New York Assembly Bill A08474 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8474--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY December 29, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health -- recommitted to the Committee on Health in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to grants for geria- tric emergency departments; and in relation to grants from the health care facility transformation program 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 of 2024". 3 § 2. Subdivision 8 of section 2825-g of the public health law, as 4 added by section 1 of part K of chapter 57 of the laws of 2022, is 5 amended to read as follows: 6 8. Selection of awards made by the department pursuant to subdivisions 7 three, four, five, six and seven of this section shall be contingent on 8 an evaluation process acceptable to the commissioner and approved by the 9 director of the division of the budget. Disbursement of awards may be 10 contingent on the health care provider as defined in subdivision two of 11 this section achieving certain process and performance metrics and mile- 12 stones that are structured to ensure that the goals of the project are 13 achieved. Such evaluation process shall include a preference for enti- 14 ties that are designated as "age-friendly" by the Institute for Health- 15 care Improvement (IHI). 16 § 3. Subdivision 5 of section 2825-h of the public health law, as 17 added by section 1 of part P of chapter 57 of the laws of 2023, is 18 amended to read as follows: 19 5. Selection of awards made by the department pursuant to subdivisions 20 three and four of this section shall be contingent on an evaluation 21 process acceptable to the commissioner and approved by the director of 22 the division of the budget. Disbursement of awards shall be conditioned EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13713-02-4 
 A. 8474--A 2 1 on the awardee achieving certain process and performance metrics and 2 milestones as determined by the commissioner. Such metrics and mile- 3 stones shall be structured to ensure that the goals of the project are 4 achieved, and such metrics and milestones shall be included in grant 5 disbursement agreements or other contractual documents as required by 6 the commissioner. Such evaluation process shall include a preference for 7 entities that are designated as "age-friendly" by the Institute for 8 Healthcare Improvement (IHI). 9 § 4. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2831 to 10 read as follows: 11 § 2831. Geriatric emergency departments. Subject to an appropriation 12 therefor, the commissioner shall award accredited level two geriatric 13 emergency departments in the state a grant of five hundred thousand 14 dollars per year for three years with the condition that each department 15 grantee shall reach level one status within twenty-four months of 16 receiving the first grant award. 17 § 5. Subdivision 1 of section 206 of the public health law is amended 18 by adding a new paragraph (w) to read as follows: 19 (w) establish, in conjunction with the office for the aging, a center 20 for technical assistance in relation to age-friendly health systems. 21 Such center shall be a public-private entity and shall utilize outside 22 entities including but not limited to the Institute for Healthcare 23 Improvement. 24 § 6. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 25 the implementation of the provisions of section four of this act shall 26 be subject to the appropriation of moneys specifically for the purposes 27 thereof.