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N.Y. Public Health Law § 357 Certain counties; health services advisory boards
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§ 357. Certain counties; health services advisory boards. 1. In a county wherein the legislative body constitutes the board of health of such county under and pursuant to the provisions of section three hundred fifty-six of this title, the county shall provide for the appointmen…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 36 Disclosure of information
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§ 36. Disclosure of information. The inspector shall not disclose\ninformation which is prohibited from disclosure by any other provision\nof law.\n
N.Y. Public Health Law § 360 Certain cities; department of public health; establishment
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§ 360. Certain cities; department of public health; establishment. 1. The common council or similar legislative body of each city having a population of less than one hundred seventy-five thousand which has not by special law established a department of health, is hereby authori…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3600 Declaration of legislative findings and intent
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§ 3600. Declaration of legislative findings and intent. The legislature hereby finds and declares that the provision of high quality home care services to residents of New York state is a priority concern. Expanding these services to make them available throughout the state as a…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3602 Definitions
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§ 3602. Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Home care services" means one or more of the following services provided to persons at home: (a) those services provided by …
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3605 Licensure of home care services agencies
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§ 3605. Licensure of home care services agencies. 1. After April first, nineteen hundred eighty-six, no home care services agency which is engaged in providing, directly or through contract arrangement, nursing services, home health aide services, or personal care services shall…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3605-A Proceedings involving the license of a home care services agency
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§ 3605-a. Proceedings involving the license of a home care services agency. 1. A license of a home care services agency may be revoked, suspended, limited or annulled by the commissioner on proof that it has failed to comply with the provisions of this article or rules and regul…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3605-B Registration of licensed home care services agencies
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§ 3605-b. Registration of licensed home care services agencies. 1. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no licensed home care services agency (LHCSA) licensed pursuant to section thirty-six hundred five of this article shall be operated, provide nursing serv…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3605-C Authorization to enroll and provide medical assistance
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§ 3605-c. Authorization to enroll and provide medical assistance. 1. A licensed home care services agency (LHCSA) shall not enroll as a provider in the medical assistance program operated pursuant to title eleven of article five of the social services law or provide or claim for…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3606 Establishment of certified home health agencies
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§ 3606. Establishment of certified home health agencies. 1. The commissioner shall not issue a certificate of approval to any home care services agency except with the written approval of the public health and health planning council. However, a residential health care facility …
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3606-A Certified home health agency construction
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§ 3606-a. Certified home health agency construction. 1. The construction of a certified home health agency shall require the prior approval of the commissioner. 2. An application for such construction shall be filed with the department, together with such other forms and informa…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3607 Grants for expansion of services
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§ 3607. Grants for expansion of services. 1. The commissioner is hereby authorized, within the amount allocated pursuant to subdivisions one, two and three of section thirty-six hundred fifteen of this article, to make grants to certified public and voluntary non-profit home hea…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3608 Certification of home care services agencies
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§ 3608. Certification of home care services agencies. 1. The commissioner shall issue a certificate of approval to any home care services agency qualified to participate as a home health agency under titles XVIII and XIX of the federal Social Security Act applying therefor which…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3609 Grants for planning an establishment of new certified home health agencies
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§ 3609. Grants for planning an establishment of new certified home health agencies. 1. The commissioner is hereby authorized, within the amount allocated pursuant to subdivisions one, two and three of section thirty-six hundred fifteen of this article, to make grants to voluntar…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 361 Certain cities; commissioner of health and health officer; appointment and qualifications
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§ 361. Certain cities; commissioner of health and health officer; appointment and qualifications. 1. The commissioner of health in cities having a population of fifty thousand to one hundred seventy-five thousand shall be appointed by the mayor, and the health officer in cities …
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3610 Authorization to provide a long term home health care program
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§ 3610. Authorization to provide a long term home health care program. 1. A long term home health care program may be provided only by a certified home health agency, or by a residential health care facility or hospital possessing a valid operating certificate issued under artic…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3611 Operation of home care services agency
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§ 3611. Operation of home care services agency. 1. Any home care services agency which seeks licensure pursuant to section three thousand six hundred five of this chapter or a certificate of approval pursuant to section three thousand six hundred six of this chapter and which wo…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3611-A Change in the operator or owner
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§ 3611-a. Change in the operator or owner. 1. Any change in the person who, or any transfer, assignment, or other disposition of an interest or voting rights of ten percent or more, or any transfer, assignment or other disposition which results in the ownership or control of an …
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3612 Powers and duties of commissioner and state hospital review and planning council
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§ 3612. Powers and duties of commissioner and state hospital review and planning council. 1. The commissioner shall have the power to conduct periodic inspections of facilities of certified home health agencies, providers of long term home health care programs and of providers o…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3613 Home care services workers
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§ 3613. Home care services workers. 1. As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: * (a) "Home care services entity" means a home care services agency or other entity providing home care services subject to this article or exempt under section…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3614 Payments for certified home health agency services, long term home health care programs and AIDS home care programs
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§ 3614. Payments for certified home health agency services, long term home health care programs and AIDS home care programs. 1. No government agency shall purchase, pay for or make reimbursement or grants-in-aid for services provided by a home care services agency, a provider of…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3614-A Home care provider assessments
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§ 3614-a. Home care provider assessments. 1. Certified home health agencies and providers of long term home health care programs are charged assessments on their gross receipts received from all patient care services and other operating income on a cash basis in the percentage a…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3614-B Licensed home care services agencies assessments
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§ 3614-b. Licensed home care services agencies assessments. 1. Licensed home care services agencies are charged assessments, subject to the provisions of subdivision thirteen of this section, on their gross receipts received from all patient care services and other operating inc…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3614-C Home care worker wage parity
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§ 3614-c. Home care worker wage parity. 1. As used in this section,\nthe following terms shall have the following meaning:\n (a) "Living wage law" means any law enacted by Nassau, Suffolk or\nWestchester county or a city with a population of one million or more\nwhich establishe…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3614-D Universal standards for coding of payment for medical assistance claims for long term care
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§ 3614-d. Universal standards for coding of payment for medical assistance claims for long term care. Claims for payment submitted under contracts or agreements with insurers under the medical assistance program for home and community-based long-term care services provided under…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3614-E Electronic payment of claims
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§ 3614-e. Electronic payment of claims. The payment of claims submitted under contracts or agreements with insurers under the medical assistance program for home and community-based long-term care services provided under this article, by fiscal intermediaries operating pursuant …
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3614-F Home care minimum wage increase
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§ 3614-f. Home care minimum wage increase. 1. Definitions. For the\npurpose of this section:\n (a) "Home care aide" shall have the same meaning as defined in section\nthirty-six hundred fourteen-c of this article.\n (b) "Home care worker wage adjustment" shall mean a supplementa…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3615 State aid to certified home health agencies
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* § 3615. State aid to certified home health agencies. 1. State aid shall be provided to certified home health agencies to assist in developing and ensuring their capacity to meet community need. Funds for such aid shall be made available each year in an amount equal to twenty-f…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3616 Provision of certified home health agency services, long term home health care programs and AIDS home care programs
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§ 3616. Provision of certified home health agency services, long term home health care programs and AIDS home care programs. 1. A long term home health care program shall be provided only to those patients who are medically eligible for placement in a hospital or residential hea…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3616-A Quality assurance
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§ 3616-a. Quality assurance. 1. Every certified home health agency, licensed home care services agency, long term home health care program and AIDS home care program is required to establish a quality assurance program which shall objectively and systematically monitor and evalu…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3617 Respite projects
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§ 3617. Respite projects. Certified home health agencies shall be permitted, with the prior approval of the commissioner in consultation with the director of the state office for the aging, to participate in respite projects pursuant to section two hundred eight of the elder law…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3618 Continuation of existing home health agencies
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§ 3618. Continuation of existing home health agencies. Any home health agency which, on March thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-eight, possessed a valid certificate of approval issued under the provisions of article twenty-eight of this chapter shall be deemed a certified h…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3619 Exempt agencies
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§ 3619. Exempt agencies. Only an agency licensed pursuant to section thirty-six hundred five or certified pursuant to section thirty-six hundred eight of this chapter or exempt from the licensure requirements of section thirty-six hundred five of this chapter because the agency …
N.Y. Public Health Law § 362 Certain cities; term of office of commissioner and health officer; removal
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§ 362. Certain cities; term of office of commissioner and health officer; removal. 1. The commissioner of health in cities having a population of fifty thousand to one hundred seventy-five thousand, and the health officer in cities having a population of less than fifty thousand…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3620 Authorization to provide an AIDS home care program
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§ 3620. Authorization to provide an AIDS home care program. 1. An AIDS home care program may be provided only by a provider of a long term home health care program possessing a valid operating certificate issued under this article or an AIDS center as defined in accordance with …
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3621 Payment of claims
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§ 3621. Payment of claims. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the provisions of section thirty-two hundred twenty-four-a of the insurance law, and regulations thereunder, shall apply to claims for payment submitted by a licensed home care services agency, certified home he…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3622 Separability
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§ 3622. Separability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or part of this article shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 363 Certain cities; appointment of deputy commissioners and others; removal
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§ 363. Certain cities; appointment of deputy commissioners and others; removal. 1. The commissioner of health in cities having a population of fifty thousand to one hundred seventy-five thousand may appoint and at pleasure remove a deputy commissioner of health who shall be qual…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 364 Certain cities; compensation of commissioner and others
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§ 364. Certain cities; compensation of commissioner and others. In cities having a population of less than one hundred seventy-five thousand, the salary of the commissioner of health, deputy commissioner of health, health officer and all subordinates shall be fixed by the board …
N.Y. Public Health Law § 365 Certain cities; undertakings required of health officers
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§ 365. Certain cities; undertakings required of health officers. Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of their respective offices, the commissioner of health, deputy commissioner of health or health officer in cities having a population of less than one hundred seven…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3650 Definitions
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§ 3650. Definitions. When used in this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this article: 1. "Home medical equipment services" shall mean the delivery, provision, installation, maintenance and replacement of, or instruction in the …
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3651 Exemptions
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§ 3651. Exemptions. The provisions of this article shall not apply to: 1. Hospitals certified pursuant to article twenty-eight of this chapter. 2. The following entities and practitioners, unless these entities or practitioners furnish home medical equipment services through a s…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3652 Licensure required
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§ 3652. Licensure required. No medical equipment service agency located in New York state, or located in another state and providing home medical equipment services in this state may provide home medical equipment services unless a valid license has been issued as provided in th…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3653 Application and issuance of licenses
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§ 3653. Application and issuance of licenses. 1. An application for a license shall be made by the medical equipment service agency upon forms provided by the department. The application shall contain the name of the owner or owners, the location or locations where the medical e…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3654 Powers and duties of the commissioner and department
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§ 3654. Powers and duties of the commissioner and department. 1. The department may conduct periodic inspections of a medical equipment service agency to determine compliance with requirements set forth in this article and any related regulations. 2. The commissioner may also re…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3655 Medical equipment service agency advisory board
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§ 3655. Medical equipment service agency advisory board. 1. There is hereby created in the department a medical equipment service advisory board to consist of the commissioner or his or her designee as an ex-officio member, and eight other members appointed by the commissioner. …
N.Y. Public Health Law § 3656 Enforcement
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§ 3656. Enforcement. 1. A medical equipment services agency may be subject to fines as provided by this chapter for material violations of the provisions of this article. A medical equipment services agency may have its license revoked, suspended, or limited by the commissioner …
N.Y. Public Health Law § 366 Certain cities; commissioner of health and health officer; powers and duties
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§ 366. Certain cities; commissioner of health and health officer; powers and duties. 1. The commissioner of health or the health officer in cities having a population of less than one hundred seventy-five thousand shall: (a) exercise all the powers and be charged with all the du…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 367 Certain cities; deputy commissioners; powers
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§ 367. Certain cities; deputy commissioners; powers. In case of the absence or disability of the commissioner of health or health officer in cities having a population of less than one hundred seventy-five thousand, or of any vacancy in the office, the deputy commissioner of hea…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 368 Certain cities; advisory board; appointment; compensation
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§ 368. Certain cities; advisory board; appointment; compensation. 1. In cities having a population of less than one hundred seventy-five thousand, the mayor may appoint, and at his pleasure remove five resident and practicing physicians of the city who shall act as an advisory b…