Bill Text: NY S05178 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes a task force to study aging in place in mental health housing; provides for the repeal of such task force upon expiration thereof.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-3)
Status: (Vetoed) 2023-11-17 - VETOED MEMO.80 [S05178 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S05178-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5178 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 24, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BROUK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health AN ACT in relation to establishing a task force to study aging in place in mental health housing; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. 1. A task force shall be established within the office of 2 mental health to be known as the mental health housing evaluation task 3 force for aging in place (hereinafter referred to as the "task force") 4 to make recommendations including, but not limited to, the following: 5 (a) solutions for removing barriers to ensure residents of community- 6 based mental health housing programs can successfully age in place while 7 receiving adequate care; 8 (b) identifying policy, procedure, or regulatory changes that aim to 9 remove barriers to residents of community-based mental health housing 10 programs to receive both mental health and medical care, including the 11 ability to hire health care professionals, including but not limited to 12 nurses and/or health home aides; 13 (c) an action plan for making residences Americans with Disabilities 14 Act compliant; 15 (d) necessary training for residential staff to understand the needs 16 of the elderly for which they are providing care; and 17 (e) types of assistance to consider when transporting residents to 18 medical appointments and ensuring the proper follow-up occurs. 19 2. The task force shall consist of nine members as follows: three 20 members shall be appointed by the governor; two members shall be 21 appointed by the speaker of the assembly; two members shall be appointed 22 by the temporary president of the senate; one member shall be appointed 23 by the minority leader of the senate; and one member shall be appointed EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09811-01-3S. 5178 2 1 by the minority leader of the assembly. The task force members shall be 2 appointed within 60 days after this act shall have become a law. 3 Members so appointed shall consist of at least: one representative of 4 a statewide organization or advocacy group for residents of mental 5 health housing programs; at least one health care professional with 6 expertise in the needs of the elderly/aging residents of a congregate 7 care setting with significant medical issues; at least one mental health 8 professional with expertise in the needs of elderly mental health hous- 9 ing residents with a severe and persistent mental illness; and at least 10 one member shall be a director of a mental health housing program. A 11 chairperson shall be nominated by a majority vote from among the members 12 of the task force. 13 3. No member, officer or employee of the task force shall be disquali- 14 fied from holding any other public office or employment, nor shall he or 15 she forfeit any such office or employment by reason of his or her 16 appointment hereunder, notwithstanding the provisions of any general, 17 special, or local law, ordinance or city charter. 18 4. The members of the task force shall receive no compensation for 19 their services but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses 20 incurred in the performance of their duties hereunder. The task force 21 shall meet at least three times, or more if deemed necessary, at the 22 call of the chairperson to fulfill its duties. 23 5. The task force shall make a report of its findings, including any 24 recommendations required pursuant to subdivision one of this section as 25 well as any legislative or budgetary initiatives as it may deem neces- 26 sary and appropriate. Such report shall be provided to the governor and 27 the legislature no later than twelve months after this act shall have 28 become a law. 29 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 30 deemed repealed thirty days after the report required pursuant to subdi- 31 vision five of section one of this act has been presented to the legis- 32 lature; provided, further, that the commissioner of mental health shall 33 notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon the submission of 34 the report required by subdivision five of section one of this act to 35 the legislature, in order that the commission may maintain an accurate 36 and timely effective data base of the official text of the laws of the 37 state of New York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of 38 section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the public offi- 39 cers law.
