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This bill requires a comprehensive study on the adequacy of senior health care and gerontologic services across New York State.
Why it matters
Targets both urban and rural gaps. in senior health care by requiring the study to evaluate access to care, availability of specialized practitioners, and to specifically identify underserved or unserved areas and at-risk senior populations across New York State.
Examines barriers beyond medical care. , such as transportation issues that make it hard for seniors to access services, and evaluates how telehealth and telemedicine are being used or could be expanded—highlighting both opportunities and current impediments.
Considers workforce incentives. by reviewing existing and potential strategies (from New York, other states, and federal programs) to encourage more health professionals to specialize in geriatrics, including possibly expanding loan forgiveness or scholarship programs to include gerontology as a qualifying specialty.
Aims for actionable recommendations. by not only assessing the current state of senior health care but also requiring the study to propose solutions, including education, prevention, and service support improvements for chronic diseases highly prevalent among seniors, with the goal of informing policy changes at the state level.
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Study Senior Health Services
In Senate Committee · Health · Sponsor Susan Serino
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6530
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 11, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to a study to analyze the adequacy of health networks and the delivery of gerontologic services and senior health care in New York state
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2703 to read as follows:
§ 2703. Delivery of gerontologic services and senior health care. The commissioner, in conjunction with the Charles D. Cook Office of Rural Health, shall conduct a study to analyze the adequacy of health networks and the delivery of gerontologic services and senior health care in this state. The study shall contain, but not be limited to, evaluations of access to care and specialized practitioners in all areas of the state with a focus on identifying underserved or unserved areas as well as at-risk senior populations. The study shall consider, among other things, transportation concerns related to accessing care, the utilization of telehealth and telemedicine in senior populations and any impediments thereto, the availability of specialized practitioners, as well as highly prevalent chronic diseases or conditions requiring additional education, prevention, and service supports. The study shall also consider incentive options used in New York state, other states, and at the federal level to encourage physicians and nurse practitioners to practice in gerontology or focus on services for the elderly including, but not limited to, the incorporation of targeted gerontology supports into the primary care practitioner scholarship program as articulated by section nine hundred four of this chapter, as a qualifying shortage specialty as defined in section two thousand eight hundred seven-m of this chapter, or any other public health programming deemed appropriate. The report shall contain recommendations to address the specified
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considerations in addition to other relevant concerns related to health care delivery and senior populations. The commissioner shall deliver the report to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly no later than October first, two thousand twenty.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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