Bill Text: NY S01753 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires the state office for the aging to review programs addressing the needs of the aging veteran population.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-20 - SUBSTITUTED BY A544 [S01753 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S01753-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1753
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 12, 2011
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen.  DIAZ  --  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 requiring the state office
         for the aging to review programs addressing the  needs  of  the  aging
         veteran population
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivisions 13 and 14 of section 202  of  the  elder  law,
    2  subdivision 13 as amended and subdivision 14 as added by section 24-d of
    3  part  B  of chapter 58 of the laws of 2007 and paragraph (a) of subdivi-
    4  sion 14 as amended by chapter 319 of the laws of 2010, are amended and a
    5  new subdivision 15 is added to read as follows:
    6    13. to conduct a program of education and information on age discrimi-
    7  nation and the preparation and filing of complaints relating to  persons
    8  sixty years of age or older; [and]
    9    14. to, in cooperation with the department of state:
   10    (a)  prepare  or  cause  to  be prepared and made available to cities,
   11  towns and villages model zoning  and  planning  guidelines  that  foster
   12  age-integrated  communities  including provisions to allow for accessory
   13  senior citizen units in areas zoned for single family residences and for
   14  mixed-use development accommodating senior citizen residential  housing;
   15  and
   16    (b) make recommendations, in consultation with the division of housing
   17  and  community  renewal,  to  the governor and legislature for assisting
   18  mixed-use age-integrated housing  development  or  redevelopment  demon-
   19  stration  projects in urban, suburban and rural areas of the state.  The
   20  director of the office for the aging and secretary of state shall estab-
   21  lish an advisory  committee  for  purposes  of  this  subdivision.  Such
   22  committee  shall  include, but not be limited to, top representatives of
   23  local  government,  senior  citizen  organizations,  developers,  senior
   24  service providers and planners[.]; AND
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04507-01-1
       S. 1753                             2
    1    15. TO PERIODICALLY, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE STATE DIRECTOR OF VETER-
    2  AN'S  AFFAIRS, REVIEW THE PROGRAMS OPERATED BY THE OFFICE TO ENSURE THAT
    3  THE NEEDS OF THE STATE'S AGING VETERAN POPULATION ARE BEING MET  AND  TO
    4  DEVELOP IMPROVEMENTS TO PROGRAMS TO MEET SUCH NEEDS.
    5    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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