ny-HLT-43-26-00008-P: Streamline Reporting Requirements for Licensed Home Care ServicesAgencies. Rule MakingActivities Purpose: To streamline reporting requirements for Licensed Home Care ServicesAgencies while maintaining the required annual registration

I.D. No. HLT-43-26-00008-P PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Pro- cedureAct, NOTICE is hereby given of the following proposed rule: Proposed Action: Amendment of section 766.12 of Title 10 NYCRR. Statutory authority: Public Health Law, sections 3605-b and 3612 Subject: Streamline Reporting Requirements for Licensed Home Care ServicesAgencies. Rule MakingActivities Purpose: To streamline reporting requirements for Licensed Home Care ServicesAgencies while maintaining the required annual registration. Text of proposed rule: Subdivisions (c) and (d) of section 766.12 are amended and a new subdivision (e) is added to read as follows: (c) The licensed home care services agency shall [furnish] provide an- nually to the department [a copy of] its registration information prescribed by the department, including but not limited to: [(1) statistical summaries of all health care services, including the type, frequency and reimbursement for services provided, including reimbursement from federal and state governmental agencies, on forms provided by the department; (2) if a for-profit corporation, a list of the principal stockholders and the number and percent of the total issued and outstanding shares of the corporation held by each, duly certified by the secretary of the corporation as to completeness and accuracy; (3) if a not-for-profit corporation, a list of directors, officers and corporate members, if such members number 10 or fewer; and] (1) information about home care services provided by the agency including the total number of unduplicated cases by: (i) service type as defined in Public Health Law section 3602; (ii) patient age; (iii) county of patient residence; and (iv) program served; (2) the end-of-year census as of December 31 of the reporting year; (3) attestations completed by the agency operator that attest to: (i) the delivery of home care services over the past year, if ap- plicable; (ii) the intent to provide home care services during the upcoming reporting period, if applicable; and (iii) that the agency is operating in full compliance with section 766.9 of this Part; and (4) other such records and reports as may be legally required by the department. (d) [The agency shall furnish simultaneously to the department copies of all notices and documents required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.] Annual registration information shall be submit- ted in the form and format prescribed by the department. (e) The information specified in subdivision (c) of this section shall comprise the annual registration information required by Public Health Law section 3605 b and will be due no later than the date set by the depart- ment each year, and in no instance later than December 31st. Failure to timely submit registration information shall subject the agency to penal- ties as outlined in Public Health Law section 3605 b, including instituting proceedings to revoke the license of any licensed home care servic