Bill Text: NY S07425 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to reporting unmet need, which is the number of eligible individuals seeking participation in a program or service who are not receiving such program or service due to insufficient resources or capacity.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO AGING [S07425 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S07425-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7425 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 24, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to reporting unmet need for programs and services for the aging The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 203 of the elder law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 2-a to read as follows: 3 2-a. The office shall collect from each area agency on aging as 4 defined by subdivision two of this section information concerning the 5 unmet need for each program or service offered by the area agency. For 6 the purposes of this subdivision, unmet need shall be defined as the 7 number of eligible individuals seeking participation in a program or 8 service and who are not receiving such program or service due to insuf- 9 ficient resources or capacity. The office shall provide a comprehensive 10 report on the unmet need for each program or service throughout the 11 state to the speaker of the assembly and temporary president of the 12 senate no later than December thirty-first of each year. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00147-01-3
