Assembly Bill A8989

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes a task force to study aging in place in mental health housing

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    • In Committee Senate
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    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A8989 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8368
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A10139, S9041

2023-A8989 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a task force to study aging in place in mental health housing; provides for the repeal of such task force upon expiration thereof.

2023-A8989 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8989
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 31, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Mental Health
 
 AN ACT in relation to establishing a task force to study aging in  place
   in  mental  health  housing;  and  providing  for  the  repeal of such
   provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  1. A task force shall be established within the office of
 mental health to be known as the mental health housing  evaluation  task
 force  for  aging in place (hereinafter referred to as the "task force")
 to make recommendations including, but not limited to, the following:
   (a) solutions for removing barriers to ensure residents of  community-
 based mental health housing programs can successfully age in place while
 receiving adequate care;
   (b)  identifying  policy, procedure, or regulatory changes that aim to
 remove barriers to residents of community-based  mental  health  housing
 programs  to  receive both mental health and medical care, including the
 ability to hire health care professionals, including but not limited  to
 nurses and/or health home aides;
   (c)  an  action plan for making residences Americans with Disabilities
 Act compliant;
   (d) necessary training for residential staff to understand  the  needs
 of the elderly for which they are providing care; and
   (e)  types  of  assistance  to consider when transporting residents to
 medical appointments and ensuring the proper follow-up occurs.
   2. The task force shall consist of  nine  members  as  follows:  three
 members  shall  be  appointed  by  the  governor;  two  members shall be
 appointed by the speaker of the assembly; two members shall be appointed
 by the temporary president of the senate; one member shall be  appointed
 by  the minority leader of the senate; and one member shall be appointed
 by the minority leader of the assembly. The task force members shall  be
 appointed within 60 days after this act shall have become a law.
   Members  so appointed shall consist of at least: one representative of
 a statewide organization or  advocacy  group  for  residents  of  mental
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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