Bill Text: NY A06590 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of economic development, in consultation with the commissioner of health, labor and OCFS to study, develop, and implement a long-term strategy to support the growth of the caregiving industry in New York state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-12-22 - signed chap.744 [A06590 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A06590-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6590--B

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 19, 2021
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        Introduced  by M. of A. KELLES, COLTON, SIMON, ZINERMAN, ABBATE, JACKSON
          -- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development  --
          committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
          recommitted to said committee -- again reported  from  said  committee
          with  amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
          committee

        AN ACT to amend the economic development law, in  relation  to  enacting
          the "investing in care act"

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

     1    Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the  "investing
     2  in care act".
     3    §  2.  The economic development law is amended by adding a new section
     4  11 to read as follows:
     5    § 11. Investing in care. 1. The commissioner shall study, develop, and
     6  propose how to implement a long-term strategy to support the  growth  of
     7  the caregiving industry in New York state. Such strategy shall be devel-
     8  oped  in  consultation  with the department of health, the department of
     9  labor, the office of children and family services and  any  other  state
    10  agencies  or  other  such  organizations  or persons as the commissioner
    11  shall deem appropriate. Such strategy shall be based on an  analysis  of
    12  financial support needed for:
    13    (a) growth of caregiving industry businesses and non-profits;
    14    (b)  workforce  development,  recruitment,  and retention needs in the
    15  caregiving industry; and
    16    (c) innovation and new modes of caregiving delivery in the  caregiving
    17  industry.
    18    2.  Within one year of the effective date of this section, the commis-
    19  sioner shall submit a report of his or  her  findings,  recommendations,
    20  and plan for implementation of such long-term strategy, to the governor,
    21  the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09484-05-1
        A. 6590--B                          2

     1    3.  For  the  purposes  of  this  section, "caregiving industry" shall
     2  include, but not be limited to: direct  care,  home  care,  child  care,
     3  adult care, private and non-profit nursing homes and residential facili-
     4  ties, and other entities that support formal and informal caregiving, as
     5  the commissioner shall deem necessary and appropriate.
     6    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.