Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 05, 2023 | returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.506 substituted for a5119 |
Jun 05, 2023 | substituted by s5178 rules report cal.506 reported |
Jun 01, 2023 | reported referred to rules |
May 16, 2023 | reported referred to ways and means |
Mar 02, 2023 | referred to mental health |
Current Bill Status Via S5178 - Passed Senate & Assembly
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Anna Kelles
George Alvarez
Angelo Santabarbara
Zohran Mamdani
A5119 (ACTIVE) - Details
A5119 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5119 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 2, 2023 ___________ 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 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09811-01-3 A. 5119 2