Bill Text: NY A06906 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 6906 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Authorizes the director of the state office for the aging to implement private pay protocols for programs administered by the office.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to aging [A06906 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A06906-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          6906
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     March 25, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Aging
        AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to  authorizing  private  pay
          protocols for programs administered by the office for the aging
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 203 of the elder law is amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  subdivision 12 to read as follows:
     3    12.  The director is hereby authorized to implement private pay proto-
     4  cols for all programs administered by the office. Such protocols may  be
     5  implemented  by area agencies on aging at such agencies' option and such
     6  protocols may not be applied to clients whose services are paid for with
     7  federal funds or funds designated as federal match. All private payments
     8  received directly by an area agency on aging, or indirectly  by  one  of
     9  its  contractors  shall  be  used  to supplement, not supplant, funds by
    10  state, federal, or county appropriations. Private pay payments  received
    11  under  this  subdivision  shall  be  used by the area agency on aging to
    12  support and/or enhance services and/or programs  provided  by  the  area
    13  agency  on  aging. Participant payments under this subdivision shall not
    14  be required of individuals with incomes below four  hundred  percent  of
    15  the  federal  poverty level. No participant, regardless of income, shall
    16  be required to pay for any service that they are receiving at  the  time
    17  these protocols are implemented by the area agency on aging. This subdi-
    18  vision  shall  not  prevent  cost  sharing  for the programs established
    19  pursuant to section two hundred fourteen of this title  for  individuals
    20  below four hundred percent of the federal poverty level.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10817-01-9