Bill Text: NY A09143 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes the office for the aging to conduct a public education campaign relating to elder abuse.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 29-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-11-28 - signed chap.455 [A09143 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A09143-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         9143--A
                                                                Cal. No. 612
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 29, 2016
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. CYMBROWITZ, BARRON, LINARES, ARROYO, BLAKE, BRIN-
          DISI, CAHILL, COLTON, COOK, GALEF, McDONALD, MOSLEY, SEAWRIGHT, SIMON,
          SKOUFIS,  GOTTFRIED,  ROSENTHAL,  SKARTADOS,  ORTIZ,  MILLER,  JOYNER,
          ROBINSON, BARRETT, HOOPER, HARRIS -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of  A.
          ABBATE,  PERRY,  RIVERA,  SCHIMMINGER -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Aging -- reported and referred to the Committee  on  Ways
          and  Means  --  advanced  to  a  third reading, passed by Assembly and
          delivered to the Senate, recalled from the Senate, vote  reconsidered,
          bill  amended,  ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of
          third reading
        AN ACT to amend the elder law, in  relation  to  the  authority  of  the
          office  for  the aging to conduct a public education campaign relating
          to elder abuse
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  14 and subdivision 15 of
     2  section 202 of the elder law, paragraph (b) of subdivision 14 as amended
     3  and subdivision 15 as added by chapter 263 of  the  laws  of  2011,  are
     4  amended and a new subdivision 16 is added to read as follows:
     5    (b) make recommendations, in consultation with the division of housing
     6  and  community  renewal,  to  the governor and legislature for assisting
     7  mixed-use age-integrated housing  development  or  redevelopment  demon-
     8  stration  projects in urban, suburban and rural areas of the state.  The
     9  director of the office for the aging and secretary of state shall estab-
    10  lish an advisory  committee  for  purposes  of  this  subdivision.  Such
    11  committee  shall  include, but not be limited to, top representatives of
    12  local  government,  senior  citizen  organizations,  developers,  senior
    13  service providers and planners; [and]
    14    15.  to  periodically,  in  consultation  with  the  state director of
    15  [veteran's] veterans' affairs,  review  the  programs  operated  by  the
    16  office  to ensure that the needs of the state's aging veteran population
    17  are being met and to develop  improvements  to  programs  to  meet  such
    18  needs[.]; and
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10894-07-6
        A. 9143--A                          2
     1    16.  to  the  extent appropriations are available, and in consultation
     2  with the office of children and family services, conduct a public educa-
     3  tion campaign that  emphasizes  zero-tolerance  for  elder  abuse.  Such
     4  campaign shall include information about the signs and symptoms of elder
     5  abuse,  identification  of  potential  causes  of elder abuse, resources
     6  available to assist in the prevention of elder  abuse,  where  suspected
     7  elder  abuse  can be reported, contact information for programs offering
     8  services to victims of elder abuse such as  counseling,  and  assistance
     9  with  arranging  personal  care and shelter.  Such campaign may include,
    10  but not be limited to: printed educational and informational  materials;
    11  audio,  video, electronic, other media; and public service announcements
    12  or advertisements.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.