Bill Text: NY S06823 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the supportive service program for classic and neighborhood naturally occurring retirement communities.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-25 - REFERRED TO AGING [S06823 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06823-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6823
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 25, 2016
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sens.  GOLDEN,  SERINO,  FUNKE -- 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  supportive  service
          program  for  classic  and neighborhood naturally occurring retirement
          communities
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section 209 of the elder law, as amended by section 41 of
     2  part A of chapter 58 of the laws of 2010, paragraph (b) of subdivision 1
     3  as separately amended by chapter 348 of the laws of 2010, paragraph  (d)
     4  of  subdivision  1  as amended by chapter 271 of the laws of 2014, para-
     5  graph (d) of subdivision 4 as separately amended by chapter 410  of  the
     6  laws  of  2010,  and paragraph (k) of subdivision 4, subparagraph (6) of
     7  paragraph (c) of subdivision 5-a, and subdivision 6 as amended by  chap-
     8  ter 320 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
     9    §  209.  Naturally  occurring  retirement community supportive service
    10  program. 1. As used in this section:
    11    (a) "Advisory  committee"  or  "committee"  shall  mean  the  advisory
    12  committee  convened  by  the director for the purposes specified in this
    13  section. Such committee shall be broadly representative of  housing  and
    14  senior citizen groups, and all geographic areas of the state.
    15    (b)  "Older  adults"  shall mean persons who are sixty years of age or
    16  older.
    17    (c) "Eligible applicant" shall mean a not-for-profit agency specializ-
    18  ing in housing, health or other human services  which  serves  or  would
    19  serve the community within which a naturally occurring retirement commu-
    20  nity is located.
    21    (d) "Eligible services" shall mean services including, but not limited
    22  to:  case  management,  care coordination, counseling, health assessment
    23  and monitoring,  transportation,  socialization  activities,  home  care
    24  facilitation  and  monitoring,  education  regarding  the signs of elder
    25  abuse and exploitation and available resources for a  senior  who  is  a
    26  suspected  victim  of  elder  abuse or exploitation, chemical dependence
    27  counseling provided by credentialed alcoholism and substance abuse coun-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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