Bill Text: NY S07345 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires adult protective services to consult with the local area agency on aging when the individual requiring services is sixty years of age or older.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-23 - PRINT NUMBER 7345A [S07345 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7345
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      May 2, 2012
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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 social services law, in relation to requiring  adult
         protective  services  to  consult  with the local area agency on aging
         when the individual requiring services is sixty-two years  of  age  or
         older
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 473 of the social
    2  services law, as added by chapter 446 of  the  laws  of  1979  and  such
    3  section  as renumbered by chapter 991 of the laws of 1981, is amended to
    4  read as follows:
    5    (a) (1) In that the effective  delivery  of  protective  services  for
    6  adults  requires  a  network  of  professional  consultants and services
    7  providers, local social services districts shall plan with other public,
    8  private and voluntary agencies including  but  not  limited  to  health,
    9  mental  health,  aging,  legal  and  law  enforcement  agencies, for the
   10  purpose of assuring maximum local understanding, coordination and  coop-
   11  erative action in the provision of appropriate services.
   12    (2)  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH SUBPARAGRAPH ONE OF THIS PARAGRAPH, WHEN THE
   13  INDIVIDUAL TO BE SERVED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IS SIXTY-TWO  YEARS  OF
   14  AGE  OR  OLDER,  THE  LOCAL  AREA  AGENCY ON AGING SHALL BE INFORMED AND
   15  CONSULTED ON PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AVAILABLE TO HELP SERVE THE  INDIVID-
   16  UAL.
   17    S 2. 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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