Bill Text: NY S01557 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates a caregiver support program for grandparents and other older adult relative caregivers who are providing primary care for children aged 18 and under either formally or informally to provide technical assistance, counseling and other resources.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-06 - NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED [S01557 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S01557-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1557
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 3, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sens. DIAZ, ADAMS, DUANE, HUNTLEY, MONTGOMERY, PARKER --
         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 authorizing the state
         office for the aging to implement  a  caregiver  support  program  for
         grandparents and other older relatives who are caring for children
         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    S 224. GRANDPARENT CAREGIVER SUPPORT PROGRAM. 1. THE DIRECTOR IS HERE-
    4  BY  AUTHORIZED  AND DIRECTED, TO THE EXTENT APPROPRIATIONS ARE AVAILABLE
    5  THEREFOR, TO DEVELOP  AND  ESTABLISH  A  GRANDPARENT  CAREGIVER  SUPPORT
    6  PROGRAM FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING SUPPORT SERVICES TO GRANDPARENTS OR
    7  OTHER OLDER ADULT RELATIVE CAREGIVERS WHO ARE PROVIDING PRIMARY CARE FOR
    8  A CHILD.
    9    2. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   10    (A)  "GRANDPARENT OR OTHER OLDER ADULT RELATIVE CAREGIVERS" SHALL MEAN
   11  A GRANDPARENT OR STEPGRANDPARENT OF A CHILD OR A RELATIVE OF A CHILD  BY
   12  BLOOD OR MARRIAGE WHO:
   13    (I) IS SIXTY YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, AND
   14    (II) LIVES WITH THE CHILD, AND
   15    (III)  PROVIDES  PRIMARY  CARE FOR THE CHILD BECAUSE THE BIOLOGICAL OR
   16  ADOPTIVE PARENTS ARE UNWILLING OR UNABLE TO SERVE AS THE  PRIMARY  CARE-
   17  GIVER OF THE CHILD, AND
   18    (IV)  IS  THE  CUSTODIAN  OR  GUARDIAN OF THE CHILD, OR IS RAISING THE
   19  CHILD INFORMALLY.
   20    (B) "CHILD" SHALL MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS EIGHTEEN YEARS OF  AGE  OR
   21  YOUNGER.
   22    3.  THE  GRANDPARENT CAREGIVER SUPPORT PROGRAM MAY INCLUDE, BUT IS NOT
   23  LIMITED TO:
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03222-01-9
       S. 1557                             2
    1    (A) THE CREATION OF GRANDPARENT CAREGIVER RESOURCE  CENTERS  BY  LOCAL
    2  OFFICES FOR THE AGING IN NEW YORK STATE,
    3    (B)  TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING FOR GRANDPARENT AND OTHER OLDER
    4  ADULT RELATIVE CAREGIVERS SUPPORT GROUPS,
    5    (C) INFORMATION AND REFERRAL FOR GRANDPARENT  AND  OTHER  OLDER  ADULT
    6  RELATIVE CAREGIVERS,
    7    (D) ASSISTANCE TO GRANDPARENTS AND OTHER OLDER ADULT RELATIVE CAREGIV-
    8  ERS IN GAINING ACCESS TO AVAILABLE SERVICES,
    9    (E) COUNSELING TO GRANDPARENTS AND OTHER OLDER ADULT RELATIVE CAREGIV-
   10  ERS  IN MAKING DECISIONS AND SOLVING PROBLEMS RELATING TO THEIR CAREGIV-
   11  ING ROLES, AND
   12    (F) THE PUBLICATION AND DISSEMINATION OF PRINTED MATERIAL  RELATED  TO
   13  SERVICES  AVAILABLE TO GRANDPARENTS AND OTHER OLDER ADULT RELATIVE CARE-
   14  GIVERS.
   15    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.