N.Y. Public Health Law § 2820: Home based primary care for the elderly demonstration project

* § 2820. Home based primary care for the elderly demonstration

project. 1. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary there is hereby

created a demonstration program within the department to determine the

effectiveness of providing home based primary care services to elderly

patients as part of an integrated program of long term care services. As

part of the demonstration program a selected provider shall be

authorized to provide physician, nurse-practitioner, physician assistant

and nursing services in the home of patients age sixty-five or older and

to other patients eligible for benefits pursuant to title XVIII of the

federal social security act.

2. The department may approve up to three providers as part of the

demonstration program.

3. In order to be an eligible provider an applicant must be licensed

to provide residential health care services. In addition such applicant

must also provide the following services: on-site rehabilitative

services, continuing care retirement community licensed pursuant to

article forty-six of this chapter or other residential services for the

elderly or disabled licensed by the state and adult day services as

authorized by the department.

4. Any provider selected to participate in the demonstration program

shall annually report to the department on the number of patients

served, the type of services provided, the cost of such services, the

sources of payment for such services, the number of patients served who

no longer remain in their homes and such other information as required

by the department to determine the effectiveness of the provision of

home based physician and nurse-practitioner services on the health care

of patients.

* NB Repealed January 1, 2031