NY State Senate Bill 2017-S507

Senate Bill S507

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes the establishment of a caregiver support program for grandparents and other older adult relative caregivers

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- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 15, 2017	referred to aging delivered to assembly passed senate
Jun 14, 2017	ordered to third reading cal.1682 committee discharged and committed to rules
May 23, 2017	reported and committed to finance
Jan 04, 2017	referred to aging

Votes

- Jun 15, 2017 - Floor Vote
  S507
  
  60
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  3
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 15, 2017
      
      aye (60)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Alcantara
      
      Amedore
      
      Avella
      
      Benjamin
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Croci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Dilan
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hannon
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jacobs
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Latimer
      
      Little
      
      Marchione
      
      Montgomery
      
      Murphy
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Persaud
      
      Phillips
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      excused (3)
      
      Bailey
      
      Diaz
      
      Marcellino
  Jun 14, 2017 - Rules Committee Vote
  S507
  
  23
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  1
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 14, 2017
      
      aye (23)
      
      Bonacic
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Dilan
      
      Flanagan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Griffo
      
      Hannon
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Montgomery
      
      Parker
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Robach
      
      Savino
      
      Seward
      
      Squadron
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Little
      
      absent (1)
      
      Marcellino
  May 23, 2017 - Aging Committee Vote
  S507
  
  11
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Aging Committee Vote: May 23, 2017
      
      aye (11)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Alcantara
      
      Brooks
      
      Diaz
      
      Felder
      
      Funke
      
      Golden
      
      LaValle
      
      Marchione
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano

2017-S507 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Aging
Law Section:: Elder Law
Laws Affected:: Add §224, Eld L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S1557
2011-2012: S270
2013-2014: S865
2015-2016: S358
2019-2020: S5359
2021-2022: S5596
2023-2024: S2650
2025-2026: S3924

2017-S507 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates a caregiver support program for grandparents and other older adult relative caregivers who are providing primary care for children aged 18 and under either formally or informally to provide technical assistance, counseling and other resources.

2017-S507 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S507

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the elder law, in relation to
authorizing the state office for the aging to implement a caregiver
support program for grandparents and other older relatives who are
caring for children

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

The purpose of this bill is to provide assistance for grandparents who
are raising their grandchildren.

 SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :

Section 1. Amends the Elder Law by adding a new section 224.
Authorizes the State Office for the Aging (SOFA) to establish a
Grandparent Caregiver Support program to provide support services for
grandparents and other older relatives who are providing primary care
for a child. Allows for the creation of grandparent caregiver resource
centers by local Area Agencies on Aging, provides information and
referral for grandparent caregivers, provides technical assistance and
training for grandparent caregiver support groups, provides counseling
for grandparent caregivers, and provides publications related to the
services available to grandparent caregivers.

Section 2. Effective Date.

 EXISTING LAW :

None.

 JUSTIFICATION :

There are over 240,000 children being raised in grandparent-headed
households in New York State. Many grandparents assume responsibility
for their grandchildren under critical circumstances, such as drug
addiction or incarceration of the parents, death of the parents, and
mental health or disability issues faced by the parents. However,
grandparent caregivers are often unaware of services available to them
for assistance. The Grandparent Caregiver Support Program proposed by
this legislation would provide grandparent caregivers with the
resources and assistance they need to care for their grandchildren.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2014: S.865 - Referred to Aging/A.1961 - Referred to Aging
2013:S.865-Reported and Committed to Finance/A.1961- Referred to Aging
2012:S.270 -Referred to Aging/A.266 - Referred to Aging
2011:S.270 -Reported and Committed to Finance/A.266 -Referred to Aging
2010:S.1557- Reported and Committed to Finance/A.1840- Reported,
Referred to Ways and Means
2009: S.1557 - Advanced to Third Reading/A.1840 - Reported Referred to
Ways and Means
2008: S.8266 - Referred to Aging/A.10013 - Passed Assembly

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

To be determined.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
Immediately.

2017-S507 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    507
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  DIAZ  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging
 
 AN ACT to amend the elder law, in  relation  to  authorizing  the  state
   office  for  the  aging  to  implement a caregiver support program for
   grandparents and other older relatives who are caring for children
 
   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. GRANDPARENT CAREGIVER SUPPORT PROGRAM. 1. THE DIRECTOR IS HERE-
 BY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED, TO THE EXTENT APPROPRIATIONS  ARE  AVAILABLE
 THEREFOR,  TO  DEVELOP  AND  ESTABLISH  A  GRANDPARENT CAREGIVER SUPPORT
 PROGRAM FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING SUPPORT SERVICES TO GRANDPARENTS OR
 OTHER OLDER ADULT RELATIVE CAREGIVERS WHO ARE PROVIDING PRIMARY CARE FOR
 A CHILD.
   2. DEFINITIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   (A) "GRANDPARENT OR OTHER OLDER ADULT RELATIVE CAREGIVERS" SHALL  MEAN
 A  GRANDPARENT OR STEPGRANDPARENT OF A CHILD OR A RELATIVE OF A CHILD BY
 BLOOD OR MARRIAGE WHO:
   (I) IS SIXTY YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, AND
   (II) LIVES WITH THE CHILD, AND
   (III) PROVIDES PRIMARY CARE FOR THE CHILD BECAUSE  THE  BIOLOGICAL  OR
 ADOPTIVE  PARENTS  ARE UNWILLING OR UNABLE TO SERVE AS THE PRIMARY CARE-
 GIVER OF THE CHILD, AND
   (IV) IS THE CUSTODIAN OR GUARDIAN OF THE  CHILD,  OR  IS  RAISING  THE
 CHILD INFORMALLY.
   (B)  "CHILD"  SHALL MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR
 YOUNGER.
   3. THE GRANDPARENT CAREGIVER SUPPORT PROGRAM MAY INCLUDE, BUT  IS  NOT
 LIMITED TO:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06635-01-7

 S. 507                              2
 
   (A)  THE  CREATION  OF GRANDPARENT CAREGIVER RESOURCE CENTERS BY LOCAL
 OFFICES FOR THE AGING IN NEW YORK STATE,
   (B)  TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING FOR GRANDPARENT AND OTHER OLDER
 ADULT RELATIVE CAREGIVERS SUPPORT GROUPS,
   (C) INFORMATION AND REFERRAL FOR GRANDPARENT  AND  OTHER  OLDER  ADULT
 RELATIVE CAREGIVERS,
   (D) ASSISTANCE TO GRANDPARENTS AND OTHER OLDER ADULT RELATIVE CAREGIV-
 ERS IN GAINING ACCESS TO AVAILABLE SERVICES,
   (E) COUNSELING TO GRANDPARENTS AND OTHER OLDER ADULT RELATIVE CAREGIV-
 ERS  IN MAKING DECISIONS AND SOLVING PROBLEMS RELATING TO THEIR CAREGIV-
 ING ROLES, AND
   (F) THE PUBLICATION AND DISSEMINATION OF PRINTED MATERIAL  RELATED  TO
 SERVICES  AVAILABLE TO GRANDPARENTS AND OTHER OLDER ADULT RELATIVE CARE-
 GIVERS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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