A05436 Summary:
BILL NO | A05436B |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S00612-B |
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SPONSOR | Clark |
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COSPNSR | Gottfried, Weinstein, Kim, Lunsford, Burdick, Fahy, Wallace, Simon, Zinerman, Griffin, Gonzalez-Rojas, Magnarelli, Galef, Forrest, Thiele, McDonald, Otis, Meeks, Bronson, Rozic, Cusick, Steck, Colton, Barrett, Barron, Cruz, Anderson, Sayegh, Stirpe, Woerner, Stern, Glick, Vanel, Cahill, Rosenthal L, Pichardo, Richardson, Zebrowski, Williams, Bichotte Hermelyn, Dinowitz, Rivera JD, Abbate, Sillitti, Buttenschon, Carroll, Lupardo, McMahon, Abinanti, Gallagher, Fall, Jacobson, Nolan, Perry, Peoples-Stokes, Hunter, Jackson, Santabarbara, Kelles, Reyes, Cook |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Amd §218, Eld L; amd §2803, Pub Health L | |
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Directs the office of the state long-term care ombudsman to advertise and promote the long-term care ombudsman program (Part A); directs the commissioner of health, in consultation with the state long-term care ombudsman and the commissioners of the departments responsible for the license or certification of long-term care facilities, to establish policies and procedures for reporting, by staff and volunteers of the long-term care ombudsman program, issues concerning the health, safety and welfare of residents at long-term 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). |
A05436 Actions:
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02/16/2021 | referred to aging | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/26/2021 | amend (t) and recommit to aging | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
02/26/2021 | print number 5436a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/01/2021 | reported referred to ways and means | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/01/2021 | reported referred to rules | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/01/2021 | reported | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/02/2021 | rules report cal.26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/02/2021 | ordered to third reading rules cal.26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/04/2021 | passed assembly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/04/2021 | delivered to senate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
03/04/2021 | REFERRED TO AGING | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/19/2021 | recalled from senate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/19/2021 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/19/2021 | vote reconsidered - restored to third reading | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/19/2021 | amended on third reading 5436b | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/26/2021 | substituted by s612b | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | S00612 AMEND=B MAY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 01/06/2021 | REFERRED TO AGING | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 02/03/2021 | AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO AGING | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 02/03/2021 | PRINT NUMBER 612A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 02/09/2021 | 1ST REPORT CAL.330 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 02/10/2021 | 2ND REPORT CAL. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 02/22/2021 | COMMITTED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 02/22/2021 | ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.330 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 02/22/2021 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 02/22/2021 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 02/22/2021 | referred to aging | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 05/19/2021 | RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 05/19/2021 | returned to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 05/19/2021 | VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 05/19/2021 | AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 612B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 05/26/2021 | REPASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 05/26/2021 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 05/26/2021 | referred to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 05/26/2021 | substituted for a5436b | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 05/26/2021 | ordered to third reading rules cal.26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 05/26/2021 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 05/26/2021 | returned to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 12/10/2021 | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 12/22/2021 | SIGNED CHAP.759 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 12/22/2021 | APPROVAL MEMO.121 |
A05436 Committee Votes:
Kim | Aye | Tannousis | Aye | ||||||
Abbate | Aye | Ashby | Aye | ||||||
Rivera | Aye | Brabenec | Aye | ||||||
Ramos | Aye | Smith | Aye | ||||||
Barron | Aye | DeStefano | Aye | ||||||
Barnwell | Aye | Miller | Aye | ||||||
Jones | Aye | Gallahan | Aye | ||||||
Dickens | Aye | Lawler | Aye | ||||||
Taylor | Aye | ||||||||
Rosenthal | Aye | ||||||||
Stern | Aye | ||||||||
Frontus | Aye | ||||||||
Reyes | Aye | ||||||||
Cruz | Aye | ||||||||
Eichenstein | Aye | ||||||||
Fall | Aye | ||||||||
Clark | Aye | ||||||||
Rajkumar | Aye | ||||||||
Forrest | Aye | ||||||||
Zinerman | Aye | ||||||||
Mamdani | Aye | ||||||||
Weinstein | Aye | Ra | Aye | ||||||
Glick | Aye | Fitzpatrick | Aye | ||||||
Nolan | Aye | Hawley | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Montesano | Aye | ||||||
Perry | Aye | Blankenbush | Aye | ||||||
Colton | Excused | Norris | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | Brabenec | Aye | ||||||
Cahill | Aye | Palmesano | Aye | ||||||
Aubry | Aye | Byrne | Aye | ||||||
Cusick | Aye | Ashby | Aye | ||||||
Benedetto | Aye | ||||||||
Weprin | Aye | ||||||||
Rodriguez | Aye | ||||||||
Ramos | Aye | ||||||||
Braunstein | Aye | ||||||||
McDonald | Aye | ||||||||
Rozic | Aye | ||||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | ||||||||
Joyner | Aye | ||||||||
Magnarelli | Aye | ||||||||
Zebrowski | Aye | ||||||||
Bronson | Aye | ||||||||
Dilan | Aye | ||||||||
Seawright | Aye | ||||||||
Hyndman | Aye | ||||||||
Heastie | Excused | Barclay | Aye | ||||||
Gottfried | Aye | Hawley | Aye | ||||||
Nolan | Aye | Giglio | Aye | ||||||
Weinstein | Aye | Blankenbush | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Norris | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | Montesano | Aye | ||||||
Glick | Aye | Ra | Aye | ||||||
Aubry | Aye | Brabenec | Aye | ||||||
Englebright | Aye | ||||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | ||||||||
Colton | Aye | ||||||||
Magnarelli | Aye | ||||||||
Perry | Aye | ||||||||
Paulin | Aye | ||||||||
Peoples-Stokes | Excused | ||||||||
Benedetto | Aye | ||||||||
Lavine | Aye | ||||||||
Lupardo | Aye | ||||||||
Zebrowski | Aye | ||||||||
Thiele | Aye | ||||||||
Braunstein | Aye | ||||||||
Dickens | Aye | ||||||||
Davila | Aye | ||||||||
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A05436 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Clark
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Sillitti
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Colton
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Simon
Yes
Anderson
Yes
Conrad
Yes
Gallagher
Yes
Lawler
Yes
Perry
Yes
Simpson
Yes
Angelino
Yes
Cook
Yes
Gallahan
Yes
Lemondes
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Smith
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Gandolfo
Yes
Lunsford
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Giglio JA
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Giglio JM
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Quart
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
Darling
Yes
Glick
Yes
Mamdani
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stern
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Davila
Yes
Gonzalez-Rojas
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Rajkumar
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Barron
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Goodell
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tague
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Tannousis
Yes
Bichotte Hermel
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Griffin
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Meeks
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Rivera J
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
Yes
Rivera JD
Yes
Walczyk
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Durso
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller M
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walker
Yes
Brown
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Mitaynes
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Burdick
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jackson
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Burgos
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Niou
Yes
Salka
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
Yes
Jensen
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Williams
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Jones
Yes
Norris
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Byrnes
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Joyner
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Schmitt
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Forrest
Yes
Kelles
Yes
Otis
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Zinerman
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Friend
Yes
Kim
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Septimo
Yes
Mr. Speaker
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Yes
Abbate
Yes
Clark
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Sillitti
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Colton
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Simon
Yes
Anderson
Yes
Conrad
Yes
Gallagher
Yes
Lawler
Yes
Perry
Yes
Simpson
Yes
Angelino
Yes
Cook
Yes
Gallahan
Yes
Lemondes
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Smith
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Gandolfo
Yes
Lunsford
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Giglio JA
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Giglio JM
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Quart
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
Darling
Yes
Glick
Yes
Mamdani
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stern
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Davila
Yes
Gonzalez-Rojas
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Rajkumar
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Barron
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Goodell
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tague
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Tannousis
Yes
Bichotte Hermel
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Griffin
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Meeks
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Rivera J
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
Yes
Rivera JD
Yes
Walczyk
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Durso
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller M
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walker
Yes
Brown
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Mitaynes
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Burdick
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jackson
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Burgos
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Niou
Yes
Salka
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
Yes
Jensen
ER
Nolan
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Williams
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Jones
Yes
Norris
ER
Sayegh
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Byrnes
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Joyner
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Schmitt
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Cahill
ER
Forrest
Yes
Kelles
Yes
Otis
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Zinerman
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Friend
Yes
Kim
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Septimo
Yes
Mr. Speaker
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A05436 Memo:
Go to topNEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)   BILL NUMBER: A5436B SPONSOR: Clark
  PURPOSE: This bill enacts a series of reforms to the State Long-Term Care Ombuds- man Program and related programs to increase accessibility for residents of nursing home and residential care facilities.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Short title, sets name of the bill as the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program Maim Act. Section 2: Legislative intent. Part A: Adds a new subdivision 15 to section 218 of elder law. This section directs the office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program to develop and coordinate the planning and implementation of an aware- ness program to promote the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program This part shall take effect immediately. Part B: Adds a new subdivision 13 to section 2803 of the public health law. This part requires the department of health to establish policies and procedures allowing for staff and volunteers of the ombudsman program to report issues directly to the department of health. These procedures will involve establishing a hotline and portion of the department's website specifically for the submission of reports. It also requires the department to develop rules establishing standards for timely and regular communications to the ombudsman program and staff regarding issues reported by staff and volunteers, and to notify ombuds- man staff and volunteers when inspections are being conducted at or complaints are received at their assigned facilities. This subdivision affirms a resident's right to privacy and ability to deny the involve- ment of a volunteer ombudsman. This part is effective 90 days after becoming law. Part C: Amends subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 12 of section 2803 of the public health law. This adds a plan to facilitate access to state long-term care ombudsman staff and volunteers at no cost and provides ombudsman staff and volunteers access to a facility. This part is effective immediately. Section 3: Severability clause. Section 4: Sets effective date, provided that applicable effective dates of Parts A through C are specifically set within the respective parts. The A-print of this legislation removes the previous Parts D and E.   JUSTIFICATION: New York State's Long-term Care Ombudsman Program (LTCOP) was estab- lished more than four decades ago as part of the federal Older Americans Act. Its purpose, in the state program's own words, is to advocate "for residents by investigating and resolving complaints made by or on behalf of residents; promoting the development of resident and family councils; and informing government agencies, providers, and the general public about issues and concerns impacting residents of long-term care facili- ties." The effectiveness of the program, however, relies on an assump- tion that residents and families know of the program and its services and on the existence of effective two-way channels of communication between LTCOP staff and volunteers and the Department of Health, to which complaints are funneled for investigation and resolution. Signif- icant evidence and testimonials from family members and ombudsman volun- teers indicate that neither of these assumptions are being met. This bill enhances the ombudsman program in several ways. The bill would replace the name "volunteer ombudsmen" with "resident advocates" to better reflect for families the role and intent of the ombudsman service. It also calls for enhanced two-way communication between the Department of Health and LTCOP. This measure would address concerns that LTCOP volunteers and staff are often kept in the dark about the status of complaints or required corrective actions in response to those complaints. This communications gap seriously undercuts morale and compromises the perceived effectiveness of volunteers diligently working to be responsive to family and resident concerns. It also has been cited as a likely contributing factor in why the state program-which is heavi- ly reliant on volunteers-has such difficulty retaining adequate numbers of such volunteers to satisfy required visitation benchmarks, as revealed by a state comptroller report in fall 2019. Finally, it also requires that facilities include ombudsman access as part of their pandemic preparation plans.   FISCAL IMPACT: To be determined.   LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: This is a new bill.   EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately.
A05436 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5436--B R. R. 26 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 16, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CLARK, GOTTFRIED, WEINSTEIN, KIM, LUNSFORD, BURDICK, FAHY, WALLACE, SIMON, ZINERMAN, GRIFFIN, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, MAGNARELLI, GALEF, FORREST, THIELE, McDONALD, OTIS, MEEKS, BRONSON, ROZIC, CUSICK, STECK, COLTON, BARRETT, BARRON, CRUZ, ANDERSON, SAYEGH, STIRPE, WOERNER, STERN, GLICK, VANEL, CAHILL, L. ROSENTHAL, PICHARDO, RICHARDSON, ZEBROWSKI, WILLIAMS, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, DINOWITZ, J. D. RIVERA, ABBATE, SILLITTI, BUTTENSCHON, CARROLL, LUPARDO, McMA- HON, ABINANTI, GALLAGHER, FALL, JACOBSON, NOLAN, PERRY, PEOPLES-STOKES, HUNTER, JACKSON, SANTABARBARA, KELLES, REYES, COOK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Aging -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- reported and referred to the Committee on Rules -- ordered to a third reading, passed by Assembly and delivered to the Senate, recalled from the Senate, vote reconsidered, bill amended, ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the special order of third reading AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to directing the office of the state long-term care ombudsman to advertise and promote the long- term care ombudsman program (Part A); to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring 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, safety and welfare of residents at residential health care facilities (Part B); and to amend the public health law, in relation to including access to state long-term care ombudsman program staff and volunteers within the pandemic emergency plan prepared by residential health care facilities (Part C) The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04808-06-1A. 5436--B 2 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 the "long-term care ombudsman program reform act". 3 § 2. Legislative intent. This act enacts into law legislation relating 4 to the long-term care ombudsman program. Each component is wholly 5 contained within a Part identified as Parts A through C. The effective 6 date for each particular provision contained within such Part is set 7 forth in the last section of such Part. Any provision in any section 8 contained within a Part, including the effective date of the Part, which 9 makes a reference to a section "of this act", when used in connection 10 with that particular component, shall be deemed to mean and refer to the 11 corresponding section of the Part in which it is found. Section four of 12 this act sets forth the general effective date of this act. 13 PART A 14 Section 1. Section 218 of the elder law is amended by adding a new 15 subdivision 15 to read as follows: 16 15. Long-term care ombudsman program. The office of the state long- 17 term care ombudsman shall facilitate and coordinate the planning and 18 implementation of an awareness program to advertise and promote the 19 long-term care ombudsman program. Such program shall utilize educational 20 and informational materials such as media advertising, billboards, 21 social media and the official website of the long-term care ombudsman 22 program. 23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. 24 PART B 25 Section 1. Section 2803 of the public health law is amended by adding 26 a new subdivision 13 to read as follows: 27 13. (a) The commissioner, in consultation with the state long-term 28 care ombudsman, shall promulgate rules and regulations establishing 29 policies and procedures for: (i) reporting to the department, by staff 30 and volunteers of the long-term care ombudsman program, issues identi- 31 fied or witnessed by such staff and volunteers that relate to actions, 32 inactions or decisions that may adversely effect the health, safety and 33 welfare of residents at residential health care facilities licensed or 34 certified by the department in this state. Such policies and procedures 35 shall include, but not be limited to, establishing a telephone hotline 36 and reporting form on the department's website for use by long-term care 37 ombudsman program staff and volunteers for the submission of reports; 38 (ii) timely and regular communications by the department to the state 39 long-term care ombudsman and long-term care ombudsman program staff and 40 volunteers regarding such issues reported by such staff and volunteers 41 pursuant to subparagraph (i) of this paragraph and the resolution of 42 such issues; and 43 (iii) requiring the department to notify ombudsman program staff and 44 volunteers at the facility where such staff and volunteers are assigned 45 of the time when the department will conduct inspections of such facili- 46 ty, including surveillance of such facility, and of any complaints 47 received by the department concerning such facility. 48 (b) Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to limit in any way 49 a resident's right to privacy and confidentiality pursuant to the regu- 50 lations of the long-term care ombudsman program or the right to refuse 51 to consent to the involvement of the long-term care ombudsman.A. 5436--B 3 1 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 2 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or 3 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of 4 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed 5 on or before such effective date. 6 PART C 7 Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 12 of 8 section 2803 of the public health law is amended by adding a new clause 9 (C) to read as follows: 10 (C) that includes a method to provide all residents with access, at no 11 cost, to state long-term care ombudsman program staff and volunteers, 12 and that provides state long-term care ombudsman program staff and 13 volunteers with access to the facility; and 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. 15 § 3. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi- 16 sion, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of 17 competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgement shall not affect, 18 impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in 19 its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section 20 or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such 21 judgement shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the 22 intent of the legislature that this act would have been enacted even if 23 such invalid provisions had not been included herein. 24 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately provided, however, that 25 the applicable effective date of Parts A through C of this act shall be 26 as specifically set forth in the last section of such Parts.
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