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S9555 • 2025

Relates to information that residential health care facilities are required to disclose to residents and their families

Relates to information that residential health care facilities are required to disclose to residents and their families

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
James Skoufis
Last action
2026-06-04
Official status
Senate Floor Calendar
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relates to information that residential health care facilities are required to disclose to residents and their families

Relates to information that residential health care facilities are required to disclose to residents and their families Relates to information that residential health care facilities are required to separately disclose to residents and their families; requires such information to be posted on the residential health care facility's website.

What This Bill Does

  • Relates to information that residential health care facilities are required to disclose to residents and their families Relates to information that residential health care facilities are required to separately disclose to residents and their families; requires such information to be posted on the residential health care facility's website.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-06-04 Senate

    SUBSTITUTED BY A10312A

  2. 2026-05-28 Senate

    COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

  3. 2026-05-28 Senate

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1409

  4. 2026-04-22 Senate

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH

  5. 2026-04-22 Senate

    PRINT NUMBER 9555A

  6. 2026-03-24 Senate

    REFERRED TO HEALTH

Official Summary Text

Relates to information that residential health care facilities are required to disclose to residents and their families
Relates to information that residential health care facilities are required to separately disclose to residents and their families; requires such information to be posted on the residential health care facility's website.

Current Bill Text

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

                                          9555

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                     March 24, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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  information  that
          residential  health  care  facilities are required to provide to resi-
          dents and their families

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 13 of section 2803 of the public health law, as
     2  added by chapter 344 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
     3    [13.]  13-A.  The  commissioner  shall require each residential health
     4  care facility to provide residents and their families  with  a  separate
     5  document, as part of an intake application, in no less than twelve-point
     6  font,  that  includes  information on how a potential resident and their
     7  family members can look up complaints, citations, inspections,  enforce-
     8  ment  actions,  and  penalties taken against the facility, including the
     9  web address for the New York state nursing home profiles website that is
    10  maintained by the department and the nursing home compare website  main-
    11  tained  by the United States department of health and human services, if
    12  applicable.  SUCH INFORMATION SHALL ALSO INCLUDE AN EXPLANATION  OF  THE
    13  OWNERSHIP  STRUCTURE  OF  THE  FACILITY,  INCLUDING THE CURRENT BOARD OF
    14  DIRECTORS AND MEMBERS OF THE LIMITED LIABILITY ENTITY, AND ANY  CONTRAC-
    15  TORS  INVOLVED WITH MAJOR FUNCTIONS OF THE FACILITY, INCLUDING STAFFING,
    16  FOOD, AND LINEN SERVICE.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14894-01-6