Requires a multi-agency study of the issues impacting the continuum of caregiving in the state; requires the submission of a report of the findings, conclusions and recommendations from such study to the governor and the legislature.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5980
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 24, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. RYAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
AN ACT requiring a multi-agency study on the issues impacting the
continuum of caregiving in the state of New York
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The commissioners of health, the office for the aging, the
2 office of children and family services, the office for people with
3 developmental disabilities, the office of mental health and the depart-
4 ment of labor, shall study issues impacting formal and informal caregiv-
5 ers in the state of New York. Such study shall include, but not be
6 limited to, the current workforce of paid caregivers, an estimate of the
7 number of informal caregivers, an assessment of the number of caregivers
8 needed to meet the needs of residents of the various regions of the
9 state at the present time and over the next ten years, a review of the
10 adequacy of compensation for paid caregivers, a review of the current
11 state programs available to support training, recruitment and retention
12 of paid caregivers, programs to support unpaid caregivers, workforce
13 issues related to the availability and cost of caregiver services,
14 issues related to licensing, registering, certifying or enrolling of
15 such caregivers, worker protections, protections for persons in need of
16 care giving services, and opportunities for the consolidation of dupli-
17 cative programs, coordination of programs administered by various
18 government agencies, and development or expansion of programs to support
19 formal and informal caregivers.
20 § 2. Within one year of the effective date of this act, such commis-
21 sioners shall submit a report of their findings, conclusions and recom-
22 mendations to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, and
23 the speaker of the assembly and shall post such report on such commis-
24 sioners' websites.
25 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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