Bill Text: NY S03392 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the naturally occurring retirement community supportive service program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-10-25 - SIGNED CHAP.586 [S03392 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S03392-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          3392

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 31, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  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  the  naturally  occurring
          retirement community supportive service program

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subparagraph 4 of paragraph (f) of subdivision 1 of section
     2  209 of the elder law, as added by section 1 of part S of chapter  59  of
     3  the laws of 2016, is amended and a new subdivision 9 is added to read as
     4  follows:
     5    (4) is made up of low-rise buildings six stories or less and/or single
     6  and  multi-family homes, provided, however, that apartment buildings and
     7  housing complexes, including those  that  exceed  six  stories,  may  be
     8  included [in rural areas].
     9    9. In the event that a classic or neighborhood NORC is no longer fund-
    10  ed under this section, the director shall, to the best of the director's
    11  ability,  provide  information  about nearby services available to older
    12  adults who currently live in such classic or neighborhood NORC.
    13    § 2. Paragraph (n) of subdivision 4 of section 209 of the  elder  law,
    14  as  amended by section 1 of part S of chapter 59 of the laws of 2016, is
    15  amended to read as follows:
    16    (n) the circumstances under which the director may waive all  or  part
    17  of  the  requirement  for  provision  of an equal amount of funding from
    18  other sources required pursuant to paragraph (m)  of  this  subdivision,
    19  provided  that  such  criteria shall include provision for waiver at the
    20  discretion of the director upon a  finding  by  the  director  that  the
    21  program  will  serve  a  low income or hardship community, and that such
    22  waiver is required to assure that such community receive a fair share of
    23  the funding available. The [committee] director shall develop  appropri-
    24  ate  criteria  for  determining  whether  a community is a low income or
    25  hardship community;
    26    § 3. 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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