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NY S09026
Bill
Status
10/5/2020
Primary Sponsor
Rachel May
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AI Summary
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Authorizes the office of the state long-term care ombudsman to recruit and deploy volunteers as resident advocates with the same rights and responsibilities as ombudsmen, and directs promotion of the volunteer program through advertising and social media (Part A, effective 90 days after enactment).
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Requires the commissioner of health to establish reporting policies for ombudsman staff and volunteers to document health and safety issues at nursing homes and residential health care facilities, including a telephone hotline and online reporting form (Part B, effective 90 days after enactment).
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Mandates nursing homes and residential health care facilities include methods in their pandemic emergency plans to provide residents free access to ombudsman program staff and volunteers (Part C, effective immediately).
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Directs the department of health to translate patient rights statements into the six most common non-English languages spoken in New York State and requires facilities to post and distribute these translations to residents (Part D, effective immediately).
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Requires nursing homes and residential health care facilities to post ombudsman contact information in each resident's room and provide updated contact information to residents and families twice annually (Part E, effective 120 days after enactment).
Legislative Description
Directs the office of the state long-term care ombudsman to provide opportunities for volunteers to work as resident advocates within the long-term care ombudsman program (Part A); directs the commissioner of health, in consultation with the state long-term care ombudsman, to establish policies and procedures for reporting, by staff and volunteers of the long-term care ombudsman program, issues concerning the health and safety of residents at nursing homes and residential health care facilities (Part B); includes access to state long-term care ombudsman program staff and volunteers within the pandemic emergency plan prepared by residential health care facilities (Part C); requires translations of a patient's rights into the six most common non-English languages of New York State (Part D); and relates to the posting of information relating to the long term care ombudsman program (Part E).
Last Action
REFERRED TO RULES
10/5/2020