals necessary to enhance recovery and prevention of TBI.
Prior legislative history
2016: S.1704 - Referred to Health 2015: S.1704 - Referred to Health
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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