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Senate Bill S6079

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires the state office for the aging to report on older adults who are primary caregivers or guardians of minors and on substance use disorders among older adults

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2017-S6079 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6736
Current Committee:
Senate Aging
Law Section:
Elder Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §213, El L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S5489, A4948

2017-S6079 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the state office for the aging to include reports on older adults who are primary caregivers or guardians of minors and on substance use disorders among older adults in the office's annual reports to the governor and legislature.

2017-S6079 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6079 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6079
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  SERINO -- 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 requiring the state office
   for the aging to include reports on older adults who are primary care-
   givers or guardians of minors and on  substance  use  disorders  among
   older  adults  in  such  office's  annual  reports to the governor and
   legislature
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 213 of the elder law is amended by
 adding two new paragraphs (l) and (m) to read as follows:
   (L)  A REPORT ON THE NUMBER OF OLDER ADULTS WHO ARE PRIMARY CAREGIVERS
 OR GUARDIANS OF MINORS INCLUDING PREVALENCE BY AGE RANGE,  CIRCUMSTANCES
 THAT  LEAD  TO  OLDER ADULTS BECOMING PRIMARY CAREGIVERS OR GUARDIANS TO
 MINORS, AN ANALYSIS OF WHAT SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE  THROUGH  THE  OFFICE
 AND  OTHER STATE AGENCIES TO ASSIST THESE OLDER ADULT PRIMARY CAREGIVERS
 AND GUARDIANS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING SUPPORT  FOR  OLDER  ADULTS
 WHO ARE PRIMARY CAREGIVERS OR GUARDIANS FOR MINOR CHILDREN.
   (M)  A  REPORT ON SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS AMONG OLDER ADULTS INCLUDING
 PREVALENCE OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS, WHAT PROGRAMS  AND  SERVICES  ARE
 AVAILABLE  FROM  OR  IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OFFICE, AN ANALYSIS OF WHAT
 SERVICES ARE NEEDED TO ASSIST OLDER ADULTS DEALING  WITH  SUBSTANCE  USE
 DISORDERS,  AND  RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING HOW THE OFFICE CAN ASSIST AND
 PARTICIPATE IN EFFORTS TO ASSIST OLDER ADULTS DEALING WITH SUBSTANCE USE
 DISORDERS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09714-01-7

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