LeadingAge New York supports this bill, which would clarify that individuals living in senior housing have the right to access and obtain the same services that they would if they were an individual residing in the community.

LeadingAge New York supports the intent of this legislation, but  recommends changes to facilitate the bills goal of further mitigating the use of unnecessary antipsychotics while safeguarding effective treatment plans for certain individuals.

This legislation would establish a demonstration program authorizing Certified Nursing Aides (CNAs) who receive advanced training to administer medications in nursing homes in St. Lawrence County under the supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN).

LeadingAge NY strongly supports this bill which would allow all ACFs and assisted living providers that employ nurses the option to provide nursing services directly. 

This bill would establish a demonstration program allowing one or more Managed Long Term Care (MLTC) plans that operate in rural counties and that have demonstrated success in transitioning individuals in need of a nursing home level of care from the nursing home to the community to enroll and manage the care of permanently placed nursing home residents for periods longer than three months. LeadingAge NY supports this legislation.

LeadingAge New York has concerns with this legislation, which aims to create in statute the Health Emergency Response Data System (HERDS). 

LeadingAge New York opposes this legislation which would require nursing homes to develop and submit to the Department of Health (DOH) a designated location for the storage of bodies of deceased persons who pass while living in a nursing home.

This bill would establish a demonstration program authorizing Certified Nursing Aides (CNAs) who receive advanced training to administer medications in nursing homes in St. Lawrence County under the supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN). LeadingAge NY supports this legislation.