STATE OF NEW YORK
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6504--A
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 24, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. CHU -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing an
Alzheimer's disease outreach and education program
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public health law is
2 amended by adding a new paragraph (r) to read as follows:
3 (r) Alzheimer's disease and other related dementias; including iden-
4 tification of dementia in health care facilities including but not
5 limited to hospitals, nursing homes, clinics and assisted living facili-
6 ties; community support services, including caregiver support groups and
7 services, respite, and care management; and resources and information
8 concerning Alzheimer's disease and any other dementia related matters
9 that the commissioner and director of the office for the aging deem
10 appropriate.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
12 it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07669-02-3
