Bill Text: NY A09388 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes an Alzheimer's disease outreach and education program for medical and non-medical professionals to promote earlier identification of Alzheimer's and to provide information and other assistance in finding community support for caregivers.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-8)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-29 - referred to aging [A09388 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A09388-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9388
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 29, 2016
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. SIMON, ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Aging
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  elder  law,  in  relation  to  establishing  an
          Alzheimer's disease outreach and education program
          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  224  to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  224.  Alzheimer's  disease  outreach and education program. 1.  The
     4  office, in consultation with  the  commissioner  of  health,  is  hereby
     5  authorized and directed to establish an Alzheimer's disease outreach and
     6  education  program  ("the  program") for medical and non-medical profes-
     7  sionals, including physicians, nurses, and social services personnel who
     8  work with older New Yorkers and their families, and for consumers, care-
     9  givers and other individuals and organizations working with or on behalf
    10  of persons with Alzheimer's disease and related dementia. The purpose of
    11  the program shall be to:
    12    (a) promote earlier identification of dementia in health care  facili-
    13  ties including but not limited to hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, and
    14  assisted living facilities;
    15    (b)  provide  information  and  assistance  on where to find community
    16  support services,  including  caregiver  support  groups  and  services,
    17  respite,  care  management  and  to serve as a clearinghouse for related
    18  information; and
    19    (c) promote public awareness of and access to resources  and  informa-
    20  tion  concerning  Alzheimer's  disease  and  any  other dementia related
    21  matters that the commissioner and director of the office for  the  aging
    22  deem appropriate.
    23    2.  The  program  shall include but shall not be limited to any of the
    24  following elements:
    25    (a) educational and informational materials in print,  audio,  visual,
    26  electronic or other media;
    27    (b)  training  curriculum including best practices for institutions of
    28  higher learning and for ongoing in-service training;
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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