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                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. DINOWITZ, BOYLAND -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Aging
       AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  requiring  the
         commissioner  of  health  to  create  a list of long-term care contact
         information for the NY Connects: Choices for Long Term Care program
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.   The public health law is amended by adding a new section
    2  2997-e to read as follows:
    3    S 2997-E. PROVISION OF CONTACT INFORMATION RELATING TO LONG TERM CARE.
    4  1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE STATE OFFICE FOR  THE
    5  AGING,  CREATE A LIST OF INFORMATION BY MEANS OF WHICH TO CONTACT THE NY
    6  CONNECTS: CHOICES FOR LONG TERM CARE  PROGRAM  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO
    7  SUBDIVISION  EIGHT  OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED THREE OF THE ELDER LAW, LOCAL
    8  AREA AGENCIES ON AGING, LOCAL DEPARTMENTS OF SOCIAL SERVICES, AND  LOCAL
    9  DEPARTMENTS OF HEALTH TO BE ORGANIZED BY COUNTY, PROVIDED THAT IN A CITY
   10  WITH  A  POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, SUCH CONTACT INFORMATION FOR
   11  LOCAL AGENCIES MAY  BE  THE  GOVERNMENT  INFORMATION  AND  NON-EMERGENCY
   12  SERVICES CITIZEN SERVICE CENTER IN SUCH CITY. THIS LIST SHALL BE UPDATED
   13  PERIODICALLY  AS  NEEDED.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL PROVIDE SUCH LIST TO
   14  HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS CERTIFIED OR LICENSED UNDER THIS CHAPTER  AND,
   15  IN  CONJUNCTION  WITH  THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION, TO ALL HEALTH CARE
   16  PROVIDERS AND HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS  LICENSED  UNDER  THE  EDUCATION
   17  LAW.
   18    2. WHENEVER A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER OR PRACTITIONER MAKES A RECOMMENDA-
   19  TION  REGARDING  THE  NECESSITY OF LONG TERM CARE SERVICES OR A REFERRAL
   20  FOR THE RECEIPT OF LONG TERM CARE SERVICES TO A PATIENT, THE PATIENT  OR
   21  PATIENT'S DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE SHALL BE PROVIDED BY THE HEALTH CARE
   22  PROVIDER  OR  PRACTITIONER THE CONTACT INFORMATION FROM THE LIST CREATED
   23  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS  SECTION  THAT  CORRESPONDS  TO  THE
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01495-01-3
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    1  PATIENT'S  COUNTY  OF RESIDENCE OR PROSPECTIVE COUNTY OF RESIDENCE BASED
    2  ON THE PREFERENCE OF THE PATIENT.
    3    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
    4  have become a law.