A02188 Summary:
BILL NO | A02188 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S03498 |
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SPONSOR | Dinowitz |
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COSPNSR | Shimsky, Williams, Kelles, Darling, Hevesi, Jacobson, Zebrowski, Colton, Reyes, Tapia |
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Amd §2808-e, Pub Health L | |
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Relates to the posting of additional nursing home ratings; provides such posting shall include ratings for health inspections, staffing and quality measures. |
A02188 Memo:
Go to topNEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)   BILL NUMBER: A2188 SPONSOR: Dinowitz
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to the posting of additional nursing home ratings   PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to provide that every nursing home facility in the state display prominently the most recent star ratings for health inspections, staffing, and quality measures pursuant to the inspection rating system of the U.S. Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), to allow consumers, their families, and caregivers to easily compare facilities based upon their assigned ratings. These ratings will also be required to be displayed prominently on the Department of Health and the Nursing Home Facility's own website.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one of the bill amends subdivision 2 of § 2808-e of the public health law to require each nursing home facility to post its overall CMS rating and ratings for health inspections, staffing and quality measures on the homepage of any website maintained by such facility and on any website or webpage relating to such facility maintained by an entity which owns or operates such facility. Each nursing home shall also conspicuously post its most recent overall CMS rating and ratings for health inspections, staffing and quality measures so that it is visible to the general public and to residents. Section two of the bill provides the effective date.   JUSTIFICATION: Family members often do not have the resources or skills necessary to properly care for their elderly loved ones. In these cases, the only solution is to trust professional nursing facilities to provide the care their loved ones need. It can be ,an emotionally strenuous processes for families to come. to this conclusion, which can make choosing the right facility all the more difficult. Unfortunately, nursing facilities do not provide the same level of care, and it can be extremely complicated for families to properly compare facilities based on their loved one's needs. A 2003 congressional report that examined nursing home records conducted over a two-year period showed that nearly 1 in 3 nursing homes were cited for violations that had the potential to cause harm. However shocking, this news was neither new when reported nor changed since. With the rise of publicly available data, family members should have the ability to go into the nursing home selection process well informed. Information can bring great emotional ease and expedition to the process of picking a long-term, out-of-home care, facility for their loved ones. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services established a five-star rating system, in which nursing home ratings can be easily and readily understood. In times of crisis, these ratings can be difficult to find. If ratings and information are not easily accessible, the information they provide cannot be helpful or effective. This bill would make these ratings readily available so that families seeking nursing facilities can make an informed decision in the best interests of their loved ones. Last year, a law was in enacted in New York to require nursing homes to post the overall CMS rating. This bill requires nursing homes to also post the recent ratings for health •inspections, staffing and quality measures to provide more complete information to the consumer.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2021-22: A.9552 - Health / S.8490 - Health   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: De minimis   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect on the nineteenth day after it shall have become a law.
A02188 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2188 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 23, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the posting of additional nursing home ratings The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 2808-e of the public health law, 2 as added by chapter 441 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 2. Each nursing home facility shall post its overall CMS rating and 5 ratings for health inspections, staffing and quality measures on the 6 homepage of any website maintained by such facility and on any website 7 or webpage relating to such facility maintained by an entity which owns 8 or operates such facility. Each nursing home shall also conspicuously 9 post its most recent overall CMS rating and ratings for health 10 inspections, staffing and quality measures so that it is visible to the 11 general public and to residents. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 13 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01412-01-3