Bill Text: NY S07530 | 2013-2014 | 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 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-15 - REFERRED TO AGING [S07530 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S07530-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7530
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 15, 2014
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       Introduced  by  Sen. LATIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, 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    S 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,
   26  speaker  of  the  assembly, majority leader of the assembly and minority
   27  leader of the assembly may be members of the legislature.  All  appoint-
   28  ments to the aging in place task force shall be made no later than thir-
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  ty  days  after  the  effective  date  of this act. Any vacancy shall be
    2  filled by the appointing authority.
    3    S  3.  There shall be two chairpersons selected from among the members
    4  of the aging in place task force. One chairperson shall be  selected  by
    5  the  temporary  president  of  the  senate  and one chairperson shall be
    6  selected by the speaker of the assembly. Such chairperson shall schedule
    7  the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held no  later  than
    8  sixty days after the effective date of this act.
    9    S  4. The members of the aging in place task force shall serve without
   10  compensation, except that members shall be allowed their  necessary  and
   11  actual  expenses  incurred in the performance of their duties under this
   12  act.
   13    S 5. The office for the aging shall provide the aging  in  place  task
   14  force  with  such  facilities,  assistance, and data as will enable such
   15  task force to carry out its powers and duties. Additionally,  all  other
   16  departments  or  agencies of the state or subdivisions thereof shall, at
   17  the request of the chairpersons,  provide  such  task  force  with  such
   18  facilities, assistance, and data as will enable such task force to carry
   19  out its powers and duties.
   20    S  6.  The aging in place task force shall issue a report of its find-
   21  ings and recommendations to the governor, the temporary president of the
   22  senate and the speaker of the assembly no later than January 1, 2016.
   23    S 7. The aging in place task force shall terminate on the date that it
   24  submits the report required in section six of this act or  December  31,
   25  2015, whichever is later.
   26    S 8. This act shall take effect immediately.