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                                   5907
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 22, 2023
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 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  the  naturally  occurring
   retirement  community  supportive  service  program;  in  relation  to
   authorizing the study of the number of  senior  citizens  residing  in
   naturally  occurring  retirement  communities  who  are suffering from
   loneliness and social isolation;  and  providing  for  the  repeal  of
   certain provisions upon the expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The state office for the aging is authorized  and  directed
 to  conduct  a study on the number of older adults residing in naturally
 occurring retirement communities  or  neighborhood  naturally  occurring
 retirement communities who are suffering from social isolation and lone-
 liness.  Such  study  shall include, but not be limited to the number of
 members of such communities suffering from social isolation  or  loneli-
 ness,  current  programs  or  services seeking to alleviate these condi-
 tions, and additional programs or services that could be implemented.
   § 2. On or before one year after the effective date of this  act,  the
 director  of  the  office for the aging shall submit the findings of the
 study conducted pursuant to section one of this act and any  recommenda-
 tions  he  or  she  deem  to be necessary to the governor, the temporary
 president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly.
   § 3. Subdivision 8 of section 209 of the  elder  law,  as  amended  by
 section  1  of  part  S of chapter 59 of the laws of 2016, is amended to
 read as follows:
   8. On or before March first, two thousand  nineteen,  and  every  five
 years  thereafter,  the  director  shall  report to the governor and the
 finance committee of the senate and the ways and means committee of  the
 assembly concerning the effectiveness of the naturally occurring retire-
 ment  community  supportive services program in achieving the objectives
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 set forth by this section, which include helping to address the needs of
 residents in such classic and neighborhood naturally  occurring  retire-
 ment  communities, assuring access to a continuum of necessary services,
 increasing private, philanthropic and other public funding for programs,
 and  preventing unnecessary hospital and nursing home stays.  The report
 shall also include recommendations concerning continuation or  modifica-
 tion  of  the  program from the director. The director shall provide the
 required information and any other information deemed appropriate to the
 report in such form and detail as will be helpful to the legislature and
 the governor in determining to extend, eliminate or modify  the  program
 including, but not limited to, the following:
   (a)  the number, size, type and location of the projects developed and
 funded, including the number, kinds  and  functions  of  staff  in  each
 program;
   (b)  the age, sex, religion and other appropriate demographic informa-
 tion concerning the residents served;
   (c) the services provided to residents, reported in such manner as  to
 allow comparison of services by demographic group and region;
   (d) a listing of the services provided by eligible applicants, includ-
 ing the number, kind and intensity of such services; [and]
   (e) a listing of partner organizations providing services, the number,
 kind and intensity of such services, and, to the extent practicable, the
 outcomes of such referrals; AND
   (F)  THE  NUMBER  OF RESIDENTS WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM SOCIAL ISOLATION
 AND LONELINESS AND THE SERVICES PROVIDED TO RESIDENTS.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
 the  provisions  of sections one and two of this act shall expire and be
 deemed repealed on the thirtieth day after the delivery of the report to
 the governor and the legislature as provided for in section two of  this
 act; provided, further, that the state office for the aging shall notify
 the legislative bill drafting commission upon the delivery of the report
 provided for in section two of this act in order that the commission may
 maintain an accurate and timely effective data base of the official text
 of  the laws of the state of New York in furtherance of effectuating the
 provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of  the
 public officers law.