Relates to reporting unmet need, which is the number of eligible individuals seeking participation in a program or service who are not receiving such program or service due to insufficient resources or capacity.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2590--B
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 19, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. EICHENSTEIN, ABBATE, BARNWELL, BRONSON, CRUZ,
DICKENS, REYES, TAYLOR, D. ROSENTHAL, JOYNER, WALLACE, BRAUNSTEIN,
RAJKUMAR, OTIS, SMITH -- read once and referred to the Committee on
Aging -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee
with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
committee
AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to reporting unmet need for
programs and services for the aging
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 203 of the elder law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
3 2-a. The office shall collect from each area agency on aging as
4 defined by subdivision two of this section information concerning the
5 unmet need for each program or service offered by the area agency. For
6 the purposes of this subdivision, unmet need shall be defined as the
7 number of eligible individuals seeking participation in a program or
8 service and who are not receiving such program or service due to insuf-
9 ficient resources or capacity. The office shall provide a comprehensive
10 report on the unmet need for each program or service throughout the
11 state to the speaker of the assembly and temporary president of the
12 senate no later than December thirty-first of each year.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00404-03-1
