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Assembly Bill A7180

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes a telephone reassurance program for senior citizens

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2017-A7180 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Elder Law
Laws Affected:
Add §224, Eld L

2017-A7180 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a telephone reassurance program for senior citizens which provides automated telephone calls at regular intervals at their place of residence, and if no answer, law enforcement is dispatched.

2017-A7180 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7180
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HARRIS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Aging
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the elder law, in relation to establishing a telephone
   reassurance program for senior citizens
 
   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. TELEPHONE REASSURANCE PROGRAM. 1. THE OFFICE IS HEREBY  AUTHOR-
 IZED  AND  DIRECTED  TO ESTABLISH AND ADMINISTER A TELEPHONE REASSURANCE
 PROGRAM. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE A SYSTEM FOR SENIOR CITIZENS  RESID-
 ING  IN THIS STATE TO RECEIVE AUTOMATED TELEPHONE CALLS IN A LANGUAGE OF
 THEIR CHOOSING, AT REGULAR INTERVALS AT THEIR PLACE OF RESIDENCE. AVAIL-
 ABLE INTERVALS SHALL INCLUDE DAILY, WEEKLY OR MONTHLY OPTIONS, OF  WHICH
 EACH  RECIPIENT MAY ADJUST AS NECESSARY. UPON THE FAILURE OF SUCH SENIOR
 CITIZEN TO ANSWER SUCH AUTOMATED CALL, A FOLLOW-UP CALL  SHALL  BE  MADE
 WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS. UPON THE FAILURE TO ANSWER AN ADDITIONAL TIME,
 LOCAL  LAW ENFORCEMENT SHALL BE DISPATCHED TO SUCH RESIDENCE IN ORDER TO
 DETERMINE THE WELFARE OF SUCH SENIOR CITIZEN. SUCH PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE
 THAT PARTICIPATION BY A SENIOR CITIZEN IN SUCH PROGRAM IS VOLUNTARY. FOR
 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE TERM "SENIOR CITIZEN" SHALL MEAN A  PERSON
 SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.
   2.  IN ESTABLISHING SUCH PROGRAM, THE OFFICE SHALL CONSULT AND COOPER-
 ATE WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN ORDER TO EFFECT AN  EFFICIENT
 SYSTEM  FOR SENDING AND RECEIVING TELEPHONE CALLS, AND FOR THE DISPATCH-
 ING OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
   3. THE OFFICE IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED  TO  PROMULGATE  RULES
 AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SECTION.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law, provided, however, that  effective  immediately,  the
 addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are  authorized
 to be made and completed on or before such date.

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