Establishes an age-friendly health system technical assistance center to provide assistance in relation to age-friendly health systems; relates to hospital performance data.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A1988B
SPONSOR: Paulin TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing a
center for technical assistance relating to age-friendly health systems;
and in relation to hospital performance data
PURPOSE:
To provide incentives for the growth of age friendly health systems.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 shall be known as the ''age friendly health system enhancement
act of 2024"
Section 2 adds a new section 2831 of the public health to provide grants
to level two geriatric emergency departments.
Section 3 adds a new paragraph (w) of subdivision 1 of section 206 of
the public health law to establish a center for technical assistance in
relation age friendly health systems in conjunction with the State
office for aging.
Section 4. changes the title of section 2999-b of the public health law
from hospital "report cards" to "hospital performance data" and adds a
new subdivision on special designations including age friendly status
Section 5 is the immediate effective date
JUSTIFICATION:
In the 2018 State of the State address, the Governor set a goal of
making fifty percent of the all health systems age friendly within the
next five years. This goal has not achieved due in large part to the
global pandemic. Progress has been, however, the state needs to provide
incentives and focus to help spread the age friendly health system move-
ment. It provides for grants to hospitals that have geriatric emergency
departments that achieve level two status and are on their way to level
three.
The legislation also establishes a center for technical assistance at
the Department of Health. This center must work together with the State
Office for Aging. The center could be staffed in the Department or
contracted out to qualified partners.
The bill also adds to special designations for hospitals by the Depart-
ment of Health, Hospitals that achieve age friendly status will be
recognized by the Department and noted on the official Department Legis-
lative Information By providing these incentives, the state will hope-
fully meet the goal set out in 2018.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
A8474C of 2023 and 2024, referred to ways and means/Same as 58651Am
referred to health
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1988--B
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 14, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported and
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- committee discharged,
bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
committee
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing a
center for technical assistance relating to age-friendly health
systems; and in relation to hospital performance data
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "age-
2 friendly health system enhancement act".
3 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 206 of the public health law is amended
4 by adding a new paragraph (x) to read as follows:
5 (x) establish, in conjunction with the office for the aging, a center
6 for technical assistance in relation to age-friendly health systems.
7 § 3. The section heading of section 2995-b of the public health law,
8 as added by chapter 542 of the laws of 2000, is amended and a new subdi-
9 vision 4 is added to read as follows:
10 Hospital [report cards] performance data.
11 4. Special designations. Using criteria developed from data collected
12 pursuant to this section and other criteria, the department shall desig-
13 nate hospitals that are well equipped in terms of expertise and technol-
14 ogy to provide certain types of care including stroke centers, trauma
15 centers, regional perinatal centers, burn centers, sexual assault foren-
16 sic examiner (SAFE) programs and age-friendly designated hospitals.
17 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05181-04-5
