§ 2803-M — Discharge of hospital patients to adult homes

§ 2803-m. Discharge of hospital patients to adult homes. (1) A patient\nabout to be discharged as an inpatient from a hospital as defined in\nsection twenty-eight hundred one of this article to an adult home,\nenriched housing program or residence for adults as defined in section\ntwo of the social services law, shall be referred only to such home,\nprogram or residence that is consistent with that patient's needs and\nthat operates pursuant to section four hundred sixty of the social\nservices law. No patient shall be directly referred to any facility that\nis on the "do not refer list" pursuant to subdivision fifteen of section\nfour hundred sixty-d of the social services law; provided, however, that\nany patient who was a resident of an adult care facility at the time of\nhis or her admission to the hospital shall be permitted to return to\nsuch adult care facility regardless of the status of its operating\ncertificate.\n (2) No patient about to be discharged as an inpatient from a hospital\nshall be referred to any adult home, enriched housing program or\nresidence for adults, as defined in section two of the social services\nlaw, where the hospital has received a written notice pursuant to\nsubdivision eleven of section four hundred sixty-d of the social\nservices law that such home or residence is subject to enforcement\nactions by the department; provided, however, that any patient who was a\nresident of an adult care facility at the time of his or her admission\nto the hospital shall be permitted to return to such adult care facility\nregardless of any enforcement actions. Referrals may resume when such\nenforcement actions are resolved.\n