S00566 Summary:

BILL NOS00566A
 
SAME ASSAME AS A02123-A
 
SPONSORLATIMER
 
COSPNSRADDABBO, AVELLA, BRESLIN, CARLUCCI, COMRIE, DILAN, ESPAILLAT, HAMILTON, HASSELL-THOMPSON, HOYLMAN, KENNEDY, KRUEGER, MONTGOMERY, PANEPINTO, PARKER, PERALTA, PERKINS, RIVERA, SANDERS, SAVINO, SQUADRON, STAVISKY, VALESKY
 
MLTSPNSR
 
 
Establishes the aging in place task force, and provides for its powers and duties.
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S00566 Actions:

BILL NOS00566A
 
01/07/2015REFERRED TO AGING
01/06/2016REFERRED TO AGING
02/11/2016AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO AGING
02/11/2016PRINT NUMBER 566A
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S00566 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         566--A
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 7, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by Sens. LATIMER, ADDABBO, AVELLA, BRESLIN, CARLUCCI, COMRIE,
          DILAN, ESPAILLAT, HAMILTON, HASSELL-THOMPSON, HOYLMAN, KENNEDY, KRUEG-
          ER,  MONTGOMERY, PANEPINTO, PARKER, PERALTA, PERKINS, RIVERA, SANDERS,
          SAVINO, SQUADRON, STAVISKY, VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging  --  recom-
          mitted  to  the  Committee  on Aging in accordance with Senate Rule 6,
          sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
          amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN  ACT  relating  to  establishing  the  aging in place task force, and
          providing for its powers and duties
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Aging  in  place  task force. There is hereby established
     2  within the office for the aging  an  aging  in  place  task  force.  The
     3  purpose  of the task force shall be to study how the state can encourage
     4  aging in place including, but not limited to, an examination of:
     5    (a) infrastructure and transportation improvements;
     6    (b) zoning changes to facilitate home care;
     7    (c) enhanced nutrition programs and delivery options;
     8    (d) improved fraud and abuse protections;
     9    (e) expansion of home medical care options;
    10    (f) tax incentives; and
    11    (g) incentives for private insurance.
    12    § 2. The aging in place task force shall consist of a total of sixteen
    13  members and shall include: the  commissioner  of  the  state  office  of
    14  temporary and disability assistance or his or her designee; the director
    15  of  the office for the aging or his or her designee; the chairperson and
    16  ranking member of the standing senate and assembly committees  of  aging
    17  or his or her designee; two people appointed by the governor; two people
    18  appointed by the temporary president of the senate; one person appointed
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03896-02-5

        S. 566--A                           2
 
     1  by the majority leader of the senate; one person appointed by the minor-
     2  ity  leader  of  the  senate; two people appointed by the speaker of the
     3  assembly; one person appointed by the majority leader of  the  assembly;
     4  and  one  person  appointed  by the minority leader of the assembly. The
     5  chairperson and ranking members of  the  standing  senate  and  assembly
     6  committees of aging and the appointees of the temporary president of the
     7  senate,  majority  leader  of the senate, minority leader of the senate,
     8  speaker of the assembly, majority leader of the  assembly  and  minority
     9  leader  of the assembly may be members of the legislature.  All appoint-
    10  ments to the aging in place task force shall be made no later than thir-
    11  ty days after the effective date of  this  act.  Any  vacancy  shall  be
    12  filled by the appointing authority.
    13    §  3.  There shall be two chairpersons selected from among the members
    14  of the aging in place task force. One chairperson shall be  selected  by
    15  the  temporary  president  of  the  senate  and one chairperson shall be
    16  selected by the speaker of the assembly. Such chairperson shall schedule
    17  the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held no  later  than
    18  sixty days after the effective date of this act.
    19    §  4. The members of the aging in place task force shall serve without
    20  compensation, except that members shall be allowed their  necessary  and
    21  actual  expenses  incurred in the performance of their duties under this
    22  act.
    23    § 5. The office for the aging shall provide the aging  in  place  task
    24  force  with  such  facilities,  assistance, and data as will enable such
    25  task force to carry out its powers and duties. Additionally,  all  other
    26  departments  or  agencies of the state or subdivisions thereof shall, at
    27  the request of the chairpersons,  provide  such  task  force  with  such
    28  facilities, assistance, and data as will enable such task force to carry
    29  out its powers and duties.
    30    §  6.  The aging in place task force shall issue a report of its find-
    31  ings and recommendations to the governor, the temporary president of the
    32  senate and the speaker of the assembly no later than January 1, 2018.
    33    § 7. The aging in place task force shall terminate on the date that it
    34  submits the report required in section six of this act or  December  31,
    35  2017, whichever is later.
    36    § 8. This act shall take effect immediately.
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