S10163 • 2025

Directs the department of health to conduct a study of recreational activity programming in nursing homes

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Sponsor: Cordell Cleare
Last action: 2026-05-01
Official status: In Senate Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Directs the department of health to conduct a study of recreational activity programming in nursing homes

Directs the department of health to conduct a study of recreational activity programming in nursing homes Directs the department of health to conduct a study and prepare a report of recreational activity programming in nursing homes examining the accessibility and inclusivity of programming, including accommodations for residents with physical or cognitive impairments, availability of multilingual services, transportation for off-site programming, and scheduling considerations.

What This Bill Does

Directs the department of health to conduct a study of recreational activity programming in nursing homes Directs the department of health to conduct a study and prepare a report of recreational activity programming in nursing homes examining the accessibility and inclusivity of programming, including accommodations for residents with physical or cognitive impairments, availability of multilingual services, transportation for off-site programming, and scheduling considerations.

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Bill History

2026-05-01 Senate
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Official Summary Text

Directs the department of health to conduct a study of recreational activity programming in nursing homes
Directs the department of health to conduct a study and prepare a report of recreational activity programming in nursing homes examining the accessibility and inclusivity of programming, including accommodations for residents with physical or cognitive impairments, availability of multilingual services, transportation for off-site programming, and scheduling considerations.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          10163

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                       May 1, 2026
                                       ___________

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

        AN ACT directing the department of health to conduct a study  of  recre-
          ational activity programming in nursing homes

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. a. The department of  health  shall  conduct  a  study  and
     2  prepare  a report on recreational activity programming in nursing homes.
     3  Such study shall examine the accessibility and inclusivity  of  program-
     4  ming,  including accommodations for residents with physical or cognitive
     5  impairments, availability of multilingual services,  transportation  for
     6  off-site programming, and scheduling considerations.
     7    b.  For  the  purposes  of  the  study, the department of health shall
     8  collect, at a minimum, the following data on facility characteristics:
     9    (i) size;
    10    (ii) geographic location;
    11    (iii) ownership type;
    12    (iv) for-profit or non-profit status;
    13    (v) staffing and administrative capacity, including the  presence  and
    14  qualifications of activities directors;
    15    (vi) staffing ratios;
    16    (vii) budget allocations; and
    17    (viii) the structure of activity programming, including whether facil-
    18  ities  use written activity calendars, the frequency and types of activ-
    19  ities offered, such as physical or social programming.
    20    c. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the follow-
    21  ing meanings:
    22    (i) "Nursing home" shall have the same meaning as such term is defined
    23  in section twenty-eight hundred one of the public health law.
    24    (ii) "Recreational activity" shall include a range of structured phys-
    25  ical, and social  interventions  as  determined  by  the  department  of
    26  health.
    27    § 2. Within one year of the effective date of this act, the department
    28  of  health  shall  issue  a  report  of the findings of the study to the
    29  governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker  of  the
    30  assembly.
    31    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15560-01-6