Bill Text: NY A07612 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Authorizes the office for the aging to conduct a public education campaign relating to elder abuse.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 31-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2015-11-20 - tabled [A07612 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A07612-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7612--A
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 20, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. CYMBROWITZ, BARRON, LINARES, ARROYO, BLAKE, BRIN-
DISI, CAHILL, CLARK, COLTON, COOK, GALEF, KAMINSKY, McDONALD, MOSLEY,
SILVER, SEAWRIGHT, SIMON, SKOUFIS, GOTTFRIED, ROSENTHAL,
PEOPLES-STOKES, SKARTADOS, ORTIZ, MILLER, JOYNER -- Multi-Sponsored by
-- M. of A. ABBATE, PERRY, PERSAUD, SCHIMMINGER -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Aging -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to the authority of the
office for the aging to conduct a public education campaign relating
to elder abuse
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 14 and subdivision 15 of
2 section 202 of the elder law, paragraph (b) of subdivision 14 as amended
3 and subdivision 15 as added by chapter 263 of the laws of 2011, are
4 amended and a new subdivision 16 is added to read as follows:
5 (b) make recommendations, in consultation with the division of housing
6 and community renewal, to the governor and legislature for assisting
7 mixed-use age-integrated housing development or redevelopment demon-
8 stration projects in urban, suburban and rural areas of the state. The
9 director of the office for the aging and secretary of state shall estab-
10 lish an advisory committee for purposes of this subdivision. Such
11 committee shall include, but not be limited to, top representatives of
12 local government, senior citizen organizations, developers, senior
13 service providers and planners; [and]
14 15. to periodically, in consultation with the state director of
15 [veteran's] VETERANS' affairs, review the programs operated by the
16 office to ensure that the needs of the state's aging veteran population
17 are being met and to develop improvements to programs to meet such
18 needs[.]; AND
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 16. TO THE EXTENT APPROPRIATIONS ARE AVAILABLE, AND IN CONSULTATION
2 WITH THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, CONDUCT A PUBLIC EDUCA-
3 TION CAMPAIGN THAT EMPHASIZES ZERO-TOLERANCE FOR ELDER ABUSE. SUCH
4 CAMPAIGN SHALL INCLUDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF ELDER
5 ABUSE, IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL CAUSES OF ELDER ABUSE, RESOURCES
6 AVAILABLE TO ASSIST IN THE PREVENTION OF ELDER ABUSE, WHERE SUSPECTED
7 ELDER ABUSE CAN BE REPORTED, CONTACT INFORMATION FOR PROGRAMS OFFERING
8 SERVICES TO VICTIMS OF ELDER ABUSE SUCH AS COUNSELING, AND ASSISTANCE
9 WITH ARRANGING PERSONAL CARE AND SHELTER. SUCH CAMPAIGN SHALL INCLUDE,
10 BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO: PRINTED EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS;
11 AUDIO, VIDEO, ELECTRONIC, OTHER MEDIA; AND PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS
12 OR ADVERTISEMENTS.
13 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
