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Assembly Bill A6342

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes a dementia and Alzheimer's disease program database

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2017-A6342 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6080
Law Section:
Elder Law
Laws Affected:
Add §224, Eld L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9495
2015-2016: A5318, S3968
2019-2020: A5330
2021-2022: A3579
2023-2024: A5306

2017-A6342 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a dementia and Alzheimer's disease program database.

2017-A6342 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6342
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 2, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CYMBROWITZ  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Aging
 
 AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to  establishing  a  dementia
   and Alzheimer's disease program database
 
   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.  DEMENTIA  AND ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE PROGRAM DATABASE. 1.  DEFI-
 NITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERMS:
   (A) "ELDERLY PERSONS" SHALL MEAN INDIVIDUALS AGED SIXTY YEARS  OF  AGE
 OR OLDER.
   (B)  "PROGRAMS"  SHALL  MEAN PROGRAMS, METHODOLOGIES, OR SERVICES THAT
 ARE PROVIDED BY A PUBLIC, GOVERNMENTAL, NON-PROFIT, OR FOR-PROFIT AGENCY
 TO ELDERLY PERSONS IN THEIR HOME OR IN A COMMUNITY SETTING.
   2. THE OFFICE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  SHALL
 DEVELOP  AND  MAINTAIN A DATABASE OF PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO BE
 SUCCESSFUL IN SUPPORTING AND TREATING  ELDERLY  PERSONS  SUFFERING  FROM
 DEMENTIA OR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE.
   (A)  THE  DIRECTOR,  IN  CONJUNCTION  WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH,
 SHALL DEVELOP CRITERIA TO DETERMINE IF A  PROGRAM  SHALL  BE  CONSIDERED
 SUCCESSFUL AND BE INCLUDED IN THE DATABASE.
   (B)  THE DIRECTOR, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH, MAY
 CONSULT WITH PUBLIC, GOVERNMENTAL, NON-PROFIT, AND  FOR-PROFIT  AGENCIES
 TO DETERMINE WHICH PROGRAMS ARE CONSIDERED SUCCESSFUL.
   3.  THE DATABASE CREATED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE MADE AVAIL-
 ABLE ON THE OFFICE'S WEBSITE. THE INFORMATION  FROM  THE  DATABASE  THAT
 SHALL BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (A)  CONTACT  INFORMATION  FOR  THE  PERSON OR ENTITY THROUGH WHOM THE
 PROGRAM IS PROVIDED;
   (B) THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM, WHERE APPLICABLE;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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