Assembly Bill A5147

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes a veterans' gerontological advisory committee

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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-A5147 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3709
Current Committee:
Assembly Aging
Law Section:
Elder Law
Laws Affected:
Add §224, Eld L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A11306, S7959
2011-2012: A1128, S3337
2013-2014: A6966, S1862
2015-2016: A4945, S877
2019-2020: S3953

2017-A5147 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a veterans' gerontological advisory committee.

2017-A5147 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5147
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WALTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Aging
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the elder law, in relation to establishing a veterans'
   gerontological advisory committee
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  The  elder  law is amended by adding a new section 224 to
 read as follows:
   § 224. VETERANS' GERONTOLOGICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 1. THERE IS HEREBY
 ESTABLISHED  WITHIN  THE  OFFICE  A  VETERANS'  GERONTOLOGICAL  ADVISORY
 COMMITTEE  WHICH  SHALL  CONSIST  OF NO MORE THAN NINETEEN MEMBERS TO BE
 APPOINTED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION. MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED FOR A
 TERM OF SIX YEARS AND MAY  SERVE  UNTIL  THEIR  SUCCESSORS  ARE  CHOSEN.
 MEMBERS  SHALL SERVE WITHOUT SALARY. ANY MEMBER CHOSEN TO FILL A VACANCY
 CREATED OTHERWISE THAN BY EXPIRATION OF TERM SHALL BE APPOINTED FOR  THE
 UNEXPIRED  TERM OF THE MEMBER HE OR SHE IS TO SUCCEED. A CHAIRPERSON AND
 VICE-CHAIRPERSON SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE DIRECTOR, AND  THE  COMMITTEE
 SHALL BE COMPRISED OF:
   (A)  TWO  MEMBERS  APPOINTED  BY  THE  GOVERNOR, BOTH OF WHOM SHALL BE
 VETERANS;
   (B) NINE MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE DIRECTOR, INCLUDING:
   (1) AT LEAST ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE A PHYSICIAN IN THE FIELD OF  PRIMARY
 CARE GERIATRIC MEDICINE;
   (2)  AT LEAST ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE A RESEARCHER IN THE FIELD OF SOCIAL
 GERONTOLOGY;
   (3) AT LEAST ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE CERTIFIED AS A GERIATRIC NURSE PRAC-
 TITIONER;
   (4) AT LEAST ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE A CLINICAL PRACTITIONER OF GERIATRIC
 PSYCHIATRY;
   (5) AT LEAST ONE OF WHOM SHALL BE A FACILITY  OR  HEALTH  CARE  SYSTEM
 VETERANS'  HOME-BASED  PRIMARY  CARE  PROGRAM DIRECTOR AS DEFINED BY THE

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

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