Bill Text: NY A08871 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to guidelines for local area agencies on aging relating to assistance for informal caregivers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-08-11 - signed chap.269 [A08871 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A08871-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8871
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 25, 2014
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       Introduced  by M. of A. MILLMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Aging
       AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to guidelines for local  area
         agencies on aging relating to assistance for informal caregivers
         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 3 of section 206 of the  elder
    2  law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 4 to read as follows:
    3    (4)  DEVELOP  GUIDELINES  FOR LOCAL AREA AGENCIES ON AGING IN ORDER TO
    4  PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING:
    5    (I) INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE REGARDING GAINING ACCESS  TO  AVAILABLE
    6  SERVICES TO ASSIST INFORMAL CAREGIVERS;
    7    (II)    RESOURCE   REFERRALS   FOR   INFORMAL   CAREGIVERS   REGARDING
    8  DECISION-MAKING ON BEHALF OF THE INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING CARE; AND
    9    (III) COUNSELING REFERRALS FOR INFORMAL CAREGIVERS.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13743-02-4