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May 15, 2018 |
referred to aging delivered to assembly passed senate |
Apr 25, 2018 |
advanced to third reading |
Apr 24, 2018 |
2nd report cal. |
Apr 23, 2018 |
1st report cal.845 |
Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 13, 2017 |
referred to aging delivered to assembly passed senate |
Mar 29, 2017 |
advanced to third reading |
Mar 28, 2017 |
2nd report cal. |
Mar 27, 2017 |
1st report cal.515 |
Jan 26, 2017 |
referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs |
Senate Bill S3709
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(D) 22nd Senate District
(R, C) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2017-S3709 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S3709 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S3709 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the elder law, in relation to establishing a veterans' gerontological advisory committee PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : Establishes a Veterans Gerontological Advisory Committee. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1: The elder law is amended by adding a new section 224 which states that a Veterans Gerontological Advisory Committee is established in the Office of the Aging, consisting of no more than nineteen members, who shall serve six-year terms without remuneration. At least sixty-percent of the members of the committee shall be age sixty or older. At least ten of the members shall be veterans, two of whom shall be appointed by the governor, three of whom shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly, three of whom shall be appointed by the Temporary President of the Senate, one of whom shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of the Assembly, and one of whom shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate. Nine of the members
2017-S3709 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3709 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 26, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. RANZENHOFER, AVELLA, FELDER, LARKIN, MARCHIONE, MURPHY, VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Mili- tary Affairs 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; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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