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Closure Procedures For a Local Health Department's Licensed Home Care Services Agency (DAL DHCBS 24-01)
New Yorksub_regulatoryNYS Department of Health — Center for Home and Community Based Services· effective 2024-02-07
What this rule requires your agency to do
- 1If more than six visits are needed for a patient, the local health department must recommend that the patient obtain services from a home care services agency licensed to provide those services in that county.(Closure Procedures For a Local Health Department's Licensed Home Care Services Agency (DAL DHCBS 24-01))
- 2A local health department surrendering its LHCSA license must work with the DOH Regional Office to develop and implement an abridged closure plan.(Closure Procedures For a Local Health Department's Licensed Home Care Services Agency (DAL DHCBS 24-01))
- 3The closure plan must include a plan for the storage of patient records and surrender of the license by mail to the Regional Office upon completion of all required closure activities.(Closure Procedures For a Local Health Department's Licensed Home Care Services Agency (DAL DHCBS 24-01))
- 4The closure plan must include an administrator-signed attestation on agency letterhead that the local health department will not exceed six patient visits per patient unless doing so is in the interest of patient safety or public health.(Closure Procedures For a Local Health Department's Licensed Home Care Services Agency (DAL DHCBS 24-01))
Applies to: personal care
Explains that local health departments may surrender their Article 36 LHCSA license while providing minimal-contact core public health services, and sets an abridged closure process.
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