Assembly Bill A8798

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the reimagining long-term care task force

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S7776 - Signed by Governor


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A8798 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7776
Law Section:
Elder
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3, 4, 5 & 6, Chap of 2021 (as proposed in S.598-B & A.3922-A)

2021-A8798 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends provisions of the reimagining long-term care task force act relating to membership on such task force; changes the effective date to be 45 days after the end of the COVID-19 state of emergency.

2021-A8798 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8798
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 12, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. CRUZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Aging
 
 AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2021 enacting the  "reimagining
   long-term care task force" creating a task force to study the state of
   long-term  care  services  in  this  state, as proposed in legislative
   bills numbers S. 598-B and A. 3922-A, in relation to the membership of
   such task force and the effectiveness of such provisions
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Sections 3, 4 and 5 of a chapter of the laws of 2021 enact-
 ing the "reimagining long-term care task force" creating a task force to
 study the state of long-term care services in this state, as proposed in
 legislative bills numbers S. 598-B and A. 3922-A, are amended to read as
 follows:
   §  3.  Membership.  1. The reimagining long-term care task force shall
 consist of 26 members [as follows] AND SHALL INCLUDE:
   (a) the director of the office for the aging, or [his  or  her]  THEIR
 designee;
   (b) the commissioner of health, or [his or her] THEIR designee;
   (c) the commissioner of labor, or [his or her] THEIR designee; AND
   (d) the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disa-
 bilities, or [his or her] THEIR designee[;
   (e)  two].  THE REMAINING TWENTY-TWO members SHALL BE appointed by the
 governor[;
   (f)], INCLUDING two members [appointed by] ON  THE  RECOMMENDATION  OF
 the temporary president of the senate;
   [(g)]  two members [appointed by] ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF the speaker
 of the assembly;
   [(h)] one member [appointed by] ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF the  minority
 leader of the senate;
   [(i)]  one member [appointed by] ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF the minority
 leader of the assembly;
   [(j)]  one representative of the AARP;
   [(k)] one representative of New York Caring Majority;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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