Bill Text: NY A02700 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes a farm-to-senior program to facilitate and promote the purchase of New York farm products by senior centers and other institutions for the aging.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-29 - substituted by s2149 [A02700 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A02700-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 17, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. MAGEE, RUSSELL, BARRETT, BRINDISI, GALEF, BRAUN-
STEIN, CLARK, LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Committee on
Agriculture
AN ACT to amend the elder law and the agriculture and markets law, in
relation to establishing a farm-to-senior program
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 14 and subdivision 15 of
2 section 202 of the elder law, paragraph (b) of subdivision 14 as amended
3 and subdivision 15 as added by chapter 263 of the laws of 2011, are
4 amended and a new subdivision 16 is added to read as follows:
5 (b) make recommendations, in consultation with the division of housing
6 and community renewal, to the governor and legislature for assisting
7 mixed-use age-integrated housing development or redevelopment demon-
8 stration projects in urban, suburban and rural areas of the state. The
9 director of the office for the aging and secretary of state shall estab-
10 lish an advisory committee for purposes of this subdivision. Such
11 committee shall include, but not be limited to, top representatives of
12 local government, senior citizen organizations, developers, senior
13 service providers and planners; [and]
14 15. to periodically, in consultation with the state director of
15 [veteran's] VETERANS' affairs, review the programs operated by the
16 office to ensure that the needs of the state's aging veteran population
17 are being met and to develop improvements to programs to meet such
18 needs[.]; AND
19 16. (A) IN COOPERATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE AND
20 MARKETS, TO ESTABLISH A FARM-TO-SENIOR PROGRAM TO FACILITATE AND PROMOTE
21 THE PURCHASE OF NEW YORK FARM PRODUCTS BY SENIOR CENTERS AND OTHER
22 INSTITUTIONS FOR THE AGING UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE OFFICE. THE
23 OFFICE SHALL MAKE INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO FARMERS, FARM ORGANIZATIONS,
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 AND INSTITUTIONS FOR THE AGING INTERESTED IN ESTABLISHING FARM-TO-SENIOR
2 PROGRAMS.
3 (B) IN COOPERATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS,
4 TO ESTABLISH A PROMOTIONAL EVENT, TO BE KNOWN AS THE "NEW YORK GOLDEN
5 HARVEST: SENIORS WEEK", TO PROMOTE NEW YORK AGRICULTURE AND FOODS TO
6 SENIORS AT SENIOR CENTERS, FARMS, FARMERS' MARKETS AND OTHER LOCATIONS
7 IN THE COMMUNITY. SUCH POWERS AND DUTIES SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE
8 LIMITED TO, COMPILING INFORMATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND
9 MARKETS FROM SENIOR CENTERS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS FOR THE AGING UNDER
10 THE JURISDICTION OF THE OFFICE INTERESTED IN PURCHASING NEW YORK FARM
11 PRODUCTS AND DISSEMINATING TO THOSE SENIOR CENTERS AND OTHER INSTI-
12 TUTIONS FOR THE AGING INFORMATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND
13 MARKETS ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF NEW YORK FARM PRODUCTS, AND CONTACT
14 INFORMATION FOR FARMERS AND OTHER BUSINESSES MARKETING SUCH PRODUCTS.
15 THE DIRECTOR SHALL REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE ON THE NEED FOR CHANGES IN
16 LAW TO FACILITATE THE PURCHASES OF SUCH PRODUCTS BY SENIOR CENTERS AND
17 OTHER INSTITUTIONS FOR THE AGING.
18 S 2. Section 16 of the agriculture and markets law is amended by
19 adding a new subdivision 5-c to read as follows:
20 5-C. (A) ESTABLISH, IN COOPERATION WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE FOR
21 THE AGING, A FARM-TO-SENIOR PROGRAM TO FACILITATE AND PROMOTE THE
22 PURCHASE OF NEW YORK FARM PRODUCTS BY SENIOR CENTERS AND OTHER INSTI-
23 TUTIONS FOR THE AGING UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE OFFICE FOR THE
24 AGING. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL SOLICIT INFORMATION FROM THE OFFICE FOR THE
25 AGING REGARDING SENIOR CENTERS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS FOR THE AGING
26 INTERESTED IN PURCHASING NEW YORK FARM PRODUCTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT
27 LIMITED TO, THE TYPE AND AMOUNT OF SUCH PRODUCTS SENIOR CENTERS WISH TO
28 PURCHASE AND THE NAME OF THE APPROPRIATE CONTACT PERSON FROM THE INTER-
29 ESTED SENIOR CENTER. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL MAKE THIS INFORMATION READILY
30 AVAILABLE TO INTERESTED NEW YORK FARMERS, FARM ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSI-
31 NESSES THAT MARKET NEW YORK FARM PRODUCTS. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE
32 INFORMATION TO THE OFFICE FOR THE AGING AND INTERESTED SENIOR CENTERS
33 AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS FOR THE AGING UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE
34 OFFICE FOR THE AGING ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF NEW YORK FARM PRODUCTS,
35 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE TYPES AND AMOUNT OF PRODUCTS, AND THE
36 NAMES AND CONTACT INFORMATION OF FARMERS, FARM ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSI-
37 NESSES MARKETING SUCH PRODUCTS. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL REPORT TO THE
38 LEGISLATURE ON THE NEED FOR CHANGES IN LAW TO FACILITATE THE PURCHASES
39 OF SUCH PRODUCTS BY SENIOR CENTERS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS FOR THE AGING
40 UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE OFFICE FOR THE AGING.
41 (B) COORDINATE WITH THE OFFICE FOR THE AGING IN ESTABLISHING A PROMO-
42 TIONAL EVENT, TO BE KNOWN AS "NEW YORK GOLDEN HARVEST: SENIORS WEEK", TO
43 PROMOTE NEW YORK AGRICULTURE AND FOODS TO SENIORS AT SENIOR CENTERS,
44 FARMS, FARMERS' MARKETS AND OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY.
45 S 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
46 it shall have become a law, provided, however, that effective immediate-
47 ly, the director of the office for the aging and the commissioner of
48 agriculture and markets are authorized to promulgate any and all rules
49 and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act on or
50 before such effective date.
