Bill Text: NY A03625 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the aging in place task force, and provides for its powers and duties.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to aging [A03625 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A03625-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3625
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 30, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. ABINANTI, SEPULVEDA, HOOPER, BARRETT, COLTON,
          SIMON, CROUCH, JAFFEE, GUNTHER, BUCHWALD, RAIA,  McDONALD,  SEAWRIGHT,
          MAYER,  COOK,  OTIS,  WALTER, ROSENTHAL, SKARTADOS, GALEF -- read once
          and referred to the Committee on Aging
        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
    19  by the majority leader of the senate; one person appointed by the minor-
    20  ity leader of the senate; two people appointed by  the  speaker  of  the
    21  assembly;  one  person appointed by the majority leader of the assembly;
    22  and one person appointed by the minority leader  of  the  assembly.  The
    23  chairperson  and  ranking  members  of  the standing senate and assembly
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  committees of aging and the appointees of the temporary president of the
     2  senate, majority leader of the senate, minority leader  of  the  senate,
     3  speaker  of  the  assembly, majority leader of the assembly and minority
     4  leader  of the assembly may be members of the legislature.  All appoint-
     5  ments to the aging in place task force shall be made no later than thir-
     6  ty days after the effective date of  this  act.  Any  vacancy  shall  be
     7  filled by the appointing authority.
     8    §  3.  There shall be two chairpersons selected from among the members
     9  of the aging in place task force. One chairperson shall be  selected  by
    10  the  temporary  president  of  the  senate  and one chairperson shall be
    11  selected by the speaker of the assembly. Such chairperson shall schedule
    12  the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held no  later  than
    13  sixty days after the effective date of this act.
    14    §  4. The members of the aging in place task force shall serve without
    15  compensation, except that members shall be allowed their  necessary  and
    16  actual  expenses  incurred in the performance of their duties under this
    17  act.
    18    § 5. The office for the aging shall provide the aging  in  place  task
    19  force  with  such  facilities,  assistance, and data as will enable such
    20  task force to carry out its powers and duties. Additionally,  all  other
    21  departments  or  agencies of the state or subdivisions thereof shall, at
    22  the request of the chairpersons,  provide  such  task  force  with  such
    23  facilities, assistance, and data as will enable such task force to carry
    24  out its powers and duties.
    25    §  6.  The aging in place task force shall issue a report of its find-
    26  ings and recommendations to the governor, the temporary president of the
    27  senate and the speaker of the assembly no later than January 1, 2020.
    28    § 7. The aging in place task force shall terminate on the date that it
    29  submits the report required in section six of this act or  December  31,
    30  2019, whichever is later.
    31    § 8. This act shall take effect immediately.