Assembly Bill A3956

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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    S. 1385                                                  A. 3956

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                            January 29, 2009
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IN  SENATE  --  Introduced  by  Sens.  DUANE,  SERRANO -- read twice and
  ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
  Aging

IN  ASSEMBLY  --  Introduced  by  M. of A. KELLNER, DINOWITZ, O'DONNELL,
  TITONE, BROOK-KRASNY, ESPAILLAT,  GOTTFRIED,  JAFFEE,  MILLMAN,  RAIA,
  ROSENTHAL  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  -- M. of A. BOYLAND, FINCH, GLICK,
  McENENY, PAULIN, PHEFFER, ROBINSON -- read once and  referred  to  the
  Committee on Aging

AN  ACT  to amend the elder law, in relation to adding a requirement for
  the state office for the aging to report on the delivery  of  services
  to  and needs of traditionally underserved populations in their annual
  report to the governor and legislature

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section 213 of the elder
law is amended to read as follows:
  (c) Include [recommendation] RECOMMENDATIONS for expanding  or  repli-
cating  service  programs that have been determined effective in helping
needy elderly  remain  in  the  community  and  to  avoid  institutional
care[.],  INCLUDING  RECOMMENDATIONS  FOR TRADITIONALLY UNDERSERVED AGED
POPULATIONS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, POPULATIONS BASED  ON  RACE,
CREED,  COLOR,  NATIONAL  ORIGIN, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY OR
EXPRESSION, MILITARY STATUS, SEX, MARITAL STATUS,  DISABILITY,  FAMILIAL
STATUS, AND LANGUAGE; AND
  S  2.  Subdivision  2  of  section  213 of the elder law is amended by
adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows:
  (D) ASSESS THE PROGRESS, PROBLEMS, AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROVISIONS
OF SERVICES TO OLDER PERSONS BY  PROGRAMS  ADMINISTERED  BY  THE  OFFICE
DELIVERED  TO  TRADITIONALLY  UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, AGED POPULATIONS BASED ON ACTUAL OR PERCEIVED  RACE,  CREED,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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COLOR,   NATIONAL   ORIGIN,   SEXUAL  ORIENTATION,  GENDER  IDENTITY  OR
EXPRESSION, MILITARY STATUS, SEX, MARITAL STATUS,  DISABILITY,  FAMILIAL
STATUS, LANGUAGE, OR PEOPLE WHO ARE ASSOCIATED WITH AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS
OR IS PERCEIVED TO BE A MEMBER OF ANY OF THESE TRADITIONALLY UNDERSERVED
POPULATIONS.
  S  3.  Subdivision  3  of  section  213 of the elder law is amended by
adding a new paragraph (k) to read as follows:
  (K) A REPORT ON THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF TRADITIONALLY  UNDERSERVED  AGED
POPULATIONS,  INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, POPULATIONS BASED ON ACTUAL
OR PERCEIVED RACE, CREED, COLOR, NATIONAL  ORIGIN,  SEXUAL  ORIENTATION,
GENDER  IDENTITY  OR  EXPRESSION,  MILITARY STATUS, SEX, MARITAL STATUS,
DISABILITY, FAMILIAL STATUS, AND LANGUAGE.
  S 4.  Subdivision 8 of section 203 of the elder law, as added by chap-
ter 48 of the laws of 2007, is renumbered subdivision 9 and a new subdi-
vision 10 is added to read as follows:
  10. THE DIRECTOR IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED, TO  THE  EXTENT  APPROPRIATIONS
ARE  AVAILABLE  THEREFOR, TO ESTABLISH GRANTS TO A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGAN-
IZATION, THROUGH A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PROCESS,  TO  PROVIDE  TRAINING,
OUTREACH  AND  EDUCATION  TO AGENCIES, INDIVIDUALS AND OTHER APPROPRIATE
ENTITIES WHO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND  TRANS-
GENDER SENIOR POPULATIONS.
  S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.