N.Y. Social Services Law § 367-p: Responsibilities of local districts for personal care services, home care services and private duty nursing

* § 367-p. Responsibilities of local districts for personal care

services, home care services and private duty nursing. Consistent with

the provisions of section three hundred sixty-seven-n of this title,

local social services district responsibilities for personal care

services, home care services and private duty nursing shall include the

following:

(a) local districts with programs which place individuals discharged

from hospitals solely into certified home health agencies shall ensure

that those individuals are reviewed for possible placement into personal

care services within two weeks of discharge and, if appropriate, placed

into personal care services within four weeks thereof;

(b) each local district shall, by September first, nineteen hundred

ninety-five, review that plan of care for every recipient receiving

personal care on a continuous basis pursuant to sections three hundred

sixty-seven-k and three hundred sixty-seven-l of this title;

(c) each local district shall ensure access to a consumer directed

personal assistance program operated pursuant to section three hundred

sixty-five-f of this title is available in the district to allow persons

receiving home care pursuant to this title to directly arrange and pay

for such care; and

(d) local districts shall not restrict, and shall not be restricted

from approving, the provision of private duty nursing as an alternative

to nursing services provided by a home health agency where appropriate

and cost-effective pursuant to section three hundred sixty-seven-l.

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