Bill Text: NY A03430 | 2013-2014 | 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: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Vetoed) 2014-12-29 - tabled [A03430 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A03430-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3430
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 25, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. BRINDISI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee 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 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 YEARS  OF  AGE
   14  OR  OLDER, THE LOCAL AREA AGENCY ON AGING, EXCEPT IN A CITY WITH A POPU-
   15  LATION OF ONE MILLION OR  MORE,  SHALL  BE  INFORMED  AND  CONSULTED  ON
   16  PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AVAILABLE TO HELP SERVE THE INDIVIDUAL.
   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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