Assembly Bill A1955

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Creates the district long-term care ombudsman council program

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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
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2023-A1955 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S886
Current Committee:
Assembly Aging
Law Section:
Elder Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §218, Eld L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A6753

2023-A1955 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates the district long-term care ombudsman council program to coordinate volunteer ombudsmen in each assembly district.

2023-A1955 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1955
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. ZINERMAN, BURDICK -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Aging
 
 AN ACT to amend the elder law, in  relation  to  creating  the  district
   long-term care ombudsman council program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section
 218 of the elder law, as added by chapter 259 of the laws  of  2018,  is
 amended, and a new paragraph (i) is added to read as follows:
   (1)  is  an employee or volunteer of the state office for the aging or
 of a designated local ombudsman entity, OR A MEMBER OF A DISTRICT  LONG-
 TERM  CARE  OMBUDSMAN COUNCIL PROGRAM and represents the state long-term
 care ombudsman program;
   (I) "DISTRICT COUNCIL" OR "DISTRICT COUNCIL PROGRAM"  SHALL  MEAN  THE
 DISTRICT  LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN COUNCIL PROGRAM ESTABLISHED IN SUBDI-
 VISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. The opening paragraph and subparagraph  7  of  paragraph  (d)  of
 subdivision 3 of section 218 of the elder law, as amended by chapter 259
 of the laws of 2018, are amended to read as follows:
   The  state  ombudsman,  personally  or  through  [authorized represen-
 tatives] THE DISTRICT LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN  COUNCIL  PROGRAM  ESTAB-
 LISHED IN SUBDIVISION FOUR OF THIS SECTION, shall:
   (7)  develop a certification training program and continuing education
 for ombudsmen which at a minimum shall  specify  the  minimum  hours  of
 training,  the  annual  number  of hours of in-service training, and the
 content of the training, including, but not limited to, training  relat-
 ing  to  federal,  state, and local laws, regulations, and policies with
 respect to long-term care facilities in  the  state,  investigative  and
 resolution  techniques,  and  such other training-related matters as the
 state ombudsman determines to be appropriate, FOR THE PURPOSES OF TRAIN-
 ING MEMBERS OF THE DISTRICT LONG-TERM  CARE  OMBUDSMAN  COUNCIL  PROGRAM
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03635-01-3
              

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