Bill Text: NY A05915 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 5915

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the naturally occurring retirement community supportive service program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-05-24 - substituted by s3392 [A05915 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A05915-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          5915

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 24, 2023
                                       ___________

        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

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

     1    Section 1. Subparagraph 4 of paragraph (f) of subdivision 1 of section
     2  209  of  the elder law, as added by section 1 of part S of chapter 59 of
     3  the laws of 2016, is amended and a new subdivision 9 is added to read as
     4  follows:
     5    (4) is made up of low-rise buildings six stories or less and/or single
     6  and multi-family homes, provided, however, that apartment buildings  and
     7  housing  complexes,  including  those  that  exceed  six stories, may be
     8  included [in rural areas].
     9    9. In the event that a classic or neighborhood NORC is no longer fund-
    10  ed under this section, the director shall, to the best of the director's
    11  ability, provide information about nearby services  available  to  older
    12  adults who currently live in such classic or neighborhood NORC.
    13    §  2.  Paragraph (n) of subdivision 4 of section 209 of the elder law,
    14  as amended by section 1 of part S of chapter 59 of the laws of 2016,  is
    15  amended to read as follows:
    16    (n)  the  circumstances under which the director may waive all or part
    17  of the requirement for provision of an  equal  amount  of  funding  from
    18  other  sources  required  pursuant to paragraph (m) of this subdivision,
    19  provided that such criteria shall include provision for  waiver  at  the
    20  discretion  of  the  director  upon  a  finding by the director that the
    21  program will serve a low income or hardship  community,  and  that  such
    22  waiver is required to assure that such community receive a fair share of
    23  the  funding available. The [committee] director shall develop appropri-
    24  ate criteria for determining whether a community  is  a  low  income  or
    25  hardship community;
    26    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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