Bill Text: NY S05980 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 5980

Introduced

Bill Title: Requires a multi-agency study of the issues impacting the continuum of caregiving in the state; requires the submission of a report of the findings, conclusions and recommendations from such study to the governor and the legislature.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-06-08 - SUBSTITUTED BY A4275 [S05980 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S05980-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5980

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     March 24, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  RYAN  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor

        AN ACT requiring a  multi-agency  study  on  the  issues  impacting  the
          continuum of caregiving in the state of New York

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1.  The commissioners of health, the office for the aging, the
     2  office of children and family  services,  the  office  for  people  with
     3  developmental  disabilities, the office of mental health and the depart-
     4  ment of labor, shall study issues impacting formal and informal caregiv-
     5  ers in the state of New York. Such  study  shall  include,  but  not  be
     6  limited to, the current workforce of paid caregivers, an estimate of the
     7  number of informal caregivers, an assessment of the number of caregivers
     8  needed  to  meet  the  needs  of residents of the various regions of the
     9  state at the present time and over the next ten years, a review  of  the
    10  adequacy  of  compensation  for paid caregivers, a review of the current
    11  state programs available to support training, recruitment and  retention
    12  of  paid  caregivers,  programs  to support unpaid caregivers, workforce
    13  issues related to the  availability  and  cost  of  caregiver  services,
    14  issues  related  to  licensing,  registering, certifying or enrolling of
    15  such caregivers, worker protections, protections for persons in need  of
    16  care  giving services, and opportunities for the consolidation of dupli-
    17  cative  programs,  coordination  of  programs  administered  by  various
    18  government agencies, and development or expansion of programs to support
    19  formal and informal caregivers.
    20    §  2.  Within one year of the effective date of this act, such commis-
    21  sioners shall submit a report of their findings, conclusions and  recom-
    22  mendations  to  the governor, the temporary president of the senate, and
    23  the speaker of the assembly and shall post such report on  such  commis-
    24  sioners' websites.
    25    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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