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--A

                               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

        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 of  economic  development
     6  shall  study, develop, and implement a long-term strategy to support the
     7  growth of the caregiving industry in New York state. Such strategy shall
     8  be developed in consultation with the state's regional economic develop-
     9  ment councils, the commissioner of health, and any other state  agencies
    10  or  other  such  organizations or persons as the commissioner shall deem
    11  appropriate. Such strategy shall be based on an  analysis  of  financial
    12  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  their  findings,  recommendations,  and
    20  plan  for  implementation of such long-term strategy, including proposed
    21  legislation, if any, to the governor and the legislature.
    22    3. For the purposes  of  this  section,  "caregiving  industry"  shall
    23  include,  but  not  be  limited  to: direct care, home care, child care,

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09484-04-1
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     1  non-profit nursing homes and residential facilities, and other  entities
     2  that  support informal caregiving, as the commissioner in their judgment
     3  shall define such terms.
     4    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.