Assembly Bill A7876

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to informal caregiver training

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A7876 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Elder Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §206, Eld L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A6597
2021-2022: A6914
2023-2024: A1845

2017-A7876 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to informal caregiver training.

2017-A7876 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7876
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 18, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Aging
 
 AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to informal caregiver  train-
   ing
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 206 of the elder law, subparagraph 4  of  paragraph
 (a)  of  subdivision  3  as added by chapter 269 of the laws of 2014, is
 amended to read as follows:
   § 206. Informal caregiver training. 1. The director is hereby  author-
 ized  and directed, to the extent appropriations are available therefor,
 to develop, establish and  operate  training  and  technical  assistance
 programs,  including caregiver resource centers, caregiver networks, and
 other support activities, for informal caregivers throughout  the  state
 for  the purposes of assisting such caregivers and improving the quality
 of care provided [to frail and disabled  persons].  The  director  shall
 also  make  available  and  encourage  the  utilization of such training
 programs in consultation with the  commissioner  OF  THE  DEPARTMENT  of
 health,  the commissioner of the office of children and family services,
 the commissioner of THE OFFICE OF mental health, and the commissioner of
 [mental retardation  and  developmental  disabilities]  THE  OFFICE  FOR
 PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
   2.  Definitions. For the purposes of this section: (a) "Informal care-
 giver" shall mean the family member or other natural person who normally
 provides [the] daily  care  or  supervision  [of  a  frail  or  disabled
 person], or any family member or other natural person who contributes to
 and  is involved in [the] caretaking responsibilities [for such frail or
 disabled person]. Such informal caregiver may PROVIDE CARE FOR A  PERSON
 IN  NEED  OF ASSISTANCE, but need not[,] reside in the same household as
 the [frail or disabled] person, OR MAY BE AN OLDER ADULT PROVIDING  CARE
 TO A MINOR RELATIVE IN THEIR HOME.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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