Bill Text: NY A04252 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes and directs the office for the aging to conduct a study of fees and charges assessed to residents of assisted living facilities and to make recommendations to the legislature.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-03-21 - REFERRED TO FINANCE [A04252 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A04252-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         4252--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 29, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M. of A. DenDEKKER, TITONE, COOK, MOSLEY, CAHILL, ROBIN-
          SON, HOOPER, LUPINACCI -- Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.  ARROYO,
          GLICK,  MAGEE,  PERRY,  SKARTADOS  --  read  once  and referred to the
          Committee on Aging -- recommitted to the Committee on Aging in accord-
          ance with Assembly Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee  discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee
        AN ACT authorizing the study of fees and charges assessed  to  residents
          of assisted living facilities
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The office for the aging  is  authorized  and  directed  to
     2  study  the  fees  and  charges  being  assessed to residents of assisted
     3  living facilities. Specifically, such study shall  review  the  rate  of
     4  increase of the fees and charges being assessed to residents of assisted
     5  living facilities.
     6    §  2.  On  or before April 1, 2017, the director of the office for the
     7  aging shall deliver a copy of the findings of the study conducted pursu-
     8  ant to section one of this act and any legislative recommendations he or
     9  she deems to be necessary to the governor, the  temporary  president  of
    10  the senate, and the speaker of the assembly.
    11    §  3.  The  director  of  the office for the aging may request, and is
    12  authorized to receive, any information from any state agencies  that  is
    13  relevant  and  material to the completion of this study and report. Such
    14  information received by the office for the aging shall be subject to the
    15  same requirements for confidentiality and limitations on use, if any, as
    16  are applicable to such state agency's use of such information.
    17    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01700-03-6