Bill Text: NY S02030 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to grants established for local elderly abuse education and outreach programs, like the "Triad Programs".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-22 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE [S02030 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S02030-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2030
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 11, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sens. GOLDEN, FUSCHILLO, GRIFFO, LANZA, LARKIN, MORAHAN,
         PADAVAN, SKELOS, VOLKER -- 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 grants established for
         local elderly abuse education and outreach programs  like  the  "Triad
         Programs"
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 219 of the elder law is amended to
    2  read as follows:
    3    3. (a) As part of the program, the director may award grants to quali-
    4  fied designated agencies to establish local elderly abuse education  and
    5  outreach  programs.  Grants  may  also  be  awarded to expand or enhance
    6  existing programs.   [(b)] In making such  grants,  the  director  shall
    7  consider:
    8    (1) the need within the jurisdiction of the designated agency for such
    9  education and outreach;
   10    (2) the manner in which the designated agency proposes to provide such
   11  education and outreach;
   12    (3)  the  capacity of the designated agency to coordinate its services
   13  with health, human service and law enforcement and public agencies which
   14  provide services or assistance  to  the  elderly,  including  the  local
   15  department of social services adult protective services unit; and
   16    (4) any other criteria determined by the director to be appropriate.
   17    (B)  THE  DIRECTOR  SHALL ADDITIONALLY MAKE GRANTS TO DESIGNATED AGEN-
   18  CIES, STATE AND LOCAL  LAW  ENFORCEMENT  OFFICIALS,  AND  NOT-FOR-PROFIT
   19  ORGANIZATIONS,  AS  APPROPRIATE, TO IMPLEMENT "TRIAD PROGRAMS" DEVELOPED
   20  AND CREATED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (D) OF SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF  SECTION
   21  EIGHT  HUNDRED  FORTY-FOUR-B  OF  THE  EXECUTIVE LAW. THE DIRECTOR SHALL
   22  DISTRIBUTE SUCH FUNDS BASED ON A FORMULA USING THE  GEOGRAPHIC  DISTRIB-
   23  UTION OF ELDERLY PERSONS WITHIN THE STATE AND A MINIMUM BASE ALLOCATION.
   24    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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