Senate Bill S712

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes an intergenerational educational and mentoring service program to provide assistance to students in elementary schools

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Aging Committee


  • 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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2023-S712 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Aging
Law Section:
Elder Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 4 §§401 - 405, Eld L

2023-S712 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes an intergenerational educational and mentoring service program in the state office for the aging to provide assistance by persons age 55 or older to students in elementary schools; details grant funding, based on appropriations; describes reporting requirements.

2023-S712 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S712 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    712
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging
 
 AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to establishing an  intergen-
   erational educational and mentoring service program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The elder law is amended by adding a new article 4 to  read
 as follows:
                                 ARTICLE IV
                       INTERGENERATIONAL EDUCATIONAL
                           AND MENTORING SERVICE
                                  PROGRAM
 SECTION 401. DEFINITIONS.
         402.  LOCAL  INTERGENERATIONAL EDUCATIONAL AND MENTORING SERVICE
                PROGRAMS.
         403. DUTIES OF THE DIRECTOR.
         404. FUNDING.
         405. REPORT.
   § 401. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
   1. "ADVISORY COMMITTEE" SHALL MEAN  THE  ADVISORY  COMMITTEE  FOR  THE
 AGING ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION TWO HUNDRED TEN OF THIS CHAPTER.
   2.  "DESIGNATED  AGENCY" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS IS ASCRIBED TO
 SUCH TERM BY PARAGRAPH (A) OF SUBDIVISION ONE  OF  SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED
 FOURTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER.
   3. "DIRECTOR" SHALL MEAN THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE FOR THE AGING.
   4.  "INTERGENERATIONAL EDUCATIONAL AND MENTORING PROGRAM" SHALL MEAN A
 STATEWIDE PROGRAM ADMINISTERED BY THE DIRECTOR, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE
 COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION, THAT COORDINATES A NETWORK OF LOCAL INTERGEN-
 ERATIONAL EDUCATIONAL AND MENTORING SERVICE PROGRAMS.
   5. "LOCAL INTERGENERATIONAL EDUCATIONAL AND MENTORING SERVICE PROGRAM"
 SHALL MEAN A LOCAL PROJECT THAT IS SELECTED BY THE DIRECTOR  TO  BE  THE

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03634-01-3
              

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