NY State Senate Bill 2019-S8633

Senate Bill S8633

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Enacts the "reimagining long-term care task force" to create a task force to study the state of long-term care services in this state

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Jul 22, 2020	referred to aging delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.933
Jul 20, 2020	reported and committed to rules
Jul 17, 2020	print number 8633b
Jul 17, 2020	amend and recommit to aging
Jul 15, 2020	print number 8633a
Jul 15, 2020	amend and recommit to aging
Jul 13, 2020	committee discharged and committed to aging
Jun 26, 2020	referred to rules

Votes

- Jul 22, 2020 - Floor Vote
  S8633
  
  54
  
  Aye
  
  6
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jul 22, 2020
      
      aye (54)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Amedore
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Felder
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Little
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Metzger
      
      Montgomery
      
      Myrie
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      nay (6)
      
      Akshar
      
      Borrello
      
      Helming
      
      Jordan
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
  Jul 22, 2020 - Rules Committee Vote
  S8633
  
  14
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  5
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jul 22, 2020
      
      aye (14)
      
      Benjamin
      
      Breslin
      
      Comrie
      
      Gianaris
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Little
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      Parker
      
      Savino
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      aye wr (5)
      
      Griffo
      
      LaValle
      
      Ortt
      
      Robach
      
      Seward
  Jul 20, 2020 - Aging Committee Vote
  S8633
  
  5
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Aging Committee Vote: Jul 20, 2020
      
      aye (5)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Biaggi
      
      May
      
      Serrano
      
      Thomas
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Serino

Bill Amendments

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2019-S8633 - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Aging
Law Section:: Elder
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:: S598

2019-S8633 - Summary

Enacts the "reimagining long-term care task force act" to create a task force to study the state of long-term care services in this state.

2019-S8633 - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S8633

SPONSOR: MAY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act in relation to enacting the "reimagining long-term care task
force" to create a task force to study the state of long-term care
services in this state

 
PURPOSE:

This bill establishes a long-term care task force that will examine the
state of long-term care, both home-based and facility-based, in the
state, and consider potential models for improvement. It will examine
both the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on long-term care as well as
the broader long-term system in New York.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Sets short title.

Section 2: Sets the duties and topics of inquiry for the task force.

Section 3: Sets the membership of the task force and establishes the
Director of the State Office for the Aging as chair.

Section 4: Directs state agencies to provide the task force necessary
assistance.

Section 5: Requires one report from the task force with respect to the
coronavirus pandemic by December 1, 2020. Requires a second report of
its full study by May 1, 2021.

Section 6: Sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

New York is in a period of reimagining many of the systems we rely on.
As we discuss reimagining business or schools, there is another system
that requires significant consideration: long-term care.  Nursing homes
and adult care facilities have been among the hardest hit communities in
the coronavirus crisis. Our long-term care system was already troubled
before the pandemic, with overworked and underpaid staff and facilities
whose rates have not been increased in years. The pandemic exacerbated
these challenges.

This legislation will establish a Reimagining Long-Term Care Task Force
with representatives from across the long-teen care system. The task
force will have two goals. First, to examine the impact of the coronavi-
rus pandemic on long-term care in New York State, producing a report on
issues like staffing shortages, visitation bans, infection control
protocols and enforcement. Second, to make recommendations to the Gover-
nor and legislature on how to build a more resilient long-term care
system to care for and protect the overall well-being of residents and
clients in any future emergency.

 
FISCAL IMPACT:

To be determined.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

2019-S8633 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8633
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 26, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT in relation to enacting  the  "reimagining  long-term  care  task
   force"  to  create  a  task force to study the state of long-term care
   services in this state
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "reimagining long-term care task force act".
   § 2. Reimagining long-term care task force; duties.  There  is  hereby
 created the reimagining long-term care task force. Such task force shall
 study  the  state of long-term care services, options and challenges for
 older New Yorkers and reimagine how the state can better meet the exist-
 ing and projected needs of such New  Yorkers  in  ways  that  prioritize
 safety  and  affordability, and enhance the quality of life for those in
 need of such care.   In carrying out its  task,  the  task  force  shall
 consider  the  full  continuum  of  care available to older New Yorkers,
 including, but not limited to,  community-based  services,  consumer-di-
 rected services, independent living, assisted living and skilled-nursing
 facility  care.  The  task  force  shall study the limitations currently
 hampering quality care, both in home-based and facility-based  settings,
 and  consider  potential  models  for improvement. In addition, the task
 force shall study the challenges and issues generated by the coronavirus
 pandemic, including, but not limited to, infection control protocols and
 enforcement, staffing  shortages,  lack  of  federally  mandated  crisis
 plans,   visitation   bans,  and  other  factors  that  exacerbated  the
 pandemic's toll on residents and staff  of  skilled  nursing  and  other
 adult-care  facilities. The task force shall utilize the findings of its
 study on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic to formulate recommenda-
 tions on how such skilled nursing and other  adult-care  facilities,  as
 well  as home care service agencies, can better care for and protect the
 overall well-being of residents and clients in any future emergency.
   § 3. Membership. 1. The reimagining long-term care  task  force  shall
 consist of 20 members as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16781-03-0

 S. 8633                             2
 
   (a) the director of the office for the aging, or his or her designee;
   (b) the commissioner of health, or his or her designee;
   (c) the commissioner of labor, or his or her designee;
   (d) the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disa-
 bilities, or his or her designee;
   (e) two members appointed by the governor;
   (f) two members appointed by the temporary president of the senate;
   (g) two members appointed by the speaker of the assembly;
   (h) one member appointed by the minority leader of the senate;
   (i) one member appointed by the minority leader of the assembly;
   (j)  one representative of the American Association of Retired Persons
 (AARP);
   (k) one representative of New York Caring Majority;
   (l)  one representative of the Home Care Association of New York State
 (HCA-NYS);
   (m) one representative of the Long Term Care Community Coalition;
   (n) one representative of 1199;
   (o) one representative of the New York State Nurses Association;
   (p) one representative of LeadingAge; and
   (q) one representative of Healthcare Association  of  New  York  State
 (HANYS).
   2.  Members  of  the task force shall broadly represent long-term care
 and senior-related interests, including persons with expertise in senior
 or long-term care advocacy, persons with expertise in addressing  racial
 disparities  in  senior  or long-term care, home care and facility based
 service  providers,  health  care  workers,  community-based   services,
 consumer-directed  services, associations for seniors, health care asso-
 ciations, elder law representatives, and/or  representatives  of  senior
 housing, including skilled nursing, independent facilities and services,
 assisted living facilities and services, and naturally occurring retire-
 ment communities.
   3.  The  director of the office for the aging, or his or her designee,
 shall serve as chairperson of the task force.
   4. No member of the task force shall be disqualified from holding  any
 other  public office or employment, nor shall he or she forfeit any such
 office or employment by reason of his or  her  appointment  pursuant  to
 this  act,  notwithstanding  the  provisions  of any general, special or
 local law, ordinance or city charter.
   5. The members of the task force shall  receive  no  compensation  for
 their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
 incurred in the performance of their duties pursuant to this act.
   §  4.  Assistance  from  state and local agencies. All departments and
 agencies of the state or subdivisions thereof, and local governments  of
 this  state  shall,  at the request of the chairperson, provide the task
 force such facilities, assistance and data to enable the task  force  to
 carry out its duties pursuant to this act.
   § 5. Reports. 1. The task force shall report the findings of its study
 with  respect to the coronavirus pandemic to the governor, the temporary
 president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly,  on  or  before
 December  1, 2020. Such report shall include recommendations for further
 action and legislation.
   2. The task force shall report the findings of its full study  to  the
 governor,  the  temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the
 assembly, on or before May 1, 2021. Such report shall include  recommen-
 dations for further action and legislation.
   § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.

co-Sponsors

2019-S8633A - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Aging
Law Section:: Elder
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:: S598

2019-S8633A - Summary

Enacts the "reimagining long-term care task force act" to create a task force to study the state of long-term care services in this state.

2019-S8633A - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S8633A

SPONSOR: MAY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act in relation to enacting the "reimagining long-term care task
force" to create a task force to study the state of long-term care
services in this state

 
PURPOSE:

This bill establishes a long-term care task force that will examine the
state of long-term care, both home-based and facility-based, in the
state, and consider potential models for improvement. It will examine
both the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on long-term care as well as
the broader long-term system in New York.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Sets short title.

Section 2: Sets the duties and topics of inquiry for the task force.

Section 3: Sets the membership of the task force and establishes the
Director of the State Office for the Aging as chair.  ** The amendment
to this bill adds one representative from the Association on Aging in
New York.

Section 4: Directs state agencies to provide the task force necessary
assistance.

Section 5: Requires one report from the task force with respect to the
coronavirus pandemic by December 1, 2020. Requires a second report of
its full study by May 1, 2021.

Section 6: Sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

New York is in a period of reimagining many of the systems we rely on.
As we discuss reimagining business or schools, there is another system
that requires significant consideration: long-term care.  Nursing homes
and adult care facilities have been among the hardest hit communities in
the coronavirus crisis. Our long-term care system was already troubled
before the pandemic, with overworked and underpaid staff and facilities
whose rates have not been increased in years. The pandemic exacerbated
these challenges.

This legislation will establish a Reimagining Long-Term Care Task Force
with representatives from across the long-term care system. The task
force will have two goals. First, to examine the impact of the coronavi-
rus pandemic on long-term care in New York State, producing a report on
issues like staffing shortages, visitation bans, infection control
protocols and enforcement. Second, to make recommendations to the Gover-
nor and legislature on how to build a more resilient long-term care
system to care for and protect the overall well-being of residents and
clients in any future emergency.

 
FISCAL IMPACT:
To be determined.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately

2019-S8633A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8633--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 26, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. MAY, KRUEGER, METZGER, MONTGOMERY -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Rules -- committee discharged and said bill committed to the Committee
   on  Aging  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT in relation to enacting  the  "reimagining  long-term  care  task
   force"  to  create  a  task force to study the state of long-term care
   services in this state
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "reimagining long-term care task force act".
   § 2. Reimagining long-term care task force; duties.  There  is  hereby
 created the reimagining long-term care task force. Such task force shall
 study  the  state of long-term care services, options and challenges for
 older New Yorkers and reimagine how the state can better meet the exist-
 ing and projected needs of such New  Yorkers  in  ways  that  prioritize
 safety  and  affordability, and enhance the quality of life for those in
 need of such care.   In carrying out its  task,  the  task  force  shall
 consider  the  full  continuum  of  care available to older New Yorkers,
 including, but not limited to,  community-based  services,  consumer-di-
 rected services, independent living, assisted living and skilled-nursing
 facility  care.  The  task  force  shall study the limitations currently
 hampering quality care, both in home-based and facility-based  settings,
 and  consider  potential  models  for improvement. In addition, the task
 force shall study the challenges and issues generated by the coronavirus
 pandemic, including, but not limited to, infection control protocols and
 enforcement, staffing  shortages,  lack  of  federally  mandated  crisis
 plans,   visitation   bans,  and  other  factors  that  exacerbated  the
 pandemic's toll on residents and staff  of  skilled  nursing  and  other
 adult-care  facilities. The task force shall utilize the findings of its
 study on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic to formulate recommenda-
 tions on how such skilled nursing and other  adult-care  facilities,  as
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD16781-04-0

 S. 8633--A                          2
 
 well  as home care service agencies, can better care for and protect the
 overall well-being of residents and clients in any future emergency.
   §  3.  Membership.  1. The reimagining long-term care task force shall
 consist of 21 members as follows:
   (a) the director of the office for the aging, or his or her designee;
   (b) the commissioner of health, or his or her designee;
   (c) the commissioner of labor, or his or her designee;
   (d) the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disa-
 bilities, or his or her designee;
   (e) two members appointed by the governor;
   (f) two members appointed by the temporary president of the senate;
   (g) two members appointed by the speaker of the assembly;
   (h) one member appointed by the minority leader of the senate;
   (i) one member appointed by the minority leader of the assembly;
   (j)  one representative of the AARP;
   (k) one representative of New York Caring Majority;
   (l) one representative of the Home Care Association of New York  State
 (HCA-NYS);
   (m) one representative of the Long Term Care Community Coalition;
   (n) one representative of 1199;
   (o) one representative of the New York State Nurses Association;
   (p) one representative of LeadingAge; and
   (q)  one  representative  of  Healthcare Association of New York State
 (HANYS); and
   (r) one representative of the Association on Aging in New York.
   2. Members of the task force shall broadly  represent  long-term  care
 and senior-related interests, including persons with expertise in senior
 or  long-term care advocacy, persons with expertise in addressing racial
 disparities in senior or long-term care, home care  and  facility  based
 service   providers,  health  care  workers,  community-based  services,
 consumer-directed services, associations for seniors, health care  asso-
 ciations,  elder  law  representatives, and/or representatives of senior
 housing, including skilled nursing, independent facilities and services,
 assisted living facilities and services, and naturally occurring retire-
 ment communities.
   3. The director of the office for the aging, or his or  her  designee,
 shall serve as chairperson of the task force.
   4.  No member of the task force shall be disqualified from holding any
 other public office or employment, nor shall he or she forfeit any  such
 office  or  employment  by  reason of his or her appointment pursuant to
 this act, notwithstanding the provisions  of  any  general,  special  or
 local law, ordinance or city charter.
   5.  The  members  of  the task force shall receive no compensation for
 their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
 incurred in the performance of their duties pursuant to this act.
   § 4. Assistance from state and local  agencies.  All  departments  and
 agencies  of the state or subdivisions thereof, and local governments of
 this state shall, at the request of the chairperson,  provide  the  task
 force  such  facilities, assistance and data to enable the task force to
 carry out its duties pursuant to this act.
   § 5. Reports. 1. The task force shall report the findings of its study
 with respect to the coronavirus pandemic to the governor, the  temporary
 president  of  the  senate and the speaker of the assembly, on or before
 December 1, 2020. Such report shall include recommendations for  further
 action and legislation.

 S. 8633--A                          3
 
   2.  The  task force shall report the findings of its full study to the
 governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker  of  the
 assembly,  on or before May 1, 2021. Such report shall include recommen-
 dations for further action and legislation.
   § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.

co-Sponsors

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2019-S8633B (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Aging
Law Section:: Elder
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:: S598

2019-S8633B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "reimagining long-term care task force act" to create a task force to study the state of long-term care services in this state.

2019-S8633B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S8633B

SPONSOR: MAY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act in relation to enacting the "reimagining long-term care task
force" to create a task force to study the state of long-term care
services in this state

 
PURPOSE:

This bill establishes a long-teen care task force that will examine the
state of long-term care, both home-based and facility-based, in the
state, and consider potential models for improvement. It will examine
both the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on long-term care as well as
the broader long-term system in New York.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Sets short title.

Section 2: Sets the duties and topics of inquiry for the task force.

Section 3: Sets the membership of the task force and establishes the
Director of the State Office for the Aging as chair.  ** The amendment
to this bill adds one representative from the Empire State Association
of Assisted Living.

Section 4: Directs state agencies to provide the task force necessary
assistance.

Section 5: Requires one report from the task force with respect to the
coronavirus pandemic by December 1, 2020. Requires a second report of
its full study by May 1, 2021.

Section 6: Sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

New York is in a period of reimagining many of the systems we rely on.
As we discuss reimagining business or schools, there is another system
that requires significant consideration: long-term care.  Nursing homes
and adult care facilities have been among the hardest hit communities in
the coronavirus crisis. Our long-term care system was already troubled
before the pandemic, with overworked and underpaid staff and facilities
whose rates have not been increased in years. The pandemic exacerbated
these challenges.

This legislation will establish a Reimagining Long-Tema Care Task Force
with representatives from across the long-term care system. The task
force will have two goals. First, to examine the impact of the coronavi-
rus pandemic on long-term care in New York State, producing a report on
issues like staffing shortages, visitation bans, infection control
protocols and enforcement. Second, to make recommendations to the Gover-
nor and legislature on how to build a more resilient long-term care
system to care for and protect the overall well-being of residents and
clients in any future emergency.

 
FISCAL IMPACT:
To be determined

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately

2019-S8633B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8633--B
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 26, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. MAY, KRUEGER, METZGER, MONTGOMERY -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Rules -- committee discharged and said bill committed to the Committee
   on  Aging  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said  committee  --  committee  discharged,
   bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said
   committee
 
 AN ACT in relation to enacting  the  "reimagining  long-term  care  task
   force"  to  create  a  task force to study the state of long-term care
   services in this state
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "reimagining long-term care task force act".
   § 2. Reimagining long-term care task force; duties.  There  is  hereby
 created the reimagining long-term care task force. Such task force shall
 study  the  state of long-term care services, options and challenges for
 older New Yorkers and reimagine how the state can better meet the exist-
 ing and projected needs of such New  Yorkers  in  ways  that  prioritize
 safety  and  affordability, and enhance the quality of life for those in
 need of such care.   In carrying out its  task,  the  task  force  shall
 consider  the  full  continuum  of  care available to older New Yorkers,
 including, but not limited to,  community-based  services,  consumer-di-
 rected services, independent living, assisted living and skilled-nursing
 facility  care.  The  task  force  shall study the limitations currently
 hampering quality care, both in home-based and facility-based  settings,
 and  consider  potential  models  for improvement. In addition, the task
 force shall study the challenges and issues generated by the coronavirus
 pandemic, including, but not limited to, infection control protocols and
 enforcement, staffing  shortages,  lack  of  federally  mandated  crisis
 plans,   visitation   bans,  and  other  factors  that  exacerbated  the
 pandemic's toll on residents and staff  of  skilled  nursing  and  other
 adult-care  facilities. The task force shall utilize the findings of its
 study on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic to formulate recommenda-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16781-06-0

 S. 8633--B                          2
 
 tions on how such skilled nursing and other  adult-care  facilities,  as
 well  as home care service agencies, can better care for and protect the
 overall well-being of residents and clients in any future emergency.
   §  3.  Membership.  1. The reimagining long-term care task force shall
 consist of 22 members as follows:
   (a) the director of the office for the aging, or his or her designee;
   (b) the commissioner of health, or his or her designee;
   (c) the commissioner of labor, or his or her designee;
   (d) the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disa-
 bilities, or his or her designee;
   (e) two members appointed by the governor;
   (f) two members appointed by the temporary president of the senate;
   (g) two members appointed by the speaker of the assembly;
   (h) one member appointed by the minority leader of the senate;
   (i) one member appointed by the minority leader of the assembly;
   (j)  one representative of the AARP;
   (k) one representative of New York Caring Majority;
   (l) one representative of the Home Care Association of New York  State
 (HCA-NYS);
   (m) one representative of the Long Term Care Community Coalition;
   (n) one representative of 1199;
   (o) one representative of the New York State Nurses Association;
   (p) one representative of LeadingAge;
   (q)  one  representative  of  Healthcare Association of New York State
 (HANYS);
   (r) one representative of the Association on Aging in New York; and
   (s) one representative of the Empire  State  Association  of  Assisted
 Living.
   2.  Members  of  the task force shall broadly represent long-term care
 and senior-related interests, including persons with expertise in senior
 or long-term care advocacy, persons with expertise in addressing  racial
 disparities  in  senior  or long-term care, home care and facility based
 service  providers,  health  care  workers,  community-based   services,
 consumer-directed  services, associations for seniors, health care asso-
 ciations, elder law representatives, and/or  representatives  of  senior
 housing, including skilled nursing, independent facilities and services,
 assisted living facilities and services, and naturally occurring retire-
 ment communities.
   3.  The  director of the office for the aging, or his or her designee,
 shall serve as chairperson of the task force.
   4. No member of the task force shall be disqualified from holding  any
 other  public office or employment, nor shall he or she forfeit any such
 office or employment by reason of his or  her  appointment  pursuant  to
 this  act,  notwithstanding  the  provisions  of any general, special or
 local law, ordinance or city charter.
   5. The members of the task force shall  receive  no  compensation  for
 their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
 incurred in the performance of their duties pursuant to this act.
   §  4.  Assistance  from  state and local agencies. All departments and
 agencies of the state or subdivisions thereof, and local governments  of
 this  state  shall,  at the request of the chairperson, provide the task
 force such facilities, assistance and data to enable the task  force  to
 carry out its duties pursuant to this act.
   § 5. Reports. 1. The task force shall report the findings of its study
 with  respect to the coronavirus pandemic to the governor, the temporary
 president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly,  on  or  before

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 December  1, 2020. Such report shall include recommendations for further
 action and legislation.
   2.  The  task force shall report the findings of its full study to the
 governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker  of  the
 assembly,  on or before May 1, 2021. Such report shall include recommen-
 dations for further action and legislation.
   § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.

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