New York Public Health Law Article 36 - HOME CARE SERVICES
- 3600 - Declaration of Legislative Findings and Intent.
The legislature hereby finds and declares that the provision of high quality home care services to residents of New York state is a priority concern....
- 3602 - Definitions.
As used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Home care services" means...
- 3605 - Licensure of Home Care Services Agencies.
1. After April first, nineteen hundred eighty-six, no home care services agency which is engaged in providing, directly or through contract arrangement, nursing services, home...
- 3605-a - Proceedings Involving the License of a Home Care Services Agency.
1. A license of a home care services agency may be revoked, suspended, limited or annulled by the commissioner on proof that it has failed...
- 3606 - Establishment of Certified Home Health Agencies.
1. The commissioner shall not issue a certificate of approval to any home care services agency except with the written approval of the public health...
- 3606-a - Certified Home Health Agency Construction.
1. The construction of a certified home health agency shall require the prior approval of the commissioner. 2. An application for such construction shall be...
- 3607 - Grants for Expansion of Services.
1. The commissioner is hereby authorized, within the amount allocated pursuant to subdivisions one, two and three of section thirty-six hundred fifteen of this article,...
- 3608 - Certification of Home Care Services Agencies.
1. The commissioner shall issue a certificate of approval to any home care services agency qualified to participate as a home health agency under titles...
- 3609 - Grants for Planning an Establishment of New Certified Home Health Agencies.
1. The commissioner is hereby authorized, within the amount allocated pursuant to subdivisions one, two and three of section thirty-six hundred fifteen of this article,...
- 3610 - Authorization to Provide a Long Term Home Health Care Program.
1. A long term home health care program may be provided only by a certified home health agency, or by a residential health care facility...
- 3611 - Operation of Home Care Services Agency.
1. Any home care services agency which seeks licensure pursuant to section three thousand six hundred five of this chapter or a certificate of approval...
- 3611-a - Change in the Operator or Owner.
1. Any change in the person who, or any transfer, assignment, or other disposition of an interest or voting rights of ten percent or more,...
- 3612 - Powers and Duties of Commissioner and State Hospital Review and Planning Council.
1. The commissioner shall have the power to conduct periodic inspections of facilities of certified home health agencies, providers of long term home health care...
- 3613 - Home Care Services Workers.
1. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: * (a) "Home care services entity" means a home care services...
- 3614 - Payments for Certified Home Health Agency Services, Long Term Home Health Care Programs and Aids Home Care Programs.
1. No government agency shall purchase, pay for or make reimbursement or grants-in-aid for services provided by a home care services agency, a provider of...
- 3614-a - Home Care Provider Assessments.
1. Certified home health agencies and providers of long term home health care programs are charged assessments on their gross receipts received from all patient...
- 3614-b - Licensed Home Care Services Agencies Assessments.
1. Licensed home care services agencies are charged assessments, subject to the provisions of subdivision thirteen of this section, on their gross receipts received from...
- 3614-c - Home Care Worker Wage Parity.
1. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meaning: (a) "Living wage law" means any law enacted by Nassau, Suffolk...
- 3614-d - Universal Standards for Coding of Payment for Medical Assistance Claims for Long Term Care.
Claims for payment submitted under contracts or agreements with insurers under the medical assistance program for home and community-based long-term care services provided under this...
- 3614-e - Electronic Payment of Claims.
The payment of claims submitted under contracts or agreements with insurers under the medical assistance program for home and community-based long-term care services provided under...
- 3615 - State Aid to Certified Home Health Agencies.
* 1. State aid shall be provided to certified home health agencies to assist in developing and ensuring their capacity to meet community need. Funds...
- 3616 - Provision of Certified Home Health Agency Services, Long Term Home Health Care Programs and Aids Home Care Programs.
1. A long term home health care program shall be provided only to those patients who are medically eligible for placement in a hospital or...
- 3616-a - Quality Assurance.
1. Every certified home health agency, licensed home care services agency, long term home health care program and AIDS home care program is required to...
- 3617 - Respite Projects.
Certified home health agencies shall be permitted, with the prior approval of the commissioner in consultation with the director of the state office for the...
- 3618 - Continuation of Existing Home Health Agencies.
Any home health agency which, on March thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-eight, possessed a valid certificate of approval issued under the provisions of article twenty-eight of...
- 3619 - Exempt Agencies.
Only an agency licensed pursuant to section thirty-six hundred five or certified pursuant to section thirty-six hundred eight of this chapter or exempt from the...
- 3620 - Authorization to Provide an Aids Home Care Program.
1. An AIDS home care program may be provided only by a provider of a long term home health care program possessing a valid operating...
- 3621 - Payment of Claims.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the provisions of section thirty-two hundred twenty-four-a of the insurance law, and regulations thereunder, shall apply to claims for...
- 3622 - Separability.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or part of this article shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the...
Last modified: February 3, 2019