2016 New York Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 28 - (Public Health) HOSPITALS
2803-M - Discharge of hospital patients to adult homes.

 2803-m. Discharge of hospital patients to adult homes. (1) A patient
  about  to  be  discharged  as an inpatient from a hospital as defined in
  section twenty-eight hundred one of  this  article  to  an  adult  home,
  enriched  housing  program or residence for adults as defined in section
  two of the social services law, shall be referred  only  to  such  home,
  program  or  residence  that is consistent with that patient's needs and
  that operates pursuant to section  four  hundred  sixty  of  the  social
  services law. No patient shall be directly referred to any facility that
  is on the "do not refer list" pursuant to subdivision fifteen of section
  four hundred sixty-d of the social services law; 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  the status of its operating
  certificate.
(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.