New York S 358: Requires that an employee, who is transferred from one state agency to another because his or her previous position was eliminated, be entitled to certain benefits

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S00358 Summary:

BILL NOS00358 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01198

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SPONSORRIVERA

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COSPNSRADDABBO, BRISPORT, CLEARE, COONEY, GONZALEZ, HINCHEY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, MARTINS, MAY, MYRIE,
 OBERACKER, RAMOS, RHOADS, ROLISON, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Rpld §365-a sub 2 ¶(e) sub¶ (v), amd §§365-a & 365-f, Soc Serv L

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Removes certain restrictions on eligibility for personal and home care services under medicaid.

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BILL NOS00358 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

04/29/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 358

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. RIVERA, ADDABBO, BRISPORT, CLEARE, COONEY, GONZALEZ,
 HINCHEY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, MARTINS, MAY, MYRIE, RAMOS, RHOADS,
 ROLISON, SALAZAR, SEPULVEDA, WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to removing certain
 restrictions on access to home care services; and to repeal certain
 provisions of such law relating thereto

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of paragraph (e) of subdivision 2 of
 2 section 365-a of the social services law, as amended by section 2 of
 3 part MM of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as
 4 follows:
 5 (i) personal care services, including personal emergency response
 6 services, shared aide and an individual aide, subject to the provisions
 7 of subparagraphs (ii), (iii), (iv)[, (v)] and (vi) of this paragraph,
 8 furnished to an individual who is not an inpatient or resident of a
 9 hospital, nursing facility, intermediate care facility for individuals
 10 with intellectual disabilities, or institution for mental disease, as
 11 determined to meet the recipient's needs for assistance when cost effec-
 12 tive and appropriate, and when prescribed by a qualified independent
 13 physician selected or approved by the department of health, in accord-
 14 ance with the recipient's plan of treatment and provided by individuals
 15 who are qualified to provide such services, who are supervised by a
 16 registered nurse and who are not members of the recipient's family, and
 17 furnished in the recipient's home or other location;
 18 § 2. Subparagraph (v) of paragraph (e) of subdivision 2 of section
 19 365-a of the social services law is REPEALED.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00585-01-5

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 1 § 3. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section 365-f of the social
 2 services law, as amended by section 3 of part MM of chapter 56 of the
 3 laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (c) has been determined by the social services district, pursuant to
 5 an assessment of the person's appropriateness for the program, conducted
 6 with an appropriate long term home health care program, a certified home
 7 health agency, or an AIDS home care program or pursuant to the personal
 8 care program, as being in need of home care services or private duty
 9 nursing and [as needing at least limited assistance with physical maneu-
 10 vering with more than two activities of daily living, or for persons
 11 with a dementia or Alzheimer's diagnosis, as needing at least super-
 12 vision with more than one activity of daily living, provided that the
 13 provisions related to activities of daily living in this paragraph shall
 14 only apply to persons who initially seek eligibility for the program on
 15 or after October first, two thousand twenty, and] who is able and will-
 16 ing or has a designated representative, including a legal guardian able
 17 and willing to make informed choices, or a designated relative or other
 18 adult who is able and willing to assist in making informed choices, as
 19 to the type and quality of services, including but not limited to such