Bill Text: NY S02669 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Removes the director of the office of the aging from deciding resources and information concerning Alzheimer's disease and any other dementia related matters; leaves such decisions to the commissioner of health.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-22 - REFERRED TO RULES [S02669 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-S02669-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          2669

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 22, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        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. Paragraph (r) of subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public
     2  health law, as added by a chapter of  the  laws  of  2024  amending  the
     3  public  health  law  relating  to  establishing  an  Alzheimer's disease
     4  outreach and education program, as proposed in legislative bills numbers
     5  S. 6504-A and A. 3122-A, is amended to read as follows:
     6    (r) Alzheimer's disease and other related dementias;  including  iden-
     7  tification  of  dementia  in  health  care  facilities including but not
     8  limited to hospitals, nursing homes, clinics and assisted living facili-
     9  ties; community support services, including caregiver support groups and
    10  services, respite, and care management; and  resources  and  information
    11  concerning  Alzheimer's  disease  and any other dementia related matters
    12  that the commissioner [and director of the office for  the  aging  deem]
    13  deems appropriate.
    14    §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
    15  manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the public  health  law
    16  relating  to  establishing an Alzheimer's disease outreach and education
    17  program, as proposed in legislative  bills  numbers  S.  6504-A  and  A.
    18  3122-A, takes effect.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02713-01-5