Bill > S03705

This bill amends the New York Public Health Law to modify the criteria for approving home care services agency licenses. Specifically, the bill removes several existing requirements for license approval, including the need to demonstrate public need for the agency, evaluate the agency's financial resources, and consider additional pertinent factors. Instead, the public health and health planning council will now focus primarily on assessing the character, competence, and community standing of the agency's incorporators, directors, sponsors, stockholders, or operators. The bill explicitly clarifies that public need, tax status, and profit-making status cannot be used as criteria for granting a license. By streamlining the licensure process, the legislation aims to make it easier for home care services agencies to obtain licenses by reducing the number of evaluative factors considered during the application review.

Health and Social Services

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S3705