N.Y. Public Health Law § 2803-f: Respite projects

§ 2803-f. Respite projects. Residential health care facilities 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. No person shall receive services providing respite in a

residential health care facility unless such person is medically

eligible for admission to such facility. Reimbursement for services in a

residential health care facility shall be as provided in sections

twenty-eight hundred seven and twenty-eight hundred eight of this

article for skilled nursing facility services or health-related

services. The commissioner, in consultation with the director of the

state office for the aging, shall promulgate rules and regulations to

implement the provisions of this section.