Bill Text: NY A02725 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 2725 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Appropriates 2 million dollars to the state office for the aging for the local long term care ombudsman program.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to aging [A02725 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A02725-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2725
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 20, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. CLARK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SWEENEY
         -- read once and referred to the Committee on Aging
       AN ACT in relation to making an appropriation  to  the  office  for  the
         aging for the local long term care ombudsman program
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The sum of two million dollars  ($2,000,000),  or  so  much
    2  thereof  as  may  be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the office for
    3  the aging out of any moneys in the state treasury in the general fund to
    4  the credit of the local assistance account not  otherwise  appropriated,
    5  and  made  immediately  available  for  the purposes of carrying out the
    6  provisions of the local ombudsman program pursuant to section 218 of the
    7  elder law. Such moneys shall be allocated to each local long  term  care
    8  ombudsman  program  based  upon  the proportionate share of beds in long
    9  term care facilities which are serviced by such  local  program.    Such
   10  moneys  shall  be payable on the audit and warrant of the comptroller on
   11  vouchers certified or approved by the director of  the  office  for  the
   12  aging.
   13    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
   14  have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06568-01-1