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
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