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                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 31, 2011
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Aging

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  geriatric  educa-
  tion centers

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

  Section 1. 1. The commissioner of health shall transfer to the  direc-
tor  of  the  office for the aging funds allocated pursuant to paragraph
(iii) of subdivision 1 of section 2807-v of the public  health  law,  as
added  by  section  two  of this act, for the purpose of maintaining the
ability of geriatric education centers, as defined in  42  U.S.C.  294c,
to:  (a)  improve  the  training  of health professionals in geriatrics,
including geriatric residencies, traineeships or fellowships; (b) devel-
op and disseminate curricula relating to the  treatment  of  the  health
problems of elderly individuals; (c) support the training and retraining
of  faculty  to  provide  instruction  in  geriatrics;  and  (d) provide
students with clinical training in geriatrics in nursing homes,  chronic
and  acute  disease  hospitals,  ambulatory  care  centers,  and  senior
centers. The director of the office for the aging shall distribute  such
funds  as follows: forty percent to the Finger Lakes Geriatric Education
Center, forty percent to the  Consortium  of  New  York  Geriatric  Care
Centers,  and  twenty  percent  to  the  Long Island Geriatric Education
Center.
  2. Each geriatric education center receiving funds pursuant  to  para-
graph (iii) of subdivision 1 of section 2807-v of the public health law,
as  added  by section two of this act, within one year of receiving such
funds, shall submit a written report to the director of the  office  for
the  aging on a form established therefore by such director, demonstrat-
ing its use of such funds including, but not limited to: (a) the  commu-
nity  linkages  that  have been established; (b) how many professionals,
indicated by title; paraprofessionals, indicated by title; students  and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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direct  care  workers  who have been trained; (c) community agencies and
health systems that have received training; and (d) any  other  informa-
tion deemed appropriate by the director of the office for the aging.
  3.  The  director of the office for the aging shall provide the report
received pursuant to subdivision two of this section to  the  chairs  of
the senate and assembly committees on health and on aging, to the gover-
nor,  to the temporary president of the senate and to the speaker of the
assembly.
  S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 2807-v  of  the  public  health  law  is
amended by adding a new paragraph (iii) to read as follows:
  (III)  FUNDS  SHALL  BE RESERVED AND ACCUMULATED FROM YEAR TO YEAR AND
SHALL BE AVAILABLE, INCLUDING INCOME FROM INVESTED FUNDS,  FOR  SERVICES
AND EXPENSES OF THE FINGER LAKES GERIATRIC EDUCATION CENTER, THE CONSOR-
TIUM  OF  NEW YORK GERIATRIC CARE CENTERS, AND THE LONG ISLAND GERIATRIC
EDUCATION CENTER, IN AN AMOUNT OF UP TO ONE MILLION DOLLARS.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.