Assembly Bill A3922

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 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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  • 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-A3922 - Details

Law Section:
Elder
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A10836

2021-A3922 - 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.

2021-A3922 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3922
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 29, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. CRUZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Aging
 
 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.
                                                            LBD04857-01-1
              

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2021-A3922A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Elder
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A10836

2021-A3922A (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.

2021-A3922A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3922--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 29, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. CRUZ -- read once and referred 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,  culturally  and  linguistically  relevant  healthcare,
 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  enforce-
 ment, staffing shortages, lack of federally mandated crisis plans, visi-
 tation  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  recommendations  on  how  such
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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