What's happening
This bill expands home and community-based care options for individuals with eating disorders, including transitional and post-discharge support.
Why it matters
Improves post-discharge recovery. by requiring better coordination between residential treatment centers and home care agencies, aiming to reduce relapses and prevent unnecessary hospital readmissions for individuals with eating disorders.
Expands access to home-based services. such as nursing, therapy, social work, nutritional counseling, and home health aides, making it easier for people to receive ongoing support in familiar community or family settings rather than institutions.
Promotes individualized, continuous care. by integrating medical orders and care plans across a range of service providers, helping individuals transition smoothly from residential treatment to sustained recovery at home or in the community.
Could reduce healthcare costs and stress on families. by preventing repeated institutional stays and supporting individuals in less restrictive, more cost-effective environments, which may also improve long-term health outcomes.
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Expand Eating Disorder Home Care
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Senator · Senate District 38
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History
- Referred to mental health and developmental disabilities
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STATE OF NEW YORK
7108
IN SENATE (Prefiled)
January 8, 2020
Introduced by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law and the public health law, in relation to home and community-based care and support for individuals with eating disorders
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 31.25 of the mental hygiene law, as added by chapter 24 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows: § 31.25 Residential services for treatment of eating disorders.
The commissioner shall establish, pursuant to regulation, licensed residential providers of treatment and/or supportive services to children, adolescents, and adults with eating disorders, as that term is defined in section twenty-seven hundred ninety-nine-e of the public health law. Such regulations shall be developed in consultation with representatives from each of the comprehensive care centers for eating disorders established pursuant to article twenty-seven-J of the public health law and licensed treatment professionals, such as physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists and therapists, with demonstrated expertise in treating patients with eating disorders.
In planning discharge and care transition from such residential settings to the individual's own home or apartment, home of a family member or other adult, or to other allowed community settings for home care under article thirty-six of the public health law, the residential provider and comprehensive care center for eating disorders shall consider coordination with home care agency professionals under article thirty-six of such law to provide pre-discharge, transitional and postdischarge home and community-based care if conducive to the individual's continued recovery, stability and progressive outcome, including prevention of further, potentially avoidable hospital, emergency room or residential provider admissions. Such home care agency professionals and services may include, but are not limited to, nursing, therapy, social
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work, nutritional counseling, home health aide and other home care agency services as are sanctioned under subdivision two of section thirtysix hundred two of the public health law.
§ 2. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 2799-g of the public health law, as added by chapter 114 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
(i) Individual health, psychosocial and case management services, in both noninstitutional and institutional settings, from licensed and certified practitioners with demonstrated experience and expertise in providing services to individuals with eating disorders; such settings and practitioners may include transitional and continued recovery and support services for individuals on an in-home basis provided by home health agencies, home care services agencies or long term home health care programs licensed or certified under article thirty-six of this chapter, provided pursuant to the patient's medical orders, and in coordination with comprehensive care centers under this article and/or residential services providers for eating disorders licensed under section 31.25 of the mental hygiene law. For purposes of this section, "in-home" means the individual's own home or apartment, home of a family member or other adult, or other allowed community settings for home care under article thirty-six of this chapter, and "transitional and continued recovery and support services" mean nursing, therapy, social work, nutritional counselling, home health aide and other home care agency services as are sanctioned under subdivision two of section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law. 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 and completed on or before such effective date.
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Title of bill
An act to amend the mental hygiene law and the public health law, in relation to home and community-based care and support for individuals with eating disorders
Purpose or general idea of the bill
To provide that the non-institutional components of care for individuals with eating disorders may include in-home care where beneficial.
Summary of provisions
Section one of the bill amends the mental hygiene law as it relates to authorizing residential providers and Comprehensive Care Centers for Eating Disorders to consider home care for the provision of pre-disc- harge, transitional, and post-discharge care for individuals with eating disorders.
Section two of the bill amends the mental hygiene law as it relates to qualifying home care service providers as a comprehensive care centers for eating disorders.
Section three of the bill sets the effective date.
Justification
In 2004, the Legislature enacted a landmark, Chapter 114 of the Laws of 2004, to create a program targeted to the comprehensive, coordinated care, treatment, and health support of individuals suffering from eating disorders.
A major goal in eating disorder treatment is to enable and support indi- viduals to overcome these conditions, mitigate/prevent exacerbations, and adopt a self-management plan that enables and promotes the person's healthy living and life goals. Key is both transitional and continuity, recovery, and ongoing management support as may be necessary for the individual in their home and community living. Transitional support is especially important when individuals complete treatment in inpatient and/or residential care settings and work to continue their progress back home and in community; this is a particularly crucial period for the individual and family, and one of high importance for continued treatment success versus relapse.
While Chapter 114 speaks to coordinated services across the continuum, and "non-institutional" services as part of this spectrum, it neglects to specifically reference actual "in-home services" as part of the non- institutional component, which can be so crucial to patients. It is important that this in-home component be specifically added to the resources recognized for the Comprehensive Care programs, and permitted by them to include at their determination.
Legislative history
New legislation.
Fiscal implications for state and local governments
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after it shall have become a law.
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