Bill Text: NY A05353 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes a senior dental services grant program; authorizes the director to establish the program and, upon the availability of appropriations, provide grants to eligible elderly persons who are in need of such services.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 25-5)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to aging [A05353 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A05353-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5353
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 18, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. CYMBROWITZ, DINOWITZ, PAULIN, BENEDETTO,
BROOK-KRASNY, CRESPO, GUNTHER, JAFFEE, ROBINSON, COLTON, LOPEZ, ORTIZ,
CLARK, ROSENTHAL, BARRON, WEPRIN, HOOPER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
of A. ABBATE, ARROYO, AUBRY, BRENNAN, DUPREY, FINCH, GALEF, GLICK,
GOTTFRIED, LUPARDO, MAGEE, McKEVITT, RAIA, SCARBOROUGH, TITONE, WRIGHT
-- read once and referred to the Committee on Aging
AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to establishing a senior
dental services grant program
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. The elder law is amended by adding a new section 215-c to
2 read as follows:
3 S 215-C. SENIOR DENTAL SERVICES GRANT PROGRAM. 1. AS USED IN THIS
4 SECTION:
5 (A) "DENTAL SERVICES" SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, DIAGNOSES,
6 TESTS, STUDIES, TREATMENT OR ANALYSES UNDER THE CARE AND SUPERVISION OF
7 A LICENSED DENTIST WHO IS AUTHORIZED TO PRACTICE IN THIS STATE. THESE
8 SERVICES MAY ALSO INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, CLIENT ASSESSMENT,
9 INFORMATION AND REFERRALS.
10 (B) "ELDERLY" SHALL MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR
11 OLDER.
12 (C) "DIRECTOR" SHALL MEAN THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE FOR THE AGING.
13 (D) "COVERAGE PERIOD" SHALL MEAN TWENTY-FOUR CONSECUTIVE CALENDAR
14 MONTHS FOR WHICH AN ELIGIBLE PROGRAM PARTICIPANT HAS MET THE ELIGIBILITY
15 REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION.
16 2. THE DIRECTOR IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED, SUBJECT TO THE
17 AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS, TO ESTABLISH A GRANT PROGRAM FOR DENTAL
18 SERVICES TO ELIGIBLE ELDERLY PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH SERVICES.
19 3. PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR THE GRANT PROGRAM UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL
20 INCLUDE:
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (A) ELDERLY UNMARRIED RESIDENTS WHOSE INCOME FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR
2 IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE COVERAGE PERIOD IS LESS
3 THAN OR EQUAL TO TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND WHO HAVE NO DENTAL INSUR-
4 ANCE; AND
5 (B) ELDERLY MARRIED RESIDENTS WHOSE COMBINED SPOUSAL INCOME FOR THE
6 CALENDAR YEAR IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE COVERAGE
7 PERIOD IS LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO TWENTY-SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS AND WHO HAVE
8 NO DENTAL INSURANCE.
9 4. THE DIRECTOR SHALL PROMULGATE ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY
10 TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION WHICH SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT
11 BE LIMITED TO:
12 (A) A PROCESS OF DETERMINING AND RE-DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY AT THE END
13 OF EACH COVERAGE PERIOD FOR RECEIVING SERVICES UNDER THIS GRANT PROGRAM
14 INCLUDING PROVISIONS FOR SUBMISSION OF PROOF OF INCOME, AGE, AND RESI-
15 DENCY AND INFORMATION ON EXISTING COMPLETE OR PARTIAL COVERAGE OF DENTAL
16 EXPENSES UNDER A THIRD PARTY ASSISTANCE OR INSURANCE PLAN;
17 (B) SELECTION OF UP TO SIX GRANT RECIPIENTS THROUGH A REQUEST FOR
18 PROPOSAL PROCESS INCLUDING DUE CONSIDERATION TO GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION
19 AND EXISTING NEED FOR DENTAL SERVICES FOR ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT
20 THE STATE WITH PRIORITY GIVEN TO ACCREDITED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS OR
21 EXISTING DENTAL CLINICS SERVING THE LOW INCOME ELDERLY; AND
22 (C) THE ADMINISTRATION OF SUCH GRANTS, WHICH SHALL BE USED FOR THE
23 DIRECT PROVISION OF DENTAL CARE AND SERVICES TO THE ELDERLY INCLUDING,
24 BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DENTAL SERVICES, EQUIPMENT PURCHASES, AND TRAVEL
25 EXPENSES.
26 5. ADDITIONALLY, THE DIRECTOR SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR,
27 THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY,
28 PRIOR TO, BUT IN NO EVENT LATER THAN, DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, IN THE YEAR
29 FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER,
30 WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
31 (A) FINANCIAL REPORTS OF THE GRANT PROGRAM OPERATIONS ESTABLISHED
32 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION;
33 (B) AN ANALYSIS OF THE GRANT PROGRAM'S ABILITY TO PROVIDE SUCH DENTAL
34 SERVICES TO ELIGIBLE ELDERLY PERSONS;
35 (C) RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE CONTINUATION OF SUCH GRANTS AND THE NEED
36 FOR PROGRAM EXPANSION, IF APPROPRIATE;
37 (D) PROFILES OF THE GRANT RECIPIENTS; AND
38 (E) OTHER INFORMATION DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE DIRECTOR.
39 6. (A) NO APPLICANT FOR A GRANT PROVIDED FOR UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL
40 KNOWINGLY (I) MAKE A FALSE STATEMENT OR REPRESENTATION CONCERNING A
41 MATERIAL FACT, (II) SUBMIT FALSE INFORMATION CONCERNING A MATERIAL FACT,
42 OR (III) CONCEAL A MATERIAL FACT, ON AN APPLICATION TO OBTAIN A GRANT
43 PROVIDED FOR UNDER THIS SECTION.
44 (B) ANY APPLICANT WHO IS FOUND BY THE DIRECTOR, AFTER NOTICE AND A
45 HEARING, TO HAVE RECEIVED A GRANT PROVIDED FOR UNDER THIS SECTION BASED
46 UPON AN APPLICATION WHICH VIOLATED PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION
47 SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED FIFTY
48 DOLLARS.
49 S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
50 have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the
51 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
52 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
53 and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
