Bill Text: NY S01303 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires the state office for the aging to report on the delivery of services to and needs of traditionally underserved populations in their annual report to the governor and legislature.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-09-23 - SIGNED CHAP.547 [S01303 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S01303-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1303
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 6, 2011
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Introduced by Sen. DUANE -- 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 adding a requirement for
the state office for the aging to report on the delivery of services
to and needs of traditionally underserved populations in their annual
report to the governor and legislature
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section 213 of the elder
2 law is amended to read as follows:
3 (c) Include [recommendation] RECOMMENDATIONS for expanding or repli-
4 cating service programs that have been determined effective in helping
5 needy elderly remain in the community and to avoid institutional
6 care[.], INCLUDING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TRADITIONALLY UNDERSERVED AGED
7 POPULATIONS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, POPULATIONS BASED ON RACE,
8 CREED, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY OR
9 EXPRESSION, MILITARY STATUS, SEX, MARITAL STATUS, DISABILITY, FAMILIAL
10 STATUS, AND LANGUAGE; AND
11 S 2. Subdivision 2 of section 213 of the elder law is amended by
12 adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
13 (D) ASSESS THE PROGRESS, PROBLEMS, AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROVISIONS
14 OF SERVICES TO OLDER PERSONS BY PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY THE OFFICE
15 DELIVERED TO TRADITIONALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT
16 LIMITED TO, AGED POPULATIONS BASED ON ACTUAL OR PERCEIVED RACE, CREED,
17 COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY OR
18 EXPRESSION, MILITARY STATUS, SEX, MARITAL STATUS, DISABILITY, FAMILIAL
19 STATUS, LANGUAGE, OR PEOPLE WHO ARE ASSOCIATED WITH AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS
20 OR IS PERCEIVED TO BE A MEMBER OF ANY OF THESE TRADITIONALLY UNDERSERVED
21 POPULATIONS.
22 S 3. Subdivision 3 of section 213 of the elder law is amended by
23 adding a new paragraph (k) to read as follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (K) A REPORT ON THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF TRADITIONALLY UNDERSERVED AGED
2 POPULATIONS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, POPULATIONS BASED ON ACTUAL
3 OR PERCEIVED RACE, CREED, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEXUAL ORIENTATION,
4 GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, MILITARY STATUS, SEX, MARITAL STATUS,
5 DISABILITY, FAMILIAL STATUS, AND LANGUAGE.
6 S 4. Subdivision 8 of section 203 of the elder law, as added by chap-
7 ter 48 of the laws of 2007, is renumbered subdivision 9 and a new subdi-
8 vision 10 is added to read as follows:
9 10. THE DIRECTOR IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED, TO THE EXTENT APPROPRIATIONS
10 ARE AVAILABLE THEREFOR, TO ESTABLISH GRANTS TO A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGAN-
11 IZATION, THROUGH A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PROCESS, TO PROVIDE TRAINING,
12 OUTREACH AND EDUCATION TO AGENCIES, INDIVIDUALS AND OTHER APPROPRIATE
13 ENTITIES WHO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANS-
14 GENDER SENIOR POPULATIONS.
15 S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
