2014 New York Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 28 - (2800 - 2826) HOSPITALS
2803-F - Respite projects.

  2803-f.  Respite projects. Residential health care facilities shall
  be  permitted,  with  the  prior  approval  of   the   commissioner   in
  consultation  with  the  director  of the state office for the aging, to
  participate in respite projects pursuant to section two hundred eight of
  the elder law.  No person shall receive services providing respite in  a
  residential  health  care  facility  unless  such  person  is  medically
  eligible for admission to such facility. Reimbursement for services in a
  residential health care  facility  shall  be  as  provided  in  sections
  twenty-eight  hundred  seven  and  twenty-eight  hundred  eight  of this
  article  for  skilled  nursing  facility  services   or   health-related
  services.  The  commissioner,  in  consultation with the director of the
  state office for the aging, shall promulgate rules  and  regulations  to
  implement the provisions of this section.