New York Senate Bill S00506 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 506 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 4, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. THOMAS, MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to enacting Vincent Scheppa's law authorizing, in certain cases, the provision of in-home private duty nursing services to a recipient of medical assistance by a relative who is a registered professional nurse 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 "Vincent 2 Scheppa's law". 3 § 2. The social services law is amended by adding a new section 365-p 4 to read as follows: 5 § 365-p. Provision of in-home private duty nursing services by the 6 relative of a recipient. Upon application or request to the commissioner 7 by a recipient of medical assistance, or his or her representative or 8 guardian, who has been approved for the provision of in-home private 9 duty nursing, the commissioner may authorize the provision of such 10 private duty nursing by an adult relative of such recipient, other than 11 a spouse of the recipient, who is a registered professional nurse. 12 Reimbursement for private nursing services provided in accordance with 13 this section shall be at the rate paid for the provision of such 14 services by a licensed practical nurse. 15 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01854-02-3