367-P - Responsibilities of local districts for personal care services, home care services and private duty nursing.

* §  367-p.  Responsibilities  of  local  districts  for personal care  services, home care services and private duty nursing.  Consistent  with  the  provisions  of  section  three hundred sixty-seven-n of this title,  local  social  services  district  responsibilities  for  personal  care  services,  home care services and private duty nursing shall include the  following:    (a) local districts with programs which place  individuals  discharged  from  hospitals  solely into certified home health agencies shall ensure  that those individuals are reviewed for possible placement into personal  care services within two weeks of discharge and, if appropriate,  placed  into personal care services within four weeks thereof;    (b)  each  local  district shall, by September first, nineteen hundred  ninety-five, review that plan of  care  for  every  recipient  receiving  personal  care  on a continuous basis pursuant to sections three hundred  sixty-seven-k and three hundred sixty-seven-l of this title;    (c) each local district shall ensure access  to  a  consumer  directed  personal  assistance  program operated pursuant to section three hundred  sixty-five-f of this title is available in the district to allow persons  receiving home care pursuant to this title to directly arrange  and  pay  for such care; and    (d)  local  districts  shall not restrict, and shall not be restricted  from approving, the provision of private duty nursing as an  alternative  to  nursing  services provided by a home health agency where appropriate  and cost-effective pursuant to section three hundred sixty-seven-l.    * NB There are 2 § 367-p's