New York S 9404: Establishes prescribed pediatric extended care centers

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S09404 Summary:

BILL NOS09404 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10258

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SPONSORFAHY

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COSPNSRGALLIVAN

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 44-A §§4450 - 4453, Pub Health L

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Directs the department of health to establish and administer a program for the certification, operation, and oversight of two prescribed pediatric extended care centers to provide supportive services to medically stable and medically complex children who require continual care.

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BILL NOS09404 

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03/10/2026REFERRED TO HEALTH

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9404

 IN SENATE

 March 10, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. FAHY -- 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 establishing
 prescribed pediatric extended care centers; and providing for the
 repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

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

 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new article
 2 44-A, to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 44-A
 4 PRESCRIBED PEDIATRIC EXTENDED CARE CENTERS
 5 Section 4450. Legislative intent.
 6 4451. Establishment and authorization.
 7 4452. Regulatory authority.
 8 4453. Reporting.
 9 § 4450. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby finds that
 10 medically fragile children, as defined in section four thousand four
 11 hundred one of this chapter, often require continual skilled nursing and
 12 therapeutic care which cannot be adequately provided in home or school
 13 settings alone. It is therefore the intent of the legislature to author-
 14 ize and regulate prescribed pediatric extended care centers that provide
 15 coordinated, comprehensive, nonresidential supportive services to such
 16 children and their families under the supervision of the department.
 17 § 4451. Establishment and authorization. 1. The department is hereby
 18 authorized and directed to establish and administer a program for the
 19 certification, operation, and oversight of prescribed pediatric extended
 20 care centers.
 21 2. The commissioner may approve up to two centers for operation within
 22 the state, at least one of which shall be located within one of the five
 23 boroughs of the city of New York.
 24 3. A prescribed pediatric extended care center shall be a nonresiden-
 25 tial facility that provides supportive services to medically stable and
 26 medically complex children who require continual nursing care.
 27 4. Each such center shall provide, at a minimum:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14640-01-6

 S. 9404 2

 1 (a) medical and skilled nursing services including, but not limited
 2 to, ventilator and tracheostomy management, suctioning, oxygen therapy,
 3 nebulizer treatments, enteral feeding and tube care, apnea monitoring,
 4 central-line and port care, ostomy management, medication adminis-
 5 tration, bladder catheterization and irrigation, shunt monitoring,
 6 seizure assessment and management, skilled assessment, and emergency
 7 protocols;
 8 (b) early-intervention and developmental therapies, including physical
 9 therapy, speech therapy, and occupational therapy; and
 10 (c) psychosocial, nutritional, and other supportive services as the
 11 department may require.
 12 § 4452. Regulatory authority. 1. The commissioner shall promulgate
 13 rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the provisions of this
 14 article. Such regulations shall include, but not be limited to, stand-
 15 ards for:
 16 (a) the establishment, certification, and renewal of prescribed pedia-
 17 tric extended care centers;
 18 (b) minimum staffing qualifications and ratios;
 19 (c) health, safety, and infection-control requirements;
 20 (d) clinical documentation, quality-assurance, and reporting obli-
 21 gations; and
 22 (e) inspection, enforcement, and penalty procedures consistent with
 23 sections twelve and twelve-b of this chapter.
 24 2. The department s