Bill Text: NY A09089 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a senior housing task force for the purposes of conducting a state-wide assessment of senior housing needs taking into consideration the various geographical areas and different needs of the seniors in those areas and resources available in those different areas.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 32-6)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-20 - referred to aging [A09089 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A09089-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9089
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 20, 2012
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MILLMAN,  DINOWITZ, PAULIN, LUPARDO, WRIGHT,
         GABRYSZAK, ORTIZ, HIKIND, MAISEL, GALEF, J. RIVERA, JAFFEE, GUNTHER --
         Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.   ABBATE, CAHILL,  CROUCH,  CYMBROWITZ,
         GIGLIO, GOTTFRIED, MARKEY, McENENY, McKEVITT, PEOPLES-STOKES, RABBITT,
         REILLY, ROBINSON, ROSENTHAL, SAYWARD, SCHIMEL, SWEENEY, TITONE, TOBAC-
         CO,  WEISENBERG,  ZEBROWSKI -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Aging
       AN ACT to amend the elder law, in  relation  to  establishing  a  senior
         housing task force
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The elder law is amended by adding a new section  203-a  to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S  203-A.  SENIOR  HOUSING  TASK FORCE. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED
    4  WITHIN THE OFFICE A SENIOR HOUSING TASK FORCE WHICH SHALL MEET AT  LEAST
    5  FOUR TIMES IN DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS OF THE STATE.  THE TASK FORCE
    6  SHALL  CONSIST  OF  SEVENTEEN  MEMBERS AND SHALL INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES
    7  FROM THE FOLLOWING STATE AGENCIES: THE OFFICE FOR THE AGING,  THE  DIVI-
    8  SION  OF  HOUSING  AND  COMMUNITY RENEWAL, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THE
    9  OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, THE DEPARTMENT  OF  ECONOMIC  DEVELOPMENT,  THE
   10  EMPIRE  STATE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVEL-
   11  OPMENTAL DISABILITIES, THE DIVISION OF PROTECTIVE SERVICES FOR ADULTS OF
   12  THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND  FAMILY  SERVICES,  AND  THE  NEW  YORK  CITY
   13  DEPARTMENT FOR THE AGING. OF THE EIGHT REMAINING MEMBERS, THREE SHALL BE
   14  APPOINTED  BY  THE  GOVERNOR AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE SPEAKER OF THE
   15  ASSEMBLY, THREE SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR AT THE RECOMMENDATION
   16  OF THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, ONE SHALL BE APPOINTED BY  THE
   17  GOVERNOR  AT  THE  RECOMMENDATION OF THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY
   18  AND ONE SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF  THE
   19  MINORITY  LEADER  OF THE SENATE, AND SHALL BROADLY REPRESENT HOUSING AND
   20  SENIOR CITIZEN GROUPS FROM ALL GEOGRAPHIC AREAS OF THE  STATE  INCLUDING
   21  SERVICE  PROVIDERS,  ASSOCIATIONS, ADVOCATES, PROPRIETORS, AND CONSUMERS
   22  OF FOR-PROFIT AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT SENIOR HOUSING  OPTIONS  INCLUDING  BUT
   23  NOT LIMITED TO: ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES, ADULT HOMES, SKILLED NURSING
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01861-04-2
       A. 9089                             2
    1  FACILITIES,  INDEPENDENT  LIVING FACILITIES, NATURALLY OCCURRING RETIRE-
    2  MENT COMMUNITIES, NEIGHBORHOOD NATURALLY OCCURRING  RETIREMENT  COMMUNI-
    3  TIES, AND CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES.  MEMBERS SHALL RECEIVE
    4  NO  COMPENSATION  FOR  THEIR SERVICES BUT SHALL BE REIMBURSED FOR TRAVEL
    5  AND OTHER EXPENSES ACTUALLY AND NECESSARILY INCURRED IN THE  PERFORMANCE
    6  OF  THEIR  DUTIES. THE TASK FORCE SHALL BE CO-CHAIRED BY THE DIRECTOR OF
    7  THE OFFICE AND THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
    8  RENEWAL. THE TASK FORCE  IS  RESPONSIBLE  FOR  CONDUCTING  A  STATE-WIDE
    9  ASSESSMENT OF SENIOR HOUSING NEEDS TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE VARIOUS
   10  GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS AND DIFFERENT NEEDS OF THE SENIORS IN THOSE AREAS AND
   11  RESOURCES  AVAILABLE  IN  THOSE  DIFFERENT AREAS AND PROJECT THOSE NEEDS
   12  OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS; OTHER FACTORS WHICH SHALL BE TAKEN INTO CONSID-
   13  ERATION ARE: HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF SENIORS, THE LONG TERM CARE  NEEDS  OF
   14  SENIORS, FINANCIAL RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO SENIORS, OR NEEDED BY SENIORS,
   15  AND  TRANSPORTATION  NEEDS  OF  SENIORS.  THE ASSESSMENT SHALL INCLUDE A
   16  REVIEW OF INNOVATIVE APPROACHES SUCCESSFULLY BEING IMPLEMENTED IN  OTHER
   17  STATES  AND  THEIR  POTENTIAL  FOR  IMPLEMENTATION IN THIS STATE.   SUCH
   18  ASSESSMENT SHALL ALSO DEVELOP A VIABLE PLAN FOR PROVIDING QUALITY SENIOR
   19  HOUSING TO MEET THE PROJECTED NEEDS OF SENIORS WITH ACTIONS,  STEPS  AND
   20  TIME FRAMES.
   21    2.  THE TASK FORCE SHALL ISSUE A REPORT BY JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
   22  FOURTEEN OUTLINING ITS FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDING THE  STATE
   23  PLAN  WITH  TIME  FRAMES. THE REPORT SHALL BE DELIVERED TO THE GOVERNOR,
   24  THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE,  THE
   25  CHAIRPERSONS  OF  THE AGING, HEALTH AND HOUSING COMMITTEES IN THE ASSEM-
   26  BLY,  AND  THE  CHAIRPERSONS  OF  THE   AGING,   HEALTH   AND   HOUSING,
   27  CONSTRUCTION, AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEES IN THE SENATE.
   28    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
   29  have become a law.