New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter V - Medical Facilities › Subchapter A - Medical Facilities-minimum Standards › Article 3 - Residential Care Facilities › Part 415 - Nursing Homes-minimum Standards › Optional Services › Section 415.41 - Specialized programs for residents with neurodegenerative diseases

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
General.
(1)
Specialized
						program
shall mean a discrete unit with a planned array of services,
						staffing, equipment and physical facilities designed to serve individuals with
						neurodegenerative diseases, and approved pursuant to Part 710 of this Title.
						The program shall provide goal-directed, comprehensive and interdisciplinary
						services directed at attaining or maintaining the individual at his or her
						highest practicable level of physical, affective, behavioral, psychosocial and
						cognitive functioning.
(2) For
						purposes of this section,
neurodegenerative disease
shall mean
						Huntington's disease or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
(3) For purposes of this section, and
						consistent with the requirements of section
						415.11 of this Part, the program
						shall have an interdisciplinary resident care team consisting of, at a minimum,
						the resident's physician, a registered professional nurse with responsibility
						for the resident and, depending on the resident's diagnosis, needs and
						symptoms, other appropriate staff in disciplines determined to meet the
						resident's needs which may include staff assigned to the unit as set forth in
						subdivision (e) of this section.
(4) The program shall be located in a nursing
						unit which is specifically designated for this purpose and physically separate
						from other facility units. Residents of the unit shall have access to all of
						the facility's recreational and therapeutic resources, including those
						resources that are not located in the unit.
(5) The facility shall ensure that sufficient
						space, equipment and facilities are available to support the clinical,
						education and administrative functions of the program in accordance with the
						standards set forth in Parts 711 and 713 of this Title.
(6) In addition to the implementation of the
						quality assessment and assurance plan for this program as required by section
						415.27 of this Part, the facility
						shall participate with the department in an evaluation of the efficacy and
						effectiveness of the program and its impact on residents, families and staff.
						The facility shall collect data and furnish records, reports and data in a
						format requested by the department and shall make members of the
						interdisciplinary resident care team available for participation in the
						evaluation, as requested by the department. The facility shall submit such
						information to the department for the period ending December 31st, no later
						than 90 days following the end of the calendar year, annually through calendar
						year 2021.
(7) This section shall
						be implemented as a Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement (QAPI)
						project, as described in guidance from the Federal Centers for Medicare and
						Medicaid Services.