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Assembly Bill A4067

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Authorizes and directs the office for the aging to study the feasibility of creating a state-wide program to track certain elderly individuals

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2011-A4067 (ACTIVE) - Details

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Aged
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A4062

2011-A4067 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes and directs the office for the aging to study the feasibility of creating a state-wide program to track certain elderly individuals; requires the office for the aging to prepare a report on their findings.

2011-A4067 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4067

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 1, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. RAIA, CONTE, CROUCH, KOLB -- Multi-Sponsored by
  -- M. of A. BARCLAY, BURLING, FINCH, FITZPATRICK, McDONOUGH,  J. MILL-
  ER, RABBITT, SAYWARD, TEDISCO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Aging

AN ACT in relation to authorizing and directing the office for the aging
  to  study  the  feasibility  of creating a state-wide program to track
  certain elderly individuals

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

  Section  1.  The office for the aging, in conjunction with the depart-
ment of health, the state police and any other law enforcement agency or
senior advocacy group the office for the aging chooses to consult  with,
is hereby authorized and directed to study the feasibility of creating a
statewide  program  to track elderly individuals afflicted with, but not
limited to, Alzheimer's disease or dementia, who have wandered off  from
their  residences. An individual or his or her family would have to opt-
in to such program and it would be  limited  to  individuals  living  in
private residences, not in nursing homes or assisted living facilities.
  S  2. In completing such study, the office for the aging shall contact
and confer with Project Lifesaver and any  other  similar  organizations
providing  global  positioning  system tracking for elderly individuals.
Additionally, such office shall  study  the  global  positioning  system
tracking of elderly individuals programs currently in place in the coun-
ties  of  Livingston  and Ontario to determine if such programs would be
appropriate for state wide application.
  S 3. One year after the effective date of this act, the office for the
aging shall prepare a report that shall include, but not be limited  to:
recommendations  for  implementing  such  a program; guidelines for such
implementation; and a fiscal note concerning the cost of implementing  a
program.  Such  report shall be disseminated to the governor, the tempo-
rary president of the senate; the speaker of the assembly; the  minority

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06606-01-1

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