2017 New York Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 29CCCC - Care Act (Caregiver Advise, Record and Enable Act)
2994-II - Definitions.

 2994-ii. Definitions. When used in this article, the following words
  or phrases shall have the following meanings:
1.  "Hospital" shall mean any "general hospital" as defined in section
  twenty-eight hundred one of this chapter.
2. "After-care" shall mean any assistance provided by a caregiver to a
  patient under this article after the patient's discharge from a hospital
  that is related to the patient's condition at  the  time  of  discharge.
  Such  assistance  shall  include,  but is not limited to, assisting with
  basic activities of daily  living  (ADLs),  instrumental  activities  of
  daily living (IADLs), and other tasks as determined to be appropriate by
  the discharging physician.
3.  "Caregiver"  shall  mean  any  individual  duly  identified  as  a
  caregiver by a  patient  under  this  article  who  provides  after-care
  assistance  to  a  patient living in his or her residence. An identified
  caregiver shall include, but is not limited  to,  a  relative,  partner,
  friend or neighbor who has a significant relationship with the patient.
4.  "Discharge" shall mean a patient's exit or release from a hospital
  to the patient's residence following an inpatient admission.
5. "Entry" shall mean a patient's admission into a  hospital  for  the
  purposes of receiving inpatient care.
6. "Patient" shall mean a patient eighteen years of age or older.
7.  "Residence" shall mean a dwelling that the patient considers to be
  his or her home. A "residence" for the purposes of  this  article  shall
  not   include  any  rehabilitation  facility,  hospital,  nursing  home,
  assisted living facility, group home or other  residential  health  care
  facility  as defined in section twenty-eight hundred one of this chapter
  or any inpatient facility regulated by the office of mental health.