New York Senate Bill S09067 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9067--A Cal. No. 1000  IN SENATE April 16, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sens. KRUEGER, WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring hospi- tals and residential health care facilities to implement a pressure ulcer prevention program The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 2803 of the public health law is amended by adding 2 a new subdivision 15 to read as follows: 3 15. (a) The commissioner shall require each general hospital and resi- 4 dential health care facility to develop and implement a pressure ulcer 5 prevention program. 6 (b) Within one hundred twenty days of the effective date of this 7 subdivision, the commissioner shall evaluate current reimbursement poli- 8 cies in regard to pressure ulcer prevention programs including durable 9 medical equipment and education and training. Within six months after 10 the effective date of this subdivision, the commissioner shall report on 11 the current reimbursement options available to reduce the incidence of 12 pressure ulcers across all health care settings. 13 (c) By April first, two thousand twenty-five the commissioner shall 14 establish a pressure ulcer prevention center of excellence within the 15 department. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14439-05-4