Bill Text: NY S02093 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires the director of the office of the aging to develop materials for employees and volunteers relating to elder abuse awareness in social adult day services programs.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-11-13 - SIGNED CHAP.492 [S02093 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-S02093-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2093
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 10, 2013
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Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- 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 director of
the office of the aging to develop materials relating to elder abuse
awareness in social adult day services programs
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 215 of the elder law is amended by
2 adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
3 (C) THE DIRECTOR SHALL DEVELOP MATERIALS FOR EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS
4 OF PROGRAMS PROVIDING SOCIAL ADULT DAY SERVICES OR SOCIAL ADULT DAY CARE
5 ON THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF ELDER ABUSE. SUCH MATERIALS SHALL INCLUDE,
6 BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, WAYS TO DISCUSS SUSPECTED ELDER ABUSE WITH
7 SENIORS WHERE ABUSE IS SUSPECTED AND RESOURCES TO WHICH SENIORS MAY BE
8 REFERRED FOR COUNSELING, SHELTER, OR OTHER ASSISTANCE.
9 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01911-01-3
