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NY Pub Health L § 2827 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 28 - Hospitals 2827 - Plant-Based Food Options.

§  2827. Plant-based food options. 1. Upon request by a patient or the patient's lawful representative in a  hospital  providing  inpatient  or residential  care,  the  hospital  shall offer the patient a plant-based food option as an alternative to every meal or  snack  offered  in  food service  to  the patient. All the hospital's written material describing food offerings shall include the  availability  of  a  plant-based  food option.  The  plant-based  food option shall be offered at no additional cost to the patient beyond  what  would  be  charged  for  a  comparable non-plant-based food option.   2.  The  hospital shall respond in a reasonable manner and time to any request made under this section. The  request  shall  be  effective  for every hospital meal or snack in which the patient is reasonably expected to   participate.  This  section  does  not  preclude  the  offering  of plant-based food options to patients who have not requested it, and does not preclude an individual who has requested a plant-based  food  option from selecting a non-plant-based food option.   3. As used in this section:  (a) "Plant-based food option" means a food or beverage that is free of animal  products  and  that  has  nutritional  value  comparable  to the non-plant-based food option that it replaces.  (b) "Animal product" means meat, poultry, seafood, dairy, eggs, honey, and any derivative thereof.   4. This  section  shall  not  apply  to  patient  nutritional  support products  including,  but  not  limited to, infant formulas, nutritional modulars, oral nutritional supplements, enteral nutrition formulas,  and parenteral  or  intravenous nutrition, prescribed or ordered by a health care  professional,  licensed,  certified  or  otherwise  authorized  to practice  under  title  eight  of  the  education law, acting within the professional's lawful scope of practice. However,  where  a  request  is made   under  subdivision  one  of  this  section,  and  a  health  care professional  is  considering  prescribing   or   ordering   a   patient nutritional  support  product  under  this  subdivision, the health care professional shall consider and advise the requester whether a medically suitable plant-based food option is reasonably available.
NY Pub Health L § 2829 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 28 - Hospitals 2829 - Nursing Homes; Disclosure Requirements.

§  2829.  Nursing  homes;  disclosure  requirements. 1. A nursing home shall post maximum rates to be charged for residency and services  on  a publicly  accessible website. Such posting shall be updated on an annual basis no later than April first of each year. Such posting shall  detail rates for each non-governmental payer source.   2. A nursing home shall:  (a)  publicly  list all owners on a website maintained by the facility and shall submit such list to the department for posting on its  website and  update  such  information  within  thirty  days  of  any  change or transaction affecting ownership;  (b) publicly disclose on such facility's website and regularly  update the  name  and  business  address  of  any  landlord  of such facility's premises; and  (c) publicly provide a summary of all contracts for provision of goods or services for which such facility pays with any portion of Medicaid or Medicare funds or other agreements entered into by the nursing  home  on its  website  within  thirty  days  of  execution  of  such agreement or contract.   3. The commissioner may make regulations necessary or  appropriate  to implement this section.
NY Pub Health L § 2850 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 28-A - Nursing Home Companies 2850 - Short Title.

§ 2850. Short title. This article shall be known, and may be cited and   referred to as the "nursing home companies law".
NY Pub Health L § 2851 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 28-A - Nursing Home Companies 2851 - Policy and Purposes of Article.

§  2851.  Policy and purposes of article. It is hereby declared that a   serious shortage of safe and sanitary nursing  home  accommodations  for   persons of low income, whose need for combined nursing care, lodging and   board  cannot  readily be provided by the ordinary unaided operations of   private enterprise, exists in many  communities  throughout  the  state;   that  there  is  need for non-profit corporations to construct, acquire,   reconstruct, rehabilitate and improve, with loan  participation  by  the   New York state housing finance agency or the New York state medical care   facilities  finance  agency,  as  the case may be, low cost nursing home   accommodations, including such other facilities as may be incidental and   appurtenant thereto, to meet  such  needs  in  furtherance  of  articles   seventeen and eighteen of the constitution, and for public assistance to   such  companies by the granting of tax exemptions; that it is the policy   of  the  state  to  promote  the  provision   of   such   nursing   home   accommodations and that such provision is a public use and purpose.
NY Pub Health L § 2854 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 28-A - Nursing Home Companies 2854 - Consent of Commissioner.

§  2854.  Consent of commissioner. Whenever any such certificate shall   be presented  to  the  secretary  of  state,  he  shall  not  file  such   certificate  unless  there shall accompany the same a certificate of the   commissioner that he consents to the filing  of  such  certificate;  nor   shall  any amendment to the certificate of incorporation be filed unless   it is accompanied  by  a  certificate  of  the  commissioner  consenting   thereto.
NY Pub Health L § 2855 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 28-A - Nursing Home Companies 2855 - Prerequisites to Consent of Commissioner.

§  2855.  Prerequisites  to  consent of commissioner. The commissioner   shall not approve any such certificate or amendment thereto  unless  and   until  there is endorsed thereon or annexed thereto the written approval   of the public health council in accordance  with  section  two  thousand   eight hundred one-a of the public health law.
NY Pub Health L § 2857 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 28-A - Nursing Home Companies 2857 - Members, Officers and Directors.

§ 2857. Members, officers and directors. 1. No member or director of a   company  shall  receive any salary or other compensation for services as   such  member  or  director,  other  than  reimbursement  of  actual  and   necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his duties. No member,   officer,  or employee of a company shall acquire any interest, direct or   indirect, in any property then or thereafter included or planned  to  be   included  in  a  project, nor retain any interest, direct or indirect in   any property acquired subsequent to his appointment or employment  which   is later included or planned to be included in a project. If any member,   officer  or employee of any company owns or controls an interest, direct   or indirect, in any property included in a project, which  was  acquired   prior  to his appointment or employment, he shall disclose such interest   and the date of acquisition thereof in writing to the company  and  such   disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the company.
NY Pub Health L § 2858 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 28-A - Nursing Home Companies 2858 - Loans.

§  2858. Loans.  1. Any nursing home company formed under this article   may, subject to the approval of the commissioner, borrow funds from  the   New York state housing finance agency or the New York state medical care   facilities finance agency, as the case may be, and the repayment thereof   may  be  secured  by  bond or note and mortgage or other agreement which   shall contain such terms and conditions as may be  deemed  necessary  or   desirable  by  the New York state housing finance agency or the New York   state medical care facilities finance agency, as the  case  may  be,  or   required  by  any  agreement  between the New York state housing finance   agency or the New York state medical care facilities finance agency,  as   the  case may be, and the holders of its notes and bonds with respect to   nursing home companies, including the right to assignment of  rates  and   charges  and entry into possession in case of default, but the operation   of such project, in the  event  of  such  entry,  shall  be  subject  to   regulations promulgated by the commissioner.2.  The  New  York  state housing finance agency or the New York state   medical care facilities finance agency, as the case may be, may  make  a   contract  to  make  loans  to  non-profit  nursing home companies not to   exceed the  total  project  cost  and  to  limited-profit  nursing  home   companies  not  to  exceed  ninety-five  per centum of the total project   cost. Any loan which constitutes a mortgage loan as defined in  the  New   York  state  medical care facilities finance agency act shall be secured   by a first mortgage lien upon all the real property and improvements  of   which  the  project  consists  and  upon  all  fixtures  and articles of   personal property attached to or used in connection with  the  operation   of  the  project.  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing  provisions  of  this   subdivision or any other provision of this article to the contrary,  any   personal property may be excluded from the lien of the mortgage securing   such  a  mortgage  loan  provided  (a)  the commissioner finds that such   property is not essential for the nursing home project as such  term  is   defined  in  this  article,  and  (b) the New York State housing finance   agency or the New York state medical care facilities finance agency,  as   the case may be, consents to such exclusion.3.  Any inconsistent provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding,   mortgages of a nursing home company shall be exempt  from  the  mortgage   recording taxes imposed by article eleven of the tax law.
NY Pub Health L § 2859 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 28-A - Nursing Home Companies 2859 - Conditions and Security for Loans.

§  2859.  Conditions  and security for loans. No loan shall be made by the New York state housing finance agency or the New York state  medical care  facilities  finance agency to a company until the commissioner has approved the project and finds that:  (1) The company has complied with all of  the  provisions  of  article twenty-eight of this chapter and this article;  (2)  The  plans  and specifications conform to the requirements of all laws and regulations applicable thereto and assure adequate light,  air, sanitation and fire protection and are satisfactory to him;  (3)  The  estimated revenue of the project will be sufficient to cover all probable costs of operation and maintenance, of  fixed  charges  and such  reserves  as  may be authorized by the commissioner or required by the New York state housing finance agency or the New York state  medical care facilities finance agency, as the case may be;  (4)  Provision  has  been  made  for  the purpose of providing for the payment of the difference, if any, between the  estimated  project  cost and  the  loan; and in the event the final project cost shall exceed the estimated project cost, the difference between such final  project  cost and the loan;  (5)  Provision  has  been  made for the filing by the company with the commissioner and the New York state housing finance agency  or  the  New York  state  medical care facilities finance agency, as the case may be, of such financial statements including an annual  report  setting  forth such information as the commissioner may require; and  (6)  Provision  has  been made for the examination by the commissioner and the New York state housing finance agency  or  the  New  York  state medical care facilities finance agency, as the case may be, of the books and records of the company.
NY Pub Health L § 2860 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 28-A - Nursing Home Companies 2860 - Rental Rates and Selection of Occupants.

§  2860.  Rental rates and selection of occupants. 1. A company shall,   with the approval of the commissioner, fix maximum rates to  be  charged   occupants  of  each nursing home project for the facilities and services   provided by the company to such occupants and the maximum  rates  to  be   charged  to  persons  of low income who are not occupants of the project   for the nursing care and health-related  service,  or  either  of  them,   provided  by  the company to such persons, the average of such rates for   any one project not to exceed the maximum average  rates  determined  by   the  commissioner before any commitments are made by the company for the   construction of the project. The commissioner upon his  own  motion,  or   upon  application  by  the  company or lienholder may vary the amount of   such charge from time to time so as to secure, together with  all  other   income  of  the  company,  sufficient  income to meet, within reasonable   limits, all necessary payments by the  said  company  of  all  expenses,   including fixed charges, sinking funds and reserves.2.  The  facilities  and services provided by the company to occupants   shall be available for persons of low income, whose  probable  aggregate   annual  income  at  the  time  of  admission  and  during  the period of   occupancy does not exceed two times the annual charges  to  be  paid  by   such  persons.  Nursing  care  and  health-related service, or either of   them, shall be available to persons of low income who are not  occupants   of  the  project  whose probable annual income does not exceed two times   the average  annual  charge  made  to  occupants  of  the  project.  The   commissioner  may  make rules and regulations relating to the allocation   of the income of a family among the members thereof for the  purpose  of   determining the income attributable to any one person for the purpose of   this subdivision.
NY Pub Health L § 2861 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 28-A - Nursing Home Companies 2861 - Transfer of Real Property.

§  2861. Transfer of real property. Notwithstanding any requirement of   law to the contrary or any provision of any general,  special  or  local   law,  charter  or  ordinance,  every  executor,  administrator, trustee,   guardian or other person holding trust funds or acting  in  a  fiduciary   capacity,  unless  the  instrument  under which such fiduciary is acting   expressly forbids, and the state, its subdivisions, municipalities,  all   other  public  bodies,  all  public  officers, persons, partnerships and   corporations owning or holding any real property, may grant, sell, lease   or otherwise transfer any such real property or interest  therein  to  a   nursing  home  company and receive and hold any cash, exchanged therefor   by such company and may execute such instruments and do such acts as may   be deemed necessary or desirable by them or it and  by  the  company  in   connection  with  a project or projects and such sale, lease or transfer   may be made without public auction or bidding; provided,  however,  that   where   such  real  property  is  within  an  urban  renewal  area,  the   disposition thereof shall  be  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of   paragraph  (d)  of  subdivision two of section five hundred seven of the   general municipal law.
NY Pub Health L § 2863 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 28-A - Nursing Home Companies 2863 - Payment Out of Earnings of Limited-Profit Nursing Home Companies.

§  2863.  Payment  out  of  earnings  of  limited-profit  nursing home   companies. There shall be paid annually  out  of  the  earnings  of  the   limited-profit  nursing  home  company,  after  providing for all taxes,   assessments and expenses, a sum for interest on an amortization  of  the   mortgage  indebtedness  of  all  mortgages  of the company, depreciation   charges and reserves if, when and to the extent deemed necessary by  the   commissioner,  plus  a  dividend of six per centum on outstanding shares   and interest not exceeding six per centum on the outstanding  debentures   of  the  company;  the  obligation  in respect to such payments shall be   cumulative, and any deficiency in interest, amortization,  depreciation,   reserves,  if  any,  and dividends in any year shall be paid either from   any cash surplus derived from earnings remaining in the treasury of such   company in excess of the amount necessary  to  provide  such  cumulative   annual  sums  or  from the first available earnings in subsequent years.   If, at the end of any three  year  period,  the  gross  receipts  should   exceed the payments or charges necessary for the purposes of the project   or  projects  and  are  not needed for a sinking fund, reserves or other   purposes,  the  balance  may  be  paid  in  further  reduction  of   any   indebtedness to the extent and upon terms and conditions approved by the   commissioner.  A  sinking  fund may be authorized by the commissioner to   purchase and retire debentures or shares  of  the  company  at  a  price   approved  by  the  commissioner  not  exceeding  par  value thereof with   accrued or unpaid dividends or interest or, if it is  not  practical  to   purchase  such shares or debentures at a price so approved, the money in   such sinking fund may be added to  the  surplus  of  such  company.  Any   shares  or  debentures  purchased  out  of  such  sinking  fund shall be   cancelled and shall not be reissued.
NY Pub Health L § 2864 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 28-A - Nursing Home Companies 2864 - Tax Exemptions of Limited-Profit Nursing Home Companies.

§  2864. Tax exemptions of limited-profit nursing home companies.  The   real property in a project of  a  limited-profit  nursing  home  company   shall  be  exempt  from  all  local  and  municipal  taxes,  other  than   assessments for local improvements, to the extent of the  value  of  the   property included in any such project as represents an increase over the   assessed  valuation  of  the  real property, both land and improvements,   acquired for  the  project  on  the  date  of  its  acquisition  by  the   limited-profit nursing home company. The tax exemption shall operate and   continue  so  long  as  the  mortgage loan by the New York state housing   finance agency or the New York state  medical  care  facilities  finance   agency,  as  the case may be, to the limited-profit nursing home company   is outstanding but in no event for a period of more than  thirty  years,   commencing  in  each  instance  from  the  date  when the limited-profit   nursing  home  company  first  acquired  such  property.  If  a  project   qualifying  for  a  tax exemption pursuant to this section is sold, with   the approval of the commissioner, to another limited-profit nursing home   company, such successor company shall be entitled to  all  the  benefits   granted  by this section. In the event that such sale is to a non-profit   nursing home company, such successor company shall be  entitled  to  all   the  benefits  provided  by  section four hundred twenty-two of the real   property tax law. Local and municipal taxes, for the  purposes  of  this   section,  shall  mean  taxes  levied  by  a county, city, village, town,   school and special district but shall not include assessments for  local   improvements.
NY Pub Health L § 2865 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 28-A - Nursing Home Companies 2865 - Voluntary Dissolution.

§  2865. Voluntary dissolution. 1. At any time after the expiration of   twenty years after the occupancy date, or such earlier date as the bonds   issued by the New York state housing finance  agency  or  the  New  York   state  medical  care facilities finance agency, as the case may be, with   respect to the project are subject  to  redemption,  a  company  may  be   voluntarily  dissolved,  with  the  consent  of  the  commissioner, upon   repayment in full of all obligations under the mortgage and  payment  of   all obligations of the company, as approved by the commissioner.2.  Upon  such  dissolution,  title of the project of a limited-profit   nursing home company may be conveyed in fee to the owner  or  owners  of   its  shares or to any other entity authorized by law designated by it or   them for  the  purpose,  provided,  however,  that  prior  to  any  such   dissolution  and  conveyance,  payment  shall  be  made  of  all current   operating expenses, taxes, indebtedness and all accrued interest thereon   and the par value of and accrued dividends on the outstanding shares  of   such  company,  if  any.  After such dissolution and conveyance, or such   reconstitution, the provisions of  this  article  shall  become  and  be   inapplicable  to  any  such  project  and any tax exemption granted with   respect to such  project  pursuant  to  this  article  shall  cease  and   terminate.
NY Pub Health L § 2866 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 28-A - Nursing Home Companies 2866 - Foreclosures and Judgments.

§  2866.  Foreclosures and judgments. 1. In any foreclosure action the   commissioner shall be made a party defendant. He shall  take  all  steps   necessary  to  protect  the interests of the public therein and no costs   shall be awarded against him. Foreclosures shall not be  decreed  unless   the  court  to  which  application  is  made shall be satisfied that the   interests of the lienholder or  holders  cannot  be  adequately  assured   except  by  the  sale of the property. In any such proceeding, the court   shall be authorized to appoint  the  commissioner  as  receiver  of  the   property, or to grant such other and further relief as may be reasonable   and proper.2.  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, wherever   it shall appear that the New York state housing finance  agency  or  the   New  York state medical care facilities finance agency shall have loaned   on a mortgage which is a lien upon any  such  property,  such  New  York   state  housing  finance agency or New York state medical care facilities   finance agency, as  the  case  may  be,  shall  have  all  the  remedies   available  to  a mortgagee under the laws of the state of New York, free   from any  restrictions  contained  in  this  section,  except  that  the   commissioner  shall  be made a party defendant and that the commissioner   shall take all steps necessary to protect the interests  of  the  public   and no costs shall be awarded against him.3.  In  the  event  of  a judgment against a company in any action not   pertaining to the collection of a mortgage indebtedness, there shall  be   no  sale  of  any of the real property of such company except upon sixty   days' written notice to the commissioner and the New York state  housing   finance  agency  or  the  New York state medical care facilities finance   agency, as the case may be. Upon receipt of such notice the commissioner   and the agency shall take such steps as in its judgment may be necessary   to protect the rights of all parties.
NY Pub Health L § 2868 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 28-A - Nursing Home Companies 2868 - Fees and Charges.

§ 2868. Fees and charges. The commissioner may by regulation establish   and charge to any nursing home company, for the period of occupancy date   to mortgage discharge, a fee for inspection, regulation, supervision and   audit  not  to annually exceed two-tenths of one percent of the mortgage   loan to recover the departmental costs in performing these functions  in   relation  to  any  nursing home project financed or refinanced by a loan   made under this article prior to April  first,  two  thousand  fourteen.   Notwithstanding  the  foregoing, no such fee shall be charged or payable   pursuant to this section with respect to a nursing home project financed   or refinanced with bonds issued on or after April  first,  two  thousand   fourteen.