Bill Text: NY S00351 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of health to establish a schedule of reasonable maximum allowable charges for the use, maintenance and repair of air conditioners used by residents of adult homes, enriched housing programs and residences for adults.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [S00351 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S00351-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          351
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 7, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  DIAZ  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
       AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to  establishing  a
         fee  schedule  for the use, maintenance and repair of air conditioners
         in adult homes
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  461-q  of  the  social services law, as added by
    2  section 46 of part B of chapter 58 of the laws of 2004,  is  amended  to
    3  read as follows:
    4    S  461-q.  Temperature  standards  in  adult  homes,  enriched housing
    5  programs and residences for adults.  1. The commissioner of health shall
    6  promulgate rules and regulations with respect to  an  allowable  temper-
    7  ature  in  all  areas  occupied  by residents of an adult home, enriched
    8  housing program and residence for adults, including any  areas  intended
    9  for  use by its residents in common including auditoriums, meeting rooms
   10  and cafeterias.  One common room in such adult  home,  enriched  housing
   11  program  and  residence  for  adults  shall be required to be air condi-
   12  tioned.
   13    2. THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH IS HEREBY  AUTHORIZED  AND  DIRECTED  TO
   14  ESTABLISH A SCHEDULE OF REASONABLE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CHARGES THAT MAY BE
   15  ASSESSED  BY  ADULT HOMES, ENRICHED HOUSING PROGRAMS, AND RESIDENCES FOR
   16  ADULTS TO RESIDENTS FOR THE USE, MAINTENANCE, AND REPAIR OF THE INDIVID-
   17  UAL AIR CONDITIONERS IN THE RESIDENTS' PRIVATE LIVING QUARTERS, PROVIDED
   18  THAT THE AIR CONDITIONERS WERE NOT ACQUIRED THROUGH THE ENHANCING ABILI-
   19  TIES AND LIFE EXPERIENCE (ENABLE) PROGRAM. ADULT HOMES, ENRICHED HOUSING
   20  PROGRAMS, AND RESIDENCES FOR ADULTS THAT ELECT TO CHARGE  RESIDENTS  WHO
   21  OPERATE  INDIVIDUAL  AIR  CONDITIONERS  IN THEIR PRIVATE LIVING QUARTERS
   22  MUST ADHERE TO SUCH SCHEDULE OF REASONABLE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CHARGES. IN
   23  DETERMINING THE REASONABLE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CHARGES FOR THE USE,  MAIN-
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01583-01-5
       S. 351                              2
    1  TENANCE, AND REPAIR OF THE INDIVIDUAL AIR CONDITIONERS, THE COMMISSIONER
    2  OF  HEALTH  SHALL  CONSIDER  THE  VARIABLE NATURE OF THE MARKET PRICE OF
    3  ENERGY AND SHALL ANNUALLY ADJUST SUCH SCHEDULE OF  APPLICABLE  COSTS  TO
    4  ACCOUNT  FOR  SUCH  VARIABILITY  AND FOR ANNUAL INFLATION, AS DETERMINED
    5  FROM THE INCREASE IN THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX AS REPORTED BY THE  BUREAU
    6  OF LABOR STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.
    7    S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    8  have become a law.