Bill Text: NY A09067 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to making chemical dependence counseling and referrals available in naturally occurring retirement communities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-08-11 - signed chap.271 [A09067 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A09067-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9067
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 12, 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 making chemical dependence
         counseling and referrals available in naturally  occurring  retirement
         communities
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 209 of the  elder
    2  law,  as  amended by chapter 448 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read
    3  as follows:
    4    (d) "Eligible services" shall mean services including, but not limited
    5  to: case management, care coordination,  counseling,  health  assessment
    6  and  monitoring,  transportation,  socialization  activities,  home care
    7  facilitation and monitoring, education  regarding  the  signs  of  elder
    8  abuse  and  exploitation  and  available resources for a senior who is a
    9  suspected victim of elder abuse  or  exploitation,  CHEMICAL  DEPENDENCE
   10  COUNSELING PROVIDED BY CREDENTIALED ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUN-
   11  SELORS AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH THREE OF SUBDIVISION (D) OF SECTION 19.07
   12  OF  THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW AND REFERRALS TO APPROPRIATE CHEMICAL DEPEND-
   13  ENCE COUNSELING PROVIDERS, and other services designed  to  address  the
   14  needs  of  residents  of  naturally  occurring retirement communities by
   15  helping them extend their independence, improve their quality  of  life,
   16  and avoid unnecessary hospital and nursing home stays.
   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.
                                                                  LBD14354-02-4