N.Y. Public Health Law § 4656: Certificate of authority; authority of operator

* § 4656. Certificate of authority; authority of operator. 1. A

certificate of authority shall authorize an operator:

a. to operate a fee-for-service continuing care retirement community

and to enter into contracts pertaining to such community;

b. to prepare and make public information that details the terms of

any contract relating to a community;

c. to advertise the community and the related services that will be

provided pursuant to this article; and

d. to offer and execute contracts, including the collection of

entrance fees and deposits pursuant to sections forty-six hundred

fifty-nine, forty-six hundred seventy-four and forty-six hundred

seventy-five of this article.

2. a. The commissioner, in consultation with the council, may

authorize an operator of a community with an on-site or affiliated

residential health care facility to provide, for a limited period,

residential health care facility services to persons, who are not

residents of the community, provided, however, that the operator shall

not discriminate in the admission, retention or care of any such person

because such person is or will be eligible for, or receives or will

receive, medical assistance benefits pursuant to title eleven of article

five of the social services law.

b. The commissioner, in consultation with the council, may authorize

an operator of a community with an on-site or affiliated adult care

facility to provide, for a limited period, adult care facility services

to persons, who are not residents of the community, provided, however,

that the operator shall not discriminate in the admission, retention or

care of any such person because such person is or will be eligible for,

or receives or will receive, medical assistance benefits pursuant to

title eleven of article five of the social services law or supplemental

security income benefits pursuant to title sixteen of the federal social

security act and any additional state payments made under title six of

article five of the social services law.

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