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Licensed Home Care Services Application Changes (DAL DHCBS 22-14)

New Yorksub_regulatoryNYS Department of Health — Division of Home and Community Based Services· effective 2020-04-01

What this rule requires your agency to do

  • 1The financial feasibility review requires the applicant to demonstrate available working capital equal to at least two months of estimated operating expenses of the agency.(Licensed Home Care Services Application Changes (DAL DHCBS 22-14))
  • 2A public-need rebuttable presumption of no need applies where five or more LHCSAs are actively serving patients within a county as of April 1, 2020.(Licensed Home Care Services Application Changes (DAL DHCBS 22-14))
  • 3Change-of-ownership applications for LHCSAs actively serving at least 25 patients are evaluated only on financial feasibility and character/competence (not public need) unless serving new counties.(Licensed Home Care Services Application Changes (DAL DHCBS 22-14))
  • 4LHCSA licensure applications submitted on or after April 1, 2020 are subject to review for public need, financial feasibility, and character/competence.(Licensed Home Care Services Application Changes (DAL DHCBS 22-14))

Applies to: personal care

Describes new public-need and financial-feasibility standards (in addition to character and competence) applied to LHCSA licensure applications effective April 1, 2020.

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