Senate Bill S881

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides for a financial exploitation prevention outreach, education and training program and fund

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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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2011-S881 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Aging
Law Section:
Elder Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §202, add §219-a, Eld L; add §99-t, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
S2032

2011-S881 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for a financial exploitation, outreach, education and training program and fund.

2011-S881 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S881 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   881

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 5, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  GOLDEN, LARKIN -- 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 financial exploitation  of
  the elderly; and to amend the state finance law, in relation to creat-
  ing the financial exploitation outreach, education and training fund

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

  Section 1. Subdivisions 13 and 14 of section 202  of  the  elder  law,
subdivision 13 as amended and subdivision 14 as added by section 24-d of
part  B  of chapter 58 of the laws of 2007, paragraph (a) of subdivision
14 as amended by chapter 319 of the laws of 2010, are amended and a  new
subdivision 15 is added to read as follows:
  13. to conduct a program of education and information on age discrimi-
nation  and the preparation and filing of complaints relating to persons
sixty years of age or older; [and]
  14. to, in cooperation with the department of state:
  (a) prepare or cause to be prepared  and  made  available  to  cities,
towns  and  villages  model  zoning  and planning guidelines that foster
age-integrated communities including provisions to allow  for  accessory
senior citizen units in areas zoned for single family residences and for
mixed-use  development accommodating senior citizen residential housing;
and
  (b) make recommendations, in consultation with the division of housing
and community renewal, to the governor  and  legislature  for  assisting
mixed-use  age-integrated  housing  development  or redevelopment demon-
stration projects in urban, suburban and rural areas of the state.   The
director of the office for the aging and secretary of state shall estab-
lish  an  advisory  committee  for  purposes  of  this subdivision. Such
committee shall include, but not be limited to, top  representatives  of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04185-01-1
              

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