Bill Text: NY A05520 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the state office for the aging to conduct a study on the number of older adults residing in naturally occurring retirement communities or neighborhood naturally occurring retirement communities who are suffering from social isolation and loneliness; makes related provisions.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-05-31 - substituted by s5907 [A05520 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A05520-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5520

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 16, 2023
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        Introduced by M. of A. KIM -- read once and referred to the Committee on
          Aging

        AN  ACT  to  amend the elder law, in relation to the naturally occurring
          retirement  community  supportive  service  program;  in  relation  to
          authorizing  the  study  of  the number of senior citizens residing in
          naturally occurring retirement  communities  who  are  suffering  from
          loneliness  and  social  isolation;  and  providing  for the repeal of
          certain provisions upon the expiration thereof

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  The state office for the aging is authorized and directed
     2  to conduct a study on the number of older adults residing  in  naturally
     3  occurring  retirement  communities  or  neighborhood naturally occurring
     4  retirement communities who are suffering from social isolation and lone-
     5  liness. Such study shall include, but not be limited to  the  number  of
     6  members  of  such communities suffering from social isolation or loneli-
     7  ness, current programs or services seeking  to  alleviate  these  condi-
     8  tions, and additional programs or services that could be implemented.
     9    §  2.  On or before one year after the effective date of this act, the
    10  director of the office for the aging shall submit the  findings  of  the
    11  study  conducted pursuant to section one of this act and any recommenda-
    12  tions he or she deem to be necessary  to  the  governor,  the  temporary
    13  president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly.
    14    §  3.  Subdivision  8  of  section 209 of the elder law, as amended by
    15  section 1 of part S of chapter 59 of the laws of  2016,  is  amended  to
    16  read as follows:
    17    8.  On  or  before  March first, two thousand nineteen, and every five
    18  years thereafter, the director shall report  to  the  governor  and  the
    19  finance  committee of the senate and the ways and means committee of the
    20  assembly concerning the effectiveness of the naturally occurring retire-
    21  ment community supportive services program in achieving  the  objectives

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  set forth by this section, which include helping to address the needs of
     2  residents  in  such classic and neighborhood naturally occurring retire-
     3  ment communities, assuring access to a continuum of necessary  services,
     4  increasing private, philanthropic and other public funding for programs,
     5  and  preventing unnecessary hospital and nursing home stays.  The report
     6  shall also include recommendations concerning continuation or  modifica-
     7  tion  of  the  program from the director. The director shall provide the
     8  required information and any other information deemed appropriate to the
     9  report in such form and detail as will be helpful to the legislature and
    10  the governor in determining to extend, eliminate or modify  the  program
    11  including, but not limited to, the following:
    12    (a)  the number, size, type and location of the projects developed and
    13  funded, including the number, kinds  and  functions  of  staff  in  each
    14  program;
    15    (b)  the age, sex, religion and other appropriate demographic informa-
    16  tion concerning the residents served;
    17    (c) the services provided to residents, reported in such manner as  to
    18  allow comparison of services by demographic group and region;
    19    (d) a listing of the services provided by eligible applicants, includ-
    20  ing the number, kind and intensity of such services; [and]
    21    (e) a listing of partner organizations providing services, the number,
    22  kind and intensity of such services, and, to the extent practicable, the
    23  outcomes of such referrals; and
    24    (f)  the  number  of residents who are suffering from social isolation
    25  and loneliness and the services provided to residents.
    26    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
    27  the  provisions  of sections one and two of this act shall expire and be
    28  deemed repealed on the thirtieth day after the delivery of the report to
    29  the governor and the legislature as provided for in section two of  this
    30  act; provided, further, that the state office for the aging shall notify
    31  the legislative bill drafting commission upon the delivery of the report
    32  provided for in section two of this act in order that the commission may
    33  maintain an accurate and timely effective data base of the official text
    34  of  the laws of the state of New York in furtherance of effectuating the
    35  provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of  the
    36  public officers law.