What's happening
This bill requires assisted living facilities to give at least 180 days’ notice before changing contracts affecting residents’ medical or support services.
Why it matters
Gives residents and their families more time to plan. By requiring 180 days’ notice before changes to medical or support service contracts, this bill ensures residents and their families have ample time to understand, prepare for, or respond to changes that could significantly affect their care or living situation.
Improves transparency and accountability. Assisted living facilities must be more upfront about impending changes, which helps reduce unexpected disruptions in care and increases trust between facilities and residents.
Protects vulnerable populations. Elderly and disabled residents in assisted living facilities are particularly affected by changes to their medical or support services; this extended notice period gives them (and their advocates) a better chance to seek alternatives, raise concerns, or negotiate as needed.
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- Referred to health
- Referred to health
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1140
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 14, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to notification of changes to medical and support services to residents in assisted living facilities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 4656 of the public health law, as added by chapter 2 of the laws of 2004, is amended by adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
9. Every assisted living facility licensed under this article shall provide the resident, resident's representative and resident's legal representative, if any, no less than one hundred eighty days notice before there are any changes in contracts which affect the medical and/or other support services to the resident.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03984-01-9
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