Bill Text: NY A02123 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Establishes the aging in place task force, and provides for its powers and duties.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to aging [A02123 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A02123-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2123--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 15, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI, BARRETT, COLTON, SIMON, JAFFEE, GUNTHER, BUCHWALD, McDONALD, CLARK, MARKEY, SEAWRIGHT, MAYER, RAIA, WALTER, OTIS, COOK, ROSENTHAL, SKARTADOS, GALEF, CROUCH, HOOPER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Aging -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee 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 sixteen 13 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 majority leader of the senate; one person appointed by the minor- 20 ity leader of the senate; two people appointed by the speaker of the 21 assembly; one person appointed by the majority leader of the assembly; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04366-02-5