Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Mar 03, 2023 |
signed chap.74 delivered to governor |
Jan 31, 2023 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.57 substituted for a629 |
Jan 31, 2023 |
substituted by s817 rules report cal.57 reported reported referred to rules |
Jan 10, 2023 |
referred to aging |
Assembly Bill A629
Signed By Governor2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BRONSON
Current Bill Status Via S817 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2023-A629 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S817
- Law Section:
- Elder Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §203, Eld L (as proposed in S.78-A & A.7855)
2023-A629 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Clarifies the meaning of the phrase "greatest social need" for purposes of the administration of programs under the federal Older Americans Act of 1965, defining it to mean the need caused by non-economic factors which shall include, but not be limited to: physical or mental disability; Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia; language barriers including limited English proficiency and low literacy; and cultural, social, or geographic isolation.
2023-A629 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 629 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 10, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Aging AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to clarifying the meaning of the phrase "greatest social need" for purposes of the administration of programs under the federal Older Americans Act of 1965 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 203 of the elder law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the elder law relating to clarifying the meaning of the phrase "greatest social need" for purposes of the administration of programs under the federal Older Americans Act of 1965, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 78-A and A. 7855, is amended to read as follows: 1. The office shall submit to the federal department of health[, education and welfare] AND HUMAN SERVICES a state plan for purposes of the federal Older Americans Act of 1965 and subsequent amendments there- to. The office shall be the single state agency for supervising the administration of such plan and shall be primarily responsible for coor- dination of state programs for the aging for purposes of such federal act. The office shall act for the state in any negotiations relative to the submission and approval of such plan and may make such arrangements, not inconsistent with law, as may be required by or pursuant to federal law to obtain and retain such approval and to secure for the state the benefits of the provisions of such federal act. For the purposes of administering [the federal Older Americans Act of 1965 and subsequent amendments thereto, the term] SUCH STATE PLAN APPROVED BY THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, WHEN TARGETING PROGRAM SERVICES AND SUPPORTS BASED ON "greatest social need", THE OFFICE shall [mean] CONSIDER the need caused by non-economic factors [that restrict an indi- vidual's ability to perform normal daily tasks or that threaten his or her capacity to live independently. These factors] WHICH SHALL include, EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03951-01-3
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