Bill Text: NY S01065 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the elder abuse shelter aftercare demonstration program to provide management services, financial counseling, and mental health services at the conclusion of the discharge process.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO AGING [S01065 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S01065-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1065

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 6, 2021
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  BIAGGI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging

        AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to the  elder  abuse  shelter
          aftercare  demonstration program; and providing for the repeal of such
          provisions upon expiration thereof

          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 225 to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  225.  Elder  abuse  shelter  aftercare  demonstration  program.  1.
     4  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision of law to the contrary and within
     5  amounts appropriated, the director shall establish  a  two-year,  short-
     6  term  aftercare  demonstration  program to be implemented by an existing
     7  center for elder justice, which provides shelter and other services  for
     8  at risk older adults under the auspices of a facility established pursu-
     9  ant  to  article  twenty-eight  of the public health law, and located in
    10  Bronx county, New York city.
    11    2. The scope of short-term aftercare services may be determined by the
    12  commissioner of health but shall at a minimum  include  case  management
    13  services, financial counseling, and mental health services. Provision of
    14  services  shall commence at the conclusion of the discharge process from
    15  the facility.
    16    3. The center as defined pursuant to subdivision one of  this  section
    17  shall provide aftercare services as described in subdivision two of this
    18  section,  and  evaluate the effectiveness of the aftercare demonstration
    19  program in terms of preventing re-victimization,  avoiding  readmissions
    20  to  the shelter, avoiding hospitalizations, and maintaining residence in
    21  a community setting.  The center shall submit a report  on  findings  to
    22  the director, the governor and the legislature no later than one hundred
    23  eighty  days after the conclusion of the two-year demonstration program.
    24  Such report may also discuss the  potential  of  utilizing  the  program

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        S. 1065                             2

     1  statewide and collaborations that may enhance the program, and the effi-
     2  cacy of establishing a permanent aftercare program statewide.
     3    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
     4  have become a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed 2 years  after
     5  such date.