Bill Text: NY S00713 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO AGING [S00713 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S00713-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           713

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 6, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed 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 four-
    13  teen 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 minority leader of the senate; two people appointed by the speak-
    20  er  of  the assembly; and one person appointed by the minority leader of
    21  the assembly. The chairperson and ranking members of the standing senate
    22  and assembly committees of aging and the  appointees  of  the  temporary
    23  president  of  the senate, minority leader of the senate, speaker of the
    24  assembly and minority leader of the  assembly  may  be  members  of  the
    25  legislature.  All appointments to the aging in place task force shall be

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  made no later than thirty days after the effective date of this act. Any
     2  vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority.
     3    §  3.  There shall be two chairpersons selected from among the members
     4  of the aging in place task force. One chairperson shall be  selected  by
     5  the  temporary  president  of  the  senate  and one chairperson shall be
     6  selected by the speaker of the assembly. Such chairperson shall schedule
     7  the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held no  later  than
     8  sixty days after the effective date of this act.
     9    §  4. The members of the aging in place task force shall serve without
    10  compensation, except that members shall be allowed their  necessary  and
    11  actual  expenses  incurred in the performance of their duties under this
    12  act.
    13    § 5. The office for the aging shall provide the aging  in  place  task
    14  force  with  such  facilities,  assistance, and data as will enable such
    15  task force to carry out its powers and duties. Additionally,  all  other
    16  departments  or  agencies of the state or subdivisions thereof shall, at
    17  the request of the chairpersons,  provide  such  task  force  with  such
    18  facilities, assistance, and data as will enable such task force to carry
    19  out its powers and duties.
    20    §  6.  The aging in place task force shall issue a report of its find-
    21  ings and recommendations to the governor, the temporary president of the
    22  senate and the speaker of the assembly no later than January 1, 2026.
    23    § 7. The aging in place task force shall terminate on the date that it
    24  submits the report required in section six of this act or  December  31,
    25  2025, whichever is later.
    26    § 8. This act shall take effect immediately.