Establishes the hospice workforce stabilization and innovation program; grants for staff retention incentives, continuing education, professional certification including board certification in hospice and palliative care, workforce wellness initiatives, and other workforce support activities approved by the department; creates grants for establishing regional hospice workforce pipeline programs.
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✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesBill explicitly creates a new program with appropriations for hospice workforce stabilization, including grants for staff retention, education, and wellness initiatives, directly funding essential public health services.90% confidence
✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareBill establishes hospice workforce stabilization program with grants for staff retention, education, and wellness initiatives, directly strengthening healthcare workforce capacity.95% confidence
✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentBill establishes workforce stabilization program with grants for staff retention, continuing education, certification, and wellness initiatives, directly supporting hospice workers' employment conditions and professional development.85% confidence
Requires public notice and public engagement when a general hospital seeks to close entirely or a unit that provides maternity, mental health or substance use care.
This bill requires all general hospitals to install metal detectors at every public entrance as part of their workplace violence safety and security plans. The law mandates that hospitals develop and regularly update comprehensive security measures, which can include employee training, increased staffing, and various engineering controls like barriers and lighting systems. Hospitals must share detailed summaries of their security plans with employees and union representatives, while also providing information on how to report workplace violence incidents. The legislation takes effect immediately, aligning with the implementation timeline of related workplace violence assessment laws.
Relates to reimbursement of home care aides; requires the commissioner of health to ensure rate ranges for Medicaid managed care organizations comply with certain reimbursement rates.
This bill asks the Governor of New York to officially designate March 22, 2026, as Lynch Syndrome Awareness Day in the state. It directly affects the Governor and aims to raise public awareness about Lynch Syndrome, a hereditary condition that increases the risk of various cancers. The resolution does not change laws or funding but serves as a symbolic gesture to encourage education and screening for this genetic condition. The bill is a commemorative measure that aligns with national awareness efforts and directs the Governor to issue a formal proclamation.
Requires insurers to pay a licensed home care services agency for work provided by a personal care aide or a home health aide with temporary protected status or other visa status; requires the licensed home services agency to have made a good faith effort to establish the employment eligibility of personal care aide or a home health aide consistent with federal regulation and statutes.
Enacts "India's law" under which an incarcerated individual's next of kin shall be notified and allowed visitation by a local correctional facility when such individual is experiencing a serious medical event or demonstrating behavior that is likely to result in serious harm to themselves or others.
This bill creates a new program within the New York State Urban Development Corporation to provide funding for housing designed for people with mental and developmental disabilities. It authorizes the corporation to use up to $25 million from its community development financial institutions fund to support community development financial institutions that help build supportive and supervised living facilities. The program requires the corporation to work with state mental health and disability offices to create rules for how the money will be distributed. The changes will take effect 180 days after the bill becomes law, allowing time for necessary regulations to be prepared.
Provides parity to durable medical equipment providers by requiring Medicaid managed care organizations to reimburse such providers at no less than one hundred percent of the medical assistance durable medical equipment fee schedule for the same service or item.
Relates to improving Medicaid accountability; verifies Medicaid enrollment data; audits certain Medicaid program areas; creates managed care payment safeguards; establishes a biometric verification pilot program.
