Bill Text: NY S04926 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Requires the review of the criminal history of prospective employees of adult homes, enriched housing programs or residences for adults; extends effectiveness.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-06-20 - SUBSTITUTED BY A5476D [S04926 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-S04926-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4926--C 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 1, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sens. HANNON, MARCHIONE, AVELLA, GOLDEN, LARKIN, O'BRIEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee with amendments and committed to the Committee on Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend section 38 of part A of the chapter 60 of the laws of 2014 amending the public health law, relating to adult care facili- ties, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; and to amend the public health law and the social services law, in relation to criminal history checks of prospective employees of adult homes, enriched hous- ing programs or residences for adults THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 38 of part A of chapter 60 of the laws of 2014 2 amending the public health law relating to adult care facilities is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 S 38. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to 5 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2014; PROVIDED, 6 HOWEVER, THAT SECTIONS TWENTY-TWO, TWENTY-THREE, AND TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS 7 ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT JANUARY 1, 2015; provided, however, that the 8 amendments to subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 461-k of the social 9 services law made by section thirty-one of this act shall not affect the 10 expiration of such section and shall be deemed to expire therewith; and 11 provided, further, that the amendments made to paragraph (b) of subdivi- 12 sion 18-a of section 206 of the public health law made by section 13 sixteen of this act shall not affect the expiration of such paragraph 14 and shall be deemed to expire therewith. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09242-09-4 S. 4926--C 2 1 S 2. Subdivision 10 of section 2899-a of the public health law, as 2 amended by chapter 331 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 10. Notwithstanding subdivision eleven of section eight hundred 5 forty-five-b of the executive law, a certified home health agency, 6 licensed home care services agency or long term home health care program 7 certified, licensed or approved under article thirty-six of this chapter 8 or a home care services agency exempt from certification or licensure 9 under article thirty-six of this chapter, OR AN ADULT HOME, ENRICHED 10 HOUSING PROGRAM OR RESIDENCE FOR ADULTS LICENSED UNDER ARTICLE SEVEN OF 11 THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, may temporarily approve a prospective employee 12 while the results of the criminal history information check and the 13 determination are pending, upon the condition that the provider conducts 14 appropriate direct observation and evaluation of the temporary employee, 15 while he or she is temporarily employed, and the care recipient. The 16 results of such observations shall be documented in the temporary 17 employee's personnel file and shall be maintained. For purposes of 18 providing such appropriate direct observation and evaluation, the 19 provider shall utilize an individual employed by such provider with a 20 minimum of one year's experience working in an agency certified, 21 licensed or approved under article thirty-six of this chapter OR AN 22 ADULT HOME, ENRICHED HOUSING PROGRAM OR RESIDENCE FOR ADULTS LICENSED 23 UNDER ARTICLE SEVEN OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW. If the temporary 24 employee is working under contract with another provider certified, 25 licensed or approved under article thirty-six of this chapter, such 26 contract provider's appropriate direct observation and evaluation of the 27 temporary employee, shall be considered sufficient for the purposes of 28 complying with this subdivision. 29 S 3. Subdivision 6 of section 2899 of the public health law, as 30 amended by section 22 of part A of chapter 60 of the laws of 2014, is 31 amended to read as follows: 32 6. "Provider" shall mean any residential health care facility licensed 33 under article twenty-eight of this chapter; or any certified home health 34 agency, licensed home care services agency or long term home health care 35 program certified under article thirty-six of this chapter; or any 36 [adult care facility] ADULT HOME, ENRICHED HOUSING PROGRAM OR RESIDENCE 37 FOR ADULTS licensed under article seven of the social services law. 38 S 4. Section 461-t of the social services law, as added by section 24 39 of part A of chapter 60 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as 40 follows: 41 S 461-t. Review of criminal history information concerning prospective 42 direct care employees. Every [adult care facility] ADULT HOME, ENRICHED 43 HOUSING PROGRAM AND RESIDENCE FOR ADULTS shall conduct a criminal histo- 44 ry record check of prospective direct care employees utilizing the 45 procedures and standards set forth in article twenty-eight-E of the 46 public health law. 47 S 5. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 48 sections two, three and four of this act shall take effect January 1, 49 2015.