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NY Pub Health L § 3609 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 36 - Home Care Services 3609 - Grants for Planning an Establishment of New Certified Home Health Agencies.

§  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, to make grants to  voluntary   not-for-profit  organizations  in  areas  of the state determined by the   commissioner to be in need of home care services.2. Such grants shall be awarded  for  the  purposes  of  planning  for   establishment  as  a  certified  home  health agency pursuant to section   thirty-six hundred six of this chapter.3. Such grants shall not exceed twenty thousand dollars per annum  and   are not renewable.4.  The  grant applications shall include such information as required   by the commissioner.5. Funds for such grants shall  be  made  available  pursuant  to  the   funding formula and allocations as provided in subdivisions one, two and   three of section thirty-six hundred fifteen of this article.6.  The commissioner shall approve applications in accordance with the   provisions of subdivisions five, six and  seven  of  section  thirty-six   hundred fifteen of this article.
NY Pub Health L § 3611 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 36 - Home Care Services 3611 - Operation of Home Care Services Agency.

§  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  pursuant to  section  three  thousand  six  hundred six of this chapter and which would be operated by a person, partnership, limited  liability  company, or  a corporation any of the members of which are not natural persons or which would be operated by a corporation any of the stock  of  which  is owned by another corporation shall:  (a)  establish  a  corporation or limited liability company within the state;  (b) submit to a character and competence review of any stockholder  or member  holding  ten percent or more of the stock in said corporation or limited liability company, as well as of any parent  or  health  related subsidiary corporation;  (c)  grant  authority  to  the  New  York state corporation or limited liability company to have full legal authority over the operation of the home health services agency;  (d) disclosure of information relative to stockholders or  members  as may   be  required  by  the  commissioner  to  determine  character  and competence; and  (e) designate an agent for service  of  process  pursuant  to  section three  hundred  five  of  the  business corporation law or section three hundred two of the limited liability company law, as the case may be.   2. The public health and health planning council shall not act upon an application for licensure or a certificate of approval  for  any  agency referred to in subdivision one of this section unless it is satisfied as to  the  character,  competence  and  standing  in  the community of the proposed  incorporators,  directors,  sponsors,   controlling   persons, principal   stockholders  of  the  parent  corporation,  health  related subsidiary corporation and the New York  state  corporation  established pursuant  to  paragraph  (a) of subdivision one of this section. For the purposes of this section the public health and health  planning  council may  adopt rules and regulations relative to what constitutes parent and subsidiary corporations.
NY Pub Health L § 3614-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 36 - Home Care Services 3614-D - Universal Standards for Coding of Payment for Medical Assistance Claims for Long Term Care.

§  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 article,  by  fiscal  intermediaries  operating  pursuant  to   section  three  hundred  sixty-five-f of the social services law, and by   residential  health  care  facilities  operating  pursuant  to   article   twenty-eight  of  this  chapter  shall have standard billing codes. Such   insurers shall include but not be limited to Medicaid managed care plans   and managed long term care  plans.  Such  payments  shall  be  based  on   universal  billing  codes  approved  by  the  department or a nationally   accredited  organization  as  approved  by  the  department;   provided,   however,  such  coding  shall  be consistent with any codes developed as   part of the uniform assessment system for long term care established  by   the department.
NY Pub Health L § 3614-E (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 36 - Home Care Services 3614-E - Electronic Payment of Claims.

§  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 this article, by fiscal intermediaries operating pursuant   to section three hundred sixty-five-f of the social services law, and by   residential  health  care  facilities  operating  pursuant  to   article   twenty-eight  of  this  chapter  shall  be  paid  via  electronic  funds   transfer. Such insurers shall include but not  be  limited  to  Medicaid   managed care plans and managed long-term care plans.
NY Pub Health L § 3617 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 36 - Home Care Services 3617 - Respite Projects.

§  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 aging, to participate in   respite projects pursuant to section two hundred eight of the elder law.   The commissioner, in consultation with the director of the state  office   for  the  aging, shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement the   provisions of this section.
NY Pub Health L § 3618 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 36 - Home Care Services 3618 - Continuation of Existing Home Health Agencies.

§ 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 this chapter shall be deemed  a  certified  home   health  agency  and  such  certificate of approval shall be deemed valid   under the provisions of this article.
NY Pub Health L § 3619 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 36 - Home Care Services 3619 - Exempt Agencies.

§  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 licensure requirements   of section thirty-six hundred five of this chapter  because  the  agency   provides  personal care or home care services exclusively to individuals   pursuant to a program administered, operated  or  regulated  by  another   state agency shall hold itself out or call itself a home health services   agency, a home health agency or a home care services agency.
NY Pub Health L § 3621 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 36 - Home Care Services 3621 - Payment of Claims.

§  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   payment submitted by a licensed home  care  services  agency,  certified   home  health  agency,  long  term  home  health  care program, or fiscal   intermediary operating under section three hundred sixty-five-f  of  the   social  services  law, pursuant to a contract with a payor under section   forty-four hundred three-f of this  chapter  or  section  three  hundred   sixty-four-j  of  the  social  services  law,  and  such claims shall be   subject to and settled in compliance with the  standards  set  forth  in   such section.
NY Pub Health L § 3622 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 36 - Home Care Services 3622 - Separability.

§ 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  judgment  shall  not  affect,   impair,  or  invalidate  the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in   its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph,  subdivision,  section   or  part  thereof  directly  involved  in  the  controversy in which the   judgment shall have been rendered.
NY Pub Health L § 3650 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 36-A - Medical Equipment Service Agencies 3650 - Definitions.

§  3650.  Definitions.  When used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this article:   1.  "Home  medical  equipment  services"  shall  mean  the   delivery, provision,  installation, maintenance and replacement of, or instruction in the use of medical equipment used by  an  individual  requiring  such services in their place of residence.   2.  "Medical equipment service agency" means any person engaged in the business of providing home medical equipment services, whether  directly or through a contractual arrangement, to an individual at their place of residence.   3.  "Home  medical equipment" shall mean technologically sophisticated medical devices which are used in a home care setting, including but not limited to:  (a) Oxygen and oxygen delivery systems;  (b) Ventilation and aspiration devices;  (c) Respiratory disease management services;  (d) Electronic and computer driven wheelchairs and seating systems;  (e) Monitoring devices;  (f) Transcutaneous electrical nerve simulator (tens) units;  (g) Low air loss cutaneous pressure management devices;  (h) Sequential compression devices;  (i) Obstructive sleep apnea treatment devices; and  (j) Feeding pumps.   4. "Person" shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership,  joint venture, or any business entity.   5.  "Board"  shall  mean the medical equipment service agency advisory board created by section thirty-six hundred fifty-five of this article.
NY Pub Health L § 3651 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 36-A - Medical Equipment Service Agencies 3651 - Exemptions.

§ 3651. Exemptions. The provisions of this article shall not apply to:   1.  Hospitals  certified  pursuant  to  article  twenty-eight  of this chapter.   2. The following entities and practitioners, unless these entities  or practitioners furnish home medical equipment services through a separate corporate entity, division, or other business entity:  (a)  Home  care service agencies, certified home health agencies, long term home health care programs, licensed home care services agencies and limited licensed home care service agencies, as  defined  under  section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter;  (b)  Exempt  agencies,  as  defined  under  section thirty-six hundred nineteen of this chapter;  (c) Manufacturers and wholesale distributors of home medical equipment not engaged in direct sales to a patient;  (d) Health care practitioners authorized  by  law  to  prescribe  home medical  equipment,  order  home  medical equipment, or use home medical equipment  to  treat  their  patients,  including  but  not  limited  to physicians,   nurses,   physical   therapists,  respiratory  therapists, occupational    therapists,    speech    pathologists,     optometrists, chiropractors and podiatrists;  (e) Hospice programs;  (f) Nursing homes;  (g) Veterinarians;  (h) Dentists;  (i) Emergency medical services providers; and  (j) Pharmacists and pharmacies.   3. Any exempt person providing home medical equipment services through a  third  person  as defined in section thirty-six hundred fifty of this article.
NY Pub Health L § 3652 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 36-A - Medical Equipment Service Agencies 3652 - Licensure Required.

§  3652.  Licensure  required.  No  medical  equipment  service agency   located in New York state, or located in  another  state  and  providing   home  medical  equipment services in this state may provide home medical   equipment services unless a valid license has been issued as provided in   this article.
NY Pub Health L § 3654 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 36-A - Medical Equipment Service Agencies 3654 - Powers and Duties of the Commissioner and Department.

§  3654.  Powers and duties of the commissioner and department. 1. The   department may conduct  periodic  inspections  of  a  medical  equipment   service  agency  to  determine compliance with requirements set forth in   this article and any related regulations.2.  The  commissioner  may  also  require  medical  equipment  service   agencies   to   submit,  in  a  form  prescribed  by  the  commissioner,   semi-annual reports containing  such  information  as  is  necessary  to   ensure compliance with the provisions of this article.3. The department may prescribe in rules and regulations standards for   the  provision of home medical equipment services. To the maximum extent   possible, such standards shall incorporate by  reference  the  standards   established   for   the  provision  of  these  services  by  a  national   accrediting agency approved by the department.4. The department may adopt and amend rules and regulations  necessary   to implement this article.
NY Pub Health L § 3655 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 36-A - Medical Equipment Service Agencies 3655 - Medical Equipment Service Agency Advisory Board.

§  3655.  Medical equipment service agency advisory board. 1. There is   hereby created in the department a medical  equipment  service  advisory   board  to  consist  of  the  commissioner  or  his or her designee as an   ex-officio  member,  and  eight   other   members   appointed   by   the   commissioner. The members shall include four representatives of the home   medical equipment service industry and/or home medical equipment service   providers,   a   rehabilitation  technology  specialist,  a  respiratory   therapist,  a  physician,  and  a  representative  of  the  public.  The   commissioner shall designate one member to serve as chair.2.  The  term  of  office  of  each  member  shall be for three years,   provided however, that of the members first appointed,  three  shall  be   appointed  for  terms  which  expire December thirty-first, two thousand   three,  two  shall  be  appointed  for  terms  which   expire   December   thirty-first,  two thousand four, and three shall be appointed for terms   which expire December thirty-first, two thousand five.  Vacancies  shall   be  filled  by  appointment  for  the  unexpired term. The members shall   continue in office until the expiration of their terms and  until  their   successors  are appointed. A member may be dismissed by the commissioner   for cause, or for repeated absence.3. The board shall meet as frequently as its business  shall  require,   in  no  case  less than on a semi-annual basis. The members of the board   shall receive no compensation for  their  services  as  members  of  the   board,  but  shall  be  reimbursed  for  necessary  and  actual expenses   incurred in the performance of his or her duties.4. The commissioner, upon request  of  the  board,  may  designate  an   employee  of  the  department  to  assist  the board in carrying out its   responsibilities.5. The board, upon an affirmative vote of a majority of  its  members,   may  make  recommendations  to  the commissioner regarding the adoption,   amendment  and/or  repeal  of  any  rules,  regulations,  standards  and   policies regarding the provision of home medical equipment services.
NY Pub Health L § 3656 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 36-A - Medical Equipment Service Agencies 3656 - Enforcement.

§  3656.  Enforcement.  1.  A medical equipment services agency may be   subject to fines as provided by this chapter for material violations  of   the  provisions of this article. A medical equipment services agency may   have its license revoked, suspended, or limited by the commissioner  for   repeated  violations of the requirements of this article. In such cases,   the commissioner may require the agency to submit  a  corrective  action   plan  for  approval.  The  license  of  an  agency  may also be revoked,   suspended or limited upon a finding that the actions of such agency have   materially endangered public health and safety.2. No permit or certificate shall be revoked,  suspended,  limited  or   annulled  without  an  opportunity afforded the agency an administrative   hearing on the facts at issue.
NY Pub Health L § 3700 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 37 - Physician Assistants 3700 - Definitions.

§ 3700. Definitions. As used in this article:1.  Physician assistant. The term "physician assistant" means a person   who is licensed as a physician assistant pursuant to section  sixty-five   hundred forty-one of the education law.2.  Physician.  The  term "physician" means a practitioner of medicine   licensed to practice medicine pursuant to article one hundred thirty-one   of the education law.3. Hospital. The term "hospital"  means  an  institution  or  facility   possessing  a  valid  operating  certificate  issued pursuant to article   twenty-eight  of  this  chapter  and  authorized  to  employ   physician   assistants in accordance with rules and regulations of the public health   and health planning council.4.  Approved  program. The term "approved program" means a program for   the education of physician assistants which has been  formally  approved   by the education department.
NY Pub Health L § 3701 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 37 - Physician Assistants 3701 - Commissioner; Powers and Duties.

§  3701.  Commissioner; powers and duties. The commissioner shall have   the following powers and duties: 1. to promulgate  regulations  defining   and restricting the duties which may be assigned to physician assistants   by  their  supervising physician, the degree of supervision required and   the manner in which such duties may be performed;2. to conduct and support continuing studies respecting the nature and   scope of the duties of physician assistants in order  to  promote  their   effective functioning as members of the health care team;3.  to  determine  the  desirability  of  and  to  establish rules for   requiring continuing education of physician assistants;4. to furnish the education department with suggested  criteria  which   may  be  used  by  the education department to help determine whether an   applicant for licensure as a physician  assistant  possesses  equivalent   education  and  training,  such  as  experience  as  a nurse or military   corpsman, which may be accepted in lieu of all or part  of  an  approved   program;5.  to  adopt  such other rules and regulations as may be necessary or   appropriate to carry out the purposes of this article.
NY Pub Health L § 3702 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 37 - Physician Assistants 3702 - Special Provisions.

§  3702.  Special  provisions. 1. Inpatient medical orders. A licensed   physician assistant employed or extended privileges by a  hospital  may,   if  permissible under the bylaws, rules and regulations of the hospital,   write medical orders, including those  for  controlled  substances,  for   inpatients  under  the  care of the physician responsible for his or her   supervision. Countersignature of such orders may be required  if  deemed   necessary  and appropriate by the supervising physician or the hospital,   but in no event shall countersignature be required prior to execution.2. Withdrawing blood. A  licensed  physician  assistant  or  certified   nurse practitioner acting within his or her lawful scope of practice may   supervise  and  direct  the  withdrawal  of  blood  for  the  purpose of   determining the alcoholic or drug content therein under subparagraph one   of  paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  four  of  section  eleven   hundred   ninety-four   of  the  vehicle  and  traffic  law,  notwithstanding  any   provision to the contrary in clause (ii) of such subparagraph.3. Prescriptions  for  controlled  substances.  A  licensed  physician   assistant,  in  good  faith and acting within his or her lawful scope of   practice,  and  to  the  extent  assigned  by  his  or  her  supervising   physician,  may  prescribe controlled substances as a practitioner under   article thirty-three of this chapter, to patients under the care of such   physician responsible for his or her supervision. The  commissioner,  in   consultation  with  the  commissioner  of education, may promulgate such   regulations as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
NY Pub Health L § 3703 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 37 - Physician Assistants 3703 - Statutory Construction.

§  3703. Statutory construction. A physician assistant may perform any   function in conjunction with a medical service lawfully performed by the   physician  assistant,  in  any  health  care  setting,  that  a  statute   authorizes  or directs a physician to perform and that is appropriate to   the  education,  training  and  experience  of  the  licensed  physician   assistant and within the ordinary practice of the supervising physician.   This  section  shall not be construed to increase or decrease the lawful   scope of practice of a physician assistant under the education law.
NY Pub Health L § 3710 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 37-A - Specialist Assistants 3710 - Definitions.

§ 3710. Definitions. As used in this article:1.  Specialist  assistant.  The  term  "specialist  assistant" means a   person  who  is  registered  pursuant  to  section  sixty-five   hundred   forty-eight  of  the  education  law  as  a  specialist  assistant for a   particular medical speciality as defined by regulations  promulgated  by   the commissioner pursuant to section thirty-seven hundred eleven of this   article.2.  Physician.  The  term "physician" means a practitioner of medicine   licensed to practice medicine pursuant to article one hundred thirty-one   of the education law.3. Hospital. The term "hospital"  means  an  institution  or  facility   possessing  a  valid  operating  certificate  issued pursuant to article   twenty-eight  of  this  chapter  and  authorized  to  employ  specialist   assistants in accordance with rules and regulations of the public health   and health planning council.4.  Approved  program. The term "approved program" means a program for   the education of specialist assistants which has been formally  approved   by the education department.