Bill Text: NY A06244 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to grants established for local elderly abuse education and outreach programs, like the "Triad Programs".

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-03 - enacting clause stricken [A06244 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A06244-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6244
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 10, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A. KAVANAGH, LUPARDO, PHEFFER, MARKEY, ABBATE --
         Multi-Sponsored by -- M.   of A. FINCH,  HOOPER,  MAYERSOHN,  McENENY,
         McKEVITT,  MILLMAN, J. RIVERA, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Aging
       AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation  to  grants  established  for
         local  elderly  abuse  education and outreach programs like the "Triad
         Programs"
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 219 of the elder law is amended to
    2  read as follows:
    3    3. (a) As part of the program, the director may award grants to quali-
    4  fied  designated agencies to establish local elderly abuse education and
    5  outreach programs. Grants may also  be  awarded  to  expand  or  enhance
    6  existing  programs.    [(b)]  In  making such grants, the director shall
    7  consider:
    8    (1) the need within the jurisdiction of the designated agency for such
    9  education and outreach;
   10    (2) the manner in which the designated agency proposes to provide such
   11  education and outreach;
   12    (3) the capacity of the designated agency to coordinate  its  services
   13  with health, human service and law enforcement and public agencies which
   14  provide  services  or  assistance  to  the  elderly, including the local
   15  department of social services adult protective services unit; and
   16    (4) any other criteria determined by the director to be appropriate.
   17    (B) THE DIRECTOR SHALL ADDITIONALLY MAKE GRANTS  TO  DESIGNATED  AGEN-
   18  CIES,  STATE  AND  LOCAL  LAW  ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS, AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT
   19  ORGANIZATIONS, AS APPROPRIATE, TO IMPLEMENT "TRIAD  PROGRAMS"  DEVELOPED
   20  AND  CREATED  PURSUANT  TO PARAGRAPH (D) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION
   21  EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR-B OF THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW.  THE  DIRECTOR  SHALL
   22  DISTRIBUTE  SUCH  FUNDS BASED ON A FORMULA USING THE GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIB-
   23  UTION OF ELDERLY PERSONS WITHIN THE STATE AND A MINIMUM BASE ALLOCATION.
   24    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06108-01-1