New York S 3705: Relates to limitations on the processing and approval of applications seeking licensure of a licensed home care services agency

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S03705 Summary:

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Relates to limitations on the processing and approval of applications seeking licensure of a licensed home care services agency.

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01/29/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

01/07/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3705

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 29, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to limitations on the
 processing and approval of applications seeking licensure of a
 licensed home care services agency

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 4 and 6 of section 3605 of the public health
 2 law, as amended by section 9-b of part B of chapter 57 of the laws of
 3 2018, are amended to read as follows:
 4 4. The public health and health planning council shall not approve an
 5 application for licensure unless it is satisfied as to[: (a) the public
 6 need for the existence of the licensed home health care service agency
 7 at the time and place and under the circumstances proposed; (b)] the
 8 character, competence and standing in the community of the applicant's
 9 incorporators, directors, sponsors, stockholders or operators[; (c) the
 10 financial resources of the proposed licensed home health care service
 11 agency and its sources of financial revenues; and (d) such other matters
 12 as it shall deem pertinent].
 13 6. Neither public need, tax status nor profit-making status shall be
 14 criteria for licensure.
 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03760-01-5

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