Bill Text: NY S00503 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a senior housing task force for the purposes of conducting a state-wide assessment of senior housing needs taking into consideration the various geographical areas and different needs of the seniors in those areas and resources available in those different areas.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-06-05 - referred to aging [S00503 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S00503-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           503
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 4, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  DIAZ  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging
        AN ACT to amend the elder law, in  relation  to  establishing  a  senior
          housing task force
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The elder law is amended by adding a new section  203-a  to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  203-a.  Senior  housing  task force. 1. There is hereby established
     4  within the office a senior housing task force which shall meet at  least
     5  four times in different geographical areas of the state.  The task force
     6  shall  consist  of  seventeen  members and shall include representatives
     7  from the following state agencies: the office for the aging,  the  divi-
     8  sion  of  housing  and  community renewal, the department of health, the
     9  office of mental health, the department  of  economic  development,  the
    10  empire  state development corporation, the office for people with devel-
    11  opmental disabilities, the division of protective services for adults of
    12  the office of children and  family  services,  and  the  New  York  city
    13  department for the aging. Of the eight remaining members, three shall be
    14  appointed  by  the  governor at the recommendation of the speaker of the
    15  assembly, three shall be appointed by the governor at the recommendation
    16  of the temporary president of the senate, one shall be appointed by  the
    17  governor  at  the  recommendation of the minority leader of the assembly
    18  and one shall be appointed by the governor at the recommendation of  the
    19  minority  leader  of the senate, and shall broadly represent housing and
    20  senior citizen groups from all geographic areas of the  state  including
    21  service  providers,  associations, advocates, proprietors, and consumers
    22  of for-profit and not-for-profit senior housing  options  including  but
    23  not limited to: assisted living facilities, adult homes, skilled nursing
    24  facilities,  independent  living facilities, naturally occurring retire-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06632-01-7
        S. 503                              2
     1  ment communities, neighborhood naturally occurring  retirement  communi-
     2  ties, and continuing care retirement communities.  Members shall receive
     3  no  compensation  for  their services but shall be reimbursed for travel
     4  and  other expenses actually and necessarily incurred in the performance
     5  of their duties. The task force shall be co-chaired by the  director  of
     6  the office and the commissioner of the division of housing and community
     7  renewal.  The  task  force  is  responsible  for conducting a state-wide
     8  assessment of senior housing needs taking into consideration the various
     9  geographical areas and different needs of the seniors in those areas and
    10  resources available in those different areas  and  project  those  needs
    11  over the next ten years; other factors which shall be taken into consid-
    12  eration  are:  health care needs of seniors, the long term care needs of
    13  seniors, financial resources available to seniors, or needed by seniors,
    14  and transportation needs of seniors.  The  assessment  shall  include  a
    15  review  of innovative approaches successfully being implemented in other
    16  states and their potential for  implementation  in  this  state.    Such
    17  assessment shall also develop a viable plan for providing quality senior
    18  housing  to  meet the projected needs of seniors with actions, steps and
    19  time frames.
    20    2. The task force shall issue a report by January first, two  thousand
    21  twenty  outlining  its  findings and recommendations including the state
    22  plan with time frames. The report shall be delivered  to  the  governor,
    23  the  speaker of the assembly, the temporary president of the senate, the
    24  chairpersons of the aging, health and housing committees in  the  assem-
    25  bly,   and   the   chairpersons   of  the  aging,  health  and  housing,
    26  construction, and community development committees in the senate.
    27    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    28  have become a law.