ยง 2805-o. Identification of veterans and their spouses by nursing
homes, residential health care facilities, and adult care facilities. 1.
Every nursing home and residential health care facility as defined in
subdivisions two and three of section two thousand eight hundred one of
this article and every adult care facility licensed and certified by the
department pursuant to title two of article seven of the social services
law or article forty-six-B of this chapter, including all adult homes,
enriched housing programs, residences for adults, assisted living
programs, and assisted living residences shall keep and maintain
accurate records identifying veterans and their spouses residing within
such facilities. Such information shall be solicited by nursing home
and/or residential health care facility staff upon a patient's
admission, noted on the admission form, and included with the patient's
file by asking the question "Have you or your spouse ever served in the
United States military?". In the case of patients currently residing at
such nursing homes or residential health care facilities, staff shall
solicit such information by asking the question "Have you or your spouse
ever served in the United States military?" from each patient residing
at such institution and update the patient's file to indicate veteran
status.
2. Every nursing home, residential health care facility and every
adult care facility licensed and certified by the department pursuant to
title two of article seven of the social services law or article
forty-six-B of this chapter, including all adult homes, enriched housing
programs, residences for adults, assisted living programs, and assisted
living residences shall in writing advise all individuals identifying
themselves as veterans or spouses of veterans that the department of
veterans' services and local veterans' service agencies established
pursuant to section fourteen of the veterans' services law to provide
assistance to veterans and their spouses regarding benefits under
federal and state law. Such written information shall include the name,
address and telephone number of the New York state department of
veterans' services, the nearest department of veterans' services office,
the nearest county or city veterans' service agency and the nearest
accredited veterans' service officer.
3. Every nursing home, residential health care facility and every
adult care facility licensed and certified by the department pursuant to
title two of article seven of the social services law or article
forty-six-B of this chapter, including all adult homes, enriched housing
programs, residences for adults, assisted living programs, and assisted
living residences, with the permission of individuals identifying
themselves as veterans or spouses of veterans, shall transmit such
veteran status information to the division of veterans' services.
4. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be
subject to a civil fine not to exceed fifty dollars per violation but in
no event shall any fine exceed one thousand dollars.
Structure New York Laws
2800 - Declaration of Policy and Statement of Purpose.
2801-A - Establishment or Incorporation of Hospitals.
2801-D - Private Actions by Patients of Residential Health Care Facilities.
2801-E - Voluntary Residential Health Care Facility Rightsizing Demonstration Program.
2801-F - Residential Health Care Facility Quality Incentive Payment Program.
2801-G - Community Forum on Hospital Closure.
2801-H - Personal Caregiving Visitors for Nursing Home Residents During Public Health Emergencies.
2802 - Approval of Construction.
2802-A - Transitional Care Unit Demonstration Program.
2802-B - Health Equity Impact Assessments.
2803 - Commissioner and Council; Powers and Duties.
2803-A - Authority to Contract.
2803-B - Uniform Reports and Accounting Systems for Hospital Costs.
2803-C - Rights of Patients in Certain Medical Facilities.
2803-C-1 - Rights of Patients in Certain Medical Facilities; Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program.
2803-E - Residential Health Care Facilities; Return and Redistribution of Unused Medication.
2803-E*2 - Reporting Incidents of Possible Professional Misconduct.
2803-G - Board of Visitors in County Owned Residential Health Care Facility.
2803-H - Health Related Facility; Pet Therapy Programs.
2803-I - General Hospital Inpatient Discharge Review Program.
2803-J - Information for Maternity Patients.
2803-J*2 - Nursing Home Nurse Aide Registry.
2803-K - In-Patient Nasogastric Feeding Procedures.
2803-L - Community Service Plans.
2803-M - Discharge of Hospital Patients to Adult Homes.
2803-N - Hospital Care for Maternity Patients.
2803-O - Hospital Care for Mastectomy, Lumpectomy, and Lymph Node Dissection Patients.
2803-P - Disclosure of Information Concerning Family Violence.
2803-Q - Family Councils in Residential Health Care Facilities.
2803-R - Dissemination of Information About the Abandoned Infant Protection Act.
2803-S - Access to Product Recall Information.
2803-T - Preadmission Information.
2803-U - Hospital Substance Use Disorder Policies and Procedures.
2803-V - Lymphedema Information Distribution.
2803-V*2 - Standing Orders for New Born Care in a Hospital.
2803-W - Independent Quality Monitors for Residential Health Care Facilities.
2803-W*2 - Disclosure of Information Concerning Pregnancy Complications.
2803-X - Requirements Related to Nursing Homes and Related Assets and Operations.
2803-Y - Provision of Residency Agreement.
2803-Z*2 - Antimicrobial Resistance Prevention and Education.
2803-AA - Sickle Cell Disease Information Distribution.
2803-AA*2 - Nursing Home Infection Control Competency Audit.
2804 - Units for Hospital and Health-Related Affairs.
2804-A - State Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and Medical Technology Assessment.
2805 - Approval of Hospitals; Operating Certificates.
2805-A - Disclosure of Financial Transactions.
2805-B - Admission of Patients and Emergency Treatment of Nonadmitted Patients.
2805-E - Reports of Residential Health Care Facilities.
2805-G - Maintenance of Records.
2805-I - Treatment of Sexual Offense Victims and Maintenance of Evidence in a Sexual Offense.
2805-J - Medical, Dental and Podiatric Malpractice Prevention Program.
2805-K - Investigations Prior to Granting or Renewing Privileges.
2805-L - Adverse Event Reporting.
2805-N - Child Abuse Prevention.
2805-P - Emergency Treatment of Rape Survivors.
2805-Q - Hospital Visitation by Domestic Partner.
2805-R - Patients Unable to Verbally Communicate.
2805-S - Circulating Nurse Required.
2805-T - Clinical Staffing Committees and Disclosure of Nursing Quality Indicators.
2805-U - Credentialing and Privileging of Health Care Practioners Providing Telemedicine Services.
2805-V - Observation Services.
2805-W - Patient Notice of Observation Services.
2805-X - Hospital-Home Care-Physician Collaboration Program.
2805-Y - Indentification and Assessment of Human Trafficking Victims.
2805-Z - Hospital Domestic Violence Policies and Procedures.
2806 - Hospital Operating Certificates; Suspension or Revocation.
2815 - Health Facility Restructuring Program.
2815-A - Community Health Care Revolving Capital Fund.
2816 - Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System.
2806-B - Residential Health Care Facilities; Revocation of Operating Certificate.
2807 - Hospital Reimbursement Provisions; Generally.
2807-AA - Nurse Loan Repayment Program.
2807-D - Hospital Assessments.
2807-DD - Temporary Nursing Home Stability Contributions.
2807-D-1 - Hospital Quality Contributions.
2807-F - Health Maintenance Organization Payment Factor.
2807-I - Service and Quality Improvement Grants.
2807-J - Patient Services Payments.
2807-K - General Hospital Indigent Care Pool.
2807-L - Health Care Initiatives Pool Distributions.
2807-M - Distribution of the Professional Education Pools.
2807-N - Palliative Care Education and Training.
2807-O - Early Intervention Services Pool.
2807-P - Comprehensive Diagnostic and Treatment Centers Indigent Care Program.
2807-R - Funding for Expansion of Cancer Services.
2807-S - Professional Education Pool Funding.
2807-T - Assessments on Covered Lives.
2807-U - Transfers for Tax Credits.
2807-V - Tobacco Control and Insurance Initiatives Pool Distributions.
2807-W - High Need Indigent Care Adjustment Pool.
2807-X - Grants for Long Term Care Demonstration Projects.
2807-Z - Review of Eligible Federally Qualified Health Center Capital Projects.
2808 - Residential Health Care Facilities; Rates of Payment.
2808-A - Liability of Certain Persons.
2808-B - Certification of Financial Statements and Financial Information.
2808-C - Reimbursement of General Hospital Inpatient Services.
2808-D - Nursing Home Quality Improvement Demonstration Program.
2808-E*2 - Nursing Home Ratings.
2809 - Residential Health Care Facilities; Powers to Require Security.
2810 - Residential Health Care Facilities; Receivership.
2811 - Discounts and Splitting Fees With Medical Referral Services; Prohibited.
2814 - Health Networks, Global Budgeting, and Health Care Demonstrations.
2816-A - Cardiac Services Information.
2817 - Community Health Centers Capital Program.
2818 - Health Care Efficiency and Affordability Law of New Yorkers (Heal Ny) Capital Grant Program.
2819 - Hospital Acquired Infection Reporting.
2820 - Home Based Primary Care for the Elderly Demonstration Project.
2821 - State Electronic Health Records (Ehr) Loan Program.
2822 - Residential Care Off-Site Facility Demonstration Project.
2823 - Supportive Housing Development Program.
2824 - Central Service Technicians.
2824*2 - Surgical Technology and Surgical Technologists.
2825 - Capital Restructuring Financing Program.
2825-A - Health Care Facility Transformation: Kings County Project.
2825-B - Oneida County Health Care Facility Transformation Program:oneida County Project.
2825-C - Essential Health Care Provider Support Program.
2825-D - Health Care Facility Tranformation Program: Statewide.
2825-E - Health Care Facility Tranformation Program: Statewide Ii.
2825-F - Health Care Facility Tranformation Program: Statewide Iii.
2825-G - Health Care Facility Transformation Program: Statewide Iv.
2825-H - Health Care Facility Transformation Program: Statewide V.
2826 - Temporary Adjustment to Reimbursement Rates.
2827 - Plant-Based Food Options.
2828 - Residential Health Care Facilities; Minimum Direct Resident Care Spending.
2829 - Nursing Homes; Disclosure Requirements.