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Senate Bill S3066

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes and directs the department of health and the office for the aging to conduct a study of fees and charges assessed to residents of assisted living facilities

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2019-S3066 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4275
Current Committee:
Senate Aging
Law Section:
Elder
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S4684, A6769
2015-2016: S3854, A4252
2017-2018: S7707, A3061

2019-S3066 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes and directs the department of health and the office for the aging to conduct a study of fees and charges assessed to residents of assisted living facilities and to make recommendations to the legislature.

2019-S3066 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S3066 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3066
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 1, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging
 
 AN ACT authorizing the study of fees and charges assessed  to  residents
   of assisted living facilities
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The department of health in conjunction with the office for
 the aging is authorized and directed to study the fees and charges being
 assessed to residents of assisted living facilities. Specifically,  such
 study  shall  review  the rate of increase of the fees and charges being
 assessed to residents of assisted living facilities.
   § 2. On or before April 1, 2021, the commissioner of the department of
 health and the director of the office for the aging shall deliver a copy
 of the findings of the study conducted pursuant to section one  of  this
 act and any legislative recommendations they deem to be necessary to the
 governor,  the temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of the
 assembly.
   § 3. The commissioner of the department of health and the director  of
 the office for the aging may request, and are authorized to receive, any
 information  from  any state agencies or assisted living facilities that
 is relevant and material to the completion of  this  study  and  report.
 Such information received by the department of health and the office for
 the  aging shall be subject to the same requirements for confidentiality
 and limitations on use, if any, as are applicable  to  each  such  state
 agency's use of such information.
   §  4.  This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately and shall be deemed
 repealed thirty days after the delivery of the report  to  the  governor
 and the legislature as provided for in section two of this act; provided
 that  the  department of health or the office for the aging shall notify
 the legislative bill drafting commission  upon  the  occurrence  of  the
 delivery  of the report provided for in section two of this act in order

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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