Bill Text: NY S03657 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the aging in place task force, and provides for its powers and duties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-04-27 - PRINT NUMBER 3657C [S03657 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3657
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 11, 2019
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        Introduced  by Sens. KENNEDY, SEPULVEDA -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging
        AN ACT relating to establishing the  aging  in  place  task  force,  and
          providing for its powers and duties
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Aging in place task  force.  There  is  hereby  established
     2  within  the  office  for  the  aging  an  aging in place task force. The
     3  purpose of the task force shall be to study how the state can  encourage
     4  aging in place including, but not limited to, an examination of:
     5    (a) infrastructure and transportation improvements;
     6    (b) zoning changes to facilitate home care;
     7    (c) enhanced nutrition programs and delivery options;
     8    (d) improved fraud and abuse protections;
     9    (e) expansion of home medical care options;
    10    (f) tax incentives; and
    11    (g) incentives for private insurance.
    12    § 2. The aging in place task force shall consist of a total of sixteen
    13  members  and  shall  include:  the  commissioner  of the state office of
    14  temporary and disability assistance or his or her designee; the director
    15  of the office for the aging or his or her designee; the chairperson  and
    16  ranking  member  of the standing senate and assembly committees of aging
    17  or his or her designee; two people appointed by the governor; two people
    18  appointed by the temporary president of the senate; one person appointed
    19  by the majority leader of the senate; one person appointed by the minor-
    20  ity leader of the senate; two people appointed by  the  speaker  of  the
    21  assembly;  one  person appointed by the majority leader of the assembly;
    22  and one person appointed by the minority leader  of  the  assembly.  The
    23  chairperson  and  ranking  members  of  the standing senate and assembly
    24  committees of aging and the appointees of the temporary president of the
    25  senate, majority leader of the senate, minority leader  of  the  senate,
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  speaker  of  the  assembly, majority leader of the assembly and minority
     2  leader of the assembly may be members of the legislature.  All  appoint-
     3  ments to the aging in place task force shall be made no later than thir-
     4  ty  days  after  the  effective  date  of this act. Any vacancy shall be
     5  filled by the appointing authority.
     6    § 3. There shall be two chairpersons selected from among  the  members
     7  of  the  aging in place task force. One chairperson shall be selected by
     8  the temporary president of the  senate  and  one  chairperson  shall  be
     9  selected by the speaker of the assembly. Such chairperson shall schedule
    10  the  first  meeting of the task force, which shall be held no later than
    11  sixty days after the effective date of this act.
    12    § 4. The members of the aging in place task force shall serve  without
    13  compensation,  except  that members shall be allowed their necessary and
    14  actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties  under  this
    15  act.
    16    §  5.  The  office for the aging shall provide the aging in place task
    17  force with such facilities, assistance, and data  as  will  enable  such
    18  task  force  to carry out its powers and duties. Additionally, all other
    19  departments or agencies of the state or subdivisions thereof  shall,  at
    20  the  request  of  the  chairpersons,  provide  such task force with such
    21  facilities, assistance, and data as will enable such task force to carry
    22  out its powers and duties.
    23    § 6. The aging in place task force shall issue a report of  its  find-
    24  ings and recommendations to the governor, the temporary president of the
    25  senate and the speaker of the assembly no later than January 1, 2022.
    26    § 7. The aging in place task force shall terminate on the date that it
    27  submits  the  report required in section six of this act or December 31,
    28  2021, whichever is later.
    29    § 8. This act shall take effect immediately.