2803-M - Discharge of Hospital Patients to Adult Homes.

NY Pub Health L § 2803-M (2019) (N/A)
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(2) No patient about to be discharged as an inpatient from a hospital shall be referred to any adult home, enriched housing program or residence for adults, as defined in section two of the social services law, where the hospital has received a written notice pursuant to subdivision eleven of section four hundred sixty-d of the social services law that such home or residence is subject to enforcement actions by the department; provided, however, that any patient who was a resident of an adult care facility at the time of his or her admission to the hospital shall be permitted to return to such adult care facility regardless of any enforcement actions. Referrals may resume when such enforcement actions are resolved.