A New York bill on care standards, introduced and still moving. Last moved January 7, 2026.
Official title Relates to the use of antipsychotic medications in nursing homes; imposes limits as to time and documentation; requires informed consent under certain circumstances.
What this affects
- Who pays, or is paid
- Facilities carry the cost of meeting the standard. Surveyors cite against it.
- Which buildings
- 594 facilities holding 111,493 licensed beds in New York.
- The dollars, or the rule
- We cannot tell yet from the text. No dollar figure or threshold is stated in what we hold.
- Effective
- We cannot tell yet from the text. No effective date is stated yet.
- Status
- Introduced, as of January 7, 2026.
Rules about what a building must do for a resident are what surveyors cite against, and citations are priced into every offer.
Latest action, January 7, 2026: ordered to third reading cal.56
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Bill text and status: nysenate.gov · retrieved August 3, 2026