Bill Text: NY A03396 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An act to amend the public health law, in relation to geriatric education centers
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to aging [A03396 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-A03396-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3396
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 27, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, JOHN, FIELDS, LIFTON, LUPARDO,
BOYLAND, GUNTHER, HOOPER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BING, BROD-
SKY, DESTITO, EDDINGTON, GOTTFRIED, GREENE, LAVINE, P. LOPEZ, McENENY,
PERRY, J. RIVERA, ROBINSON, SWEENEY, WEISENBERG -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Aging
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to geriatric educa-
tion centers
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. 1. The commissioner of health shall transfer to the direc-
2 tor of the office for the aging funds allocated pursuant to paragraph
3 (iii) of subdivision 1 of section 2807-v of the public health law, as
4 added by section two of this act, for the purpose of maintaining the
5 ability of geriatric education centers, as defined in 42 U.S.C. 294c,
6 to: (a) improve the training of health professionals in geriatrics,
7 including geriatric residencies, traineeships or fellowships; (b) devel-
8 op and disseminate curricula relating to the treatment of the health
9 problems of elderly individuals; (c) support the training and retraining
10 of faculty to provide instruction in geriatrics; and (d) provide
11 students with clinical training in geriatrics in nursing homes, chronic
12 and acute disease hospitals, ambulatory care centers, and senior
13 centers. The director of the office for the aging shall distribute such
14 funds as follows: forty percent to the Finger Lakes Geriatric Education
15 Center, forty percent to the Consortium of New York Geriatric Care
16 Centers, and twenty percent to the Long Island Geriatric Education
17 Center.
18 2. Each geriatric education center receiving funds pursuant to para-
19 graph (iii) of subdivision 1 of section 2807-v of the public health law,
20 as added by section two of this act, within one year of receiving such
21 funds, shall submit a written report to the director of the office for
22 the aging on a form established therefore by such director, demonstrat-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 ing its use of such funds including, but not limited to: (a) the commu-
2 nity linkages that have been established; (b) how many professionals,
3 indicated by title; paraprofessionals, indicated by title; students and
4 direct care workers who have been trained; (c) community agencies and
5 health systems that have received training; and (d) any other informa-
6 tion deemed appropriate by the director of the office for the aging.
7 3. The director of the office for the aging shall provide the report
8 received pursuant to subdivision two of this section to the chairs of
9 the senate and assembly committees on health and on aging, to the gover-
10 nor, to the temporary president of the senate and to the speaker of the
11 assembly.
12 S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 2807-v of the public health law is
13 amended by adding a new paragraph (iii) to read as follows:
14 (III) FUNDS SHALL BE RESERVED AND ACCUMULATED FROM YEAR TO YEAR AND
15 SHALL BE AVAILABLE, INCLUDING INCOME FROM INVESTED FUNDS, FOR SERVICES
16 AND EXPENSES OF THE FINGER LAKES GERIATRIC EDUCATION CENTER, THE CONSOR-
17 TIUM OF NEW YORK GERIATRIC CARE CENTERS, AND THE LONG ISLAND GERIATRIC
18 EDUCATION CENTER, IN AN AMOUNT OF UP TO ONE MILLION DOLLARS.
19 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
