Bill Text: NY A09942 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires adult protective services to consult with the local area agency on aging when the individual requiring services is sixty years of age or older.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-3)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-06-05 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [A09942 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A09942-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9942
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 26, 2012
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       Introduced by M. of A. BRINDISI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Children and Families
       AN  ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring adult
         protective services to consult with the local  area  agency  on  aging
         when  the  individual  requiring services is sixty-two years of age or
         older
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 473 of the social
    2  services  law,  as  added  by  chapter  446 of the laws of 1979 and such
    3  section as renumbered by chapter 991 of the laws of 1981, is amended  to
    4  read as follows:
    5    (a)  (1)  In  that  the  effective delivery of protective services for
    6  adults requires a  network  of  professional  consultants  and  services
    7  providers, local social services districts shall plan with other public,
    8  private  and  voluntary  agencies  including  but not limited to health,
    9  mental health, aging,  legal  and  law  enforcement  agencies,  for  the
   10  purpose  of assuring maximum local understanding, coordination and coop-
   11  erative action in the provision of appropriate services.
   12    (2) IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBPARAGRAPH ONE OF THIS  PARAGRAPH,  WHEN  THE
   13  INDIVIDUAL  TO  BE SERVED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IS SIXTY-TWO YEARS OF
   14  AGE OR OLDER, THE LOCAL AREA AGENCY  ON  AGING  SHALL  BE  INFORMED  AND
   15  CONSULTED  ON PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AVAILABLE TO HELP SERVE THE INDIVID-
   16  UAL.
   17    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD15347-02-2