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NY A10966
Bill
Status
9/9/2020
Primary Sponsor
Melissa Miller
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AI Summary
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Allows nursing home residents to designate one individual as an "essential person" (family member, attorney in fact, or health care proxy) who regularly provided assistance three or more days per week prior to or during the COVID-19 emergency.
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Grants essential persons unrestricted access and visitation rights to nursing home residents to provide necessary aid including feeding, hygiene, mobility, dressing, emotional support, and medication assistance.
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Essential persons must serve as resident advocates with duties including communicating with nursing home staff about resident needs, reporting suspected abuse or neglect, and requesting care plan changes.
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Requires nursing homes to provide weekly COVID-19 testing for all essential persons during the COVID-19 state disaster emergency and mandate personal protective equipment (PPE) at all times on facility premises.
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Prohibits essential persons who test positive for COVID-19 from facility access for 14 days of self-quarantine; allows return only after symptom resolution and negative test results.
Legislative Description
Relates to providing for nursing home residents to designate an essential person who would be permitted to be present and provide aid to a resident at a nursing home with unrestricted access; provides for regular testing of essential persons during COVID-19.
Last Action
enacting clause stricken
10/2/2020