Bill Text: NY S07776 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends provisions of the reimagining long-term care task force act relating to membership on such task force; changes the effective date to be 45 days after the end of the COVID-19 state of emergency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-02-24 - SIGNED CHAP.103 [S07776 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S07776-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7776

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 11, 2022
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2021 enacting the  "reimagining
          long-term care task force" creating a task force to study the state of
          long-term  care  services  in  this  state, as proposed in legislative
          bills numbers S. 598-B and A. 3922-A, in relation to the membership of
          such task force and the effectiveness of such provisions

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Sections 3, 4 and 5 of a chapter of the laws of 2021 enact-
     2  ing the "reimagining long-term care task force" creating a task force to
     3  study the state of long-term care services in this state, as proposed in
     4  legislative bills numbers S. 598-B and A. 3922-A, are amended to read as
     5  follows:
     6    §  3.  Membership.  1. The reimagining long-term care task force shall
     7  consist of 26 members [as follows] and shall include:
     8    (a) the director of the office for the aging, or [his  or  her]  their
     9  designee;
    10    (b) the commissioner of health, or [his or her] their designee;
    11    (c) the commissioner of labor, or [his or her] their designee; and
    12    (d) the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disa-
    13  bilities, or [his or her] their designee[;
    14    (e)  two].  The remaining twenty-two members shall be appointed by the
    15  governor[;
    16    (f)], including two members [appointed by] on  the  recommendation  of
    17  the temporary president of the senate;
    18    [(g)]  two members [appointed by] on the recommendation of the speaker
    19  of the assembly;
    20    [(h)] one member [appointed by] on the recommendation of the  minority
    21  leader of the senate;
    22    [(i)]  one member [appointed by] on the recommendation of the minority
    23  leader of the assembly;
    24    [(j)]  one representative of the AARP;
    25    [(k)] one representative of New York Caring Majority;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    [(l)] one representative of the Home  Care  Association  of  New  York
     2  State (HCA-NYS);
     3    [(m)] one representative of the Long Term Care Community Coalition;
     4    [(n)] one representative of [1199] 1199SEIU;
     5    [(o)] one representative of the New York State Nurses Association;
     6    [(p)] one representative of LeadingAge;
     7    [(q)]  one  representative of Healthcare Association of New York State
     8  (HANYS);
     9    [(r)] one representative of the Association on Aging in New York; [and
    10    (s)] one representative of the Empire State  Association  of  Assisted
    11  Living;
    12    [(t)]  one  representative  of  the  New  York State Health Facilities
    13  Association/New York State Center for Assisted Living;
    14    [(u)] one representative of the New  York  Medical  Directors  Associ-
    15  ation;
    16    [(v)]  one  representative  of  the  New  York Chapter of the American
    17  College of Physicians Geriatrics Committee; and
    18    [(w)] one representative of Argentum New York.
    19    2. Members of the task force shall broadly  represent  long-term  care
    20  and senior-related interests, including persons with expertise in senior
    21  or long-term care advocacy, persons with expertise in addressing dispar-
    22  ities based on race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, and
    23  disability  in  senior  or  long-term care, home care and facility based
    24  service  providers,  health  care  workers,  community-based   services,
    25  consumer-directed  services, associations for seniors, health care asso-
    26  ciations, elder law representatives, and/or  representatives  of  senior
    27  housing, including skilled nursing, independent facilities and services,
    28  assisted living facilities and services, and naturally occurring retire-
    29  ment communities.
    30    3. The commissioner of health and the director of the state office for
    31  the  aging,  or  [his  or  her designee] their designees, shall serve as
    32  [chairperson] co-chairs of the task force.
    33    4. No member of the task force shall be disqualified from holding  any
    34  other  public  office  or employment, nor shall [he or she] they forfeit
    35  any such office or employment by reason of [his or her]  their  appoint-
    36  ment  pursuant to this act, notwithstanding the provisions of any gener-
    37  al, special or local law, ordinance or city charter.
    38    5. The members of the task force shall  receive  no  compensation  for
    39  their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
    40  incurred in the performance of their duties pursuant to this act.
    41    §  4.  Assistance  from  state and local agencies. All departments and
    42  agencies of the state or subdivisions thereof, and local governments  of
    43  this  state  shall,  at the request of the chairperson, provide the task
    44  force such facilities, assistance and data to enable the task  force  to
    45  carry out its duties pursuant to this act.  Any such data, when received
    46  by  the  task force, shall be kept confidential and shall be used solely
    47  to carry out the purposes set forth in section two of this act.
    48    § 5. Reports. 1. The task force shall report the findings of its study
    49  with respect to the coronavirus pandemic to the governor, the  temporary
    50  president  of  the senate and the speaker of the assembly[, on or before
    51  December 1, 2021] within six months after the  effective  date  of  this
    52  act.  Such  report  shall include recommendations for further action and
    53  legislation.
    54    2. The task force shall report the findings of its full study  to  the
    55  governor,  the  temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the
    56  assembly[, on or before May 1, 2022] within one year after the effective
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     1  date of this act.  Such report shall include recommendations for further
     2  action and legislation.
     3    § 2.  Section 6 of a chapter of the laws of 2021 enacting the "reimag-
     4  ining  long-term  care  task  force"  creating a task force to study the
     5  state of long-term care services in this state, as proposed in  legisla-
     6  tive  bills  numbers  S.  598-B  and  A.  3922-A,  is amended to read as
     7  follows:
     8    § 6. This act shall take effect [immediately] 45 days after the end of
     9  the state disaster emergency, declared pursuant to executive  order  11,
    10  issued  on  November  26,  2021,  in  response  to the novel coronavirus
    11  (COVID-19) pandemic.
    12    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that section one
    13  of this act shall take effect on the same date and the same manner as  a
    14  chapter  of  the  laws  of 2021 enacting the "reimagining long-term care
    15  task force" creating a task force to study the state of  long-term  care
    16  services  in  this  state,  as  proposed in legislative bills numbers S.
    17  598-B and A. 3922-A, takes effect.