Bill > A00370

This bill establishes a nursing home resident quality and safety study to assess the implementation of a frailty index methodology in New York state nursing homes. The study will involve selecting nursing homes from across the state, divided equally into control and intervention groups, with at least 20% being non-profit or public facilities. The commissioner will contract with a demonstration team to train staff, collect data, and track resident information, including metrics like hospital transfers, medication use, falls, and pain. The intervention group will implement the frailty index, a globally recognized method for measuring elderly individuals' health status, while the control group will maintain standard practices. The study will run for 18 months, with data collection beginning 60 days after the effective date and staff training completed within 120 days. The demonstration team will issue a year-one report after 14 months and a final report after 21 months, providing recommendations for future legislative and programmatic actions. Participating facilities will receive training benefits, including a 25% discount on future frailty index methodology training, and the study will be funded through the federal civil money penalty reinvestment program. The bill is set to take effect on September 1, 2025, and will expire two years thereafter.

Health and Social Services

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A370