Bill Text: NY S04492 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to senior centers and requires the state office for the aging to include in its report an assessment of the condition of the senior center network throughout the state and the effect on quality of life for older adults who attend a senior center compared with those that do not.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-16 - SUBSTITUTED BY A6733 [S04492 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S04492-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4492
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     April 7, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- 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 senior center  assess-
         ment required of the state office for the aging
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subdivision 2 of section  213  of
    2  the  elder  law  are amended and a new paragraph (d) is added to read as
    3  follows:
    4    (b) Assess the effectiveness  of  the  community  services  for  aging
    5  program  pursuant to section two hundred fourteen of this title in coor-
    6  dinating and improving the local delivery of services  to  the  elderly;
    7  [and]
    8    (c)  Include  recommendation  for  expanding  or  replicating  service
    9  programs that have been determined effective in  helping  needy  elderly
   10  remain in the community and to avoid institutional care[.]; AND
   11    (D) ASSESS THE CONDITION OF THE SENIOR CENTER NETWORK ACROSS THE STATE
   12  AND  INCLUDE  ANY RECOMMENDATIONS ON WAYS TO SUPPORT AND STRENGTHEN THAT
   13  NETWORK.
   14    S 2. Subdivision 3 of section 213 of  the  elder  law  is  amended  by
   15  adding a new paragraph (k) to read as follows:
   16    (K)  A  REPORT  ON  THE EFFECT ON QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OLDER ADULTS WHO
   17  ATTEND A SENIOR CENTER IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITY AS COMPARED TO THOSE WHO
   18  DO NOT ATTEND A SENIOR CENTER, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT  THE  DISTANCE  OLDER
   19  ADULTS MUST TRAVEL TO REACH A CENTER.
   20    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10451-01-1