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Assembly Bill A10707

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to reporting unmet need for programs and services for the aging

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2025-A10707 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Aging
Law Section:
Elder Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §203, Eld L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A7504
2021-2022: A2590
2023-2024: A241

2025-A10707 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to reporting unmet need, which is the number of eligible individuals seeking participation in a program or service who are not receiving such program or service due to insufficient resources or capacity.

2025-A10707 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10707
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 26, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  EICHENSTEIN -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Aging
 
 AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to reporting unmet  need  for
   programs and services for the aging
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 203 of the elder law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A.  THE OFFICE SHALL COLLECT FROM EACH AREA AGENCY ON AGING INFORMA-
 TION CONCERNING THE UNMET NEED FOR EACH PROGRAM OR  SERVICE  OFFERED  BY
 THE  AREA  AGENCY ON AGING.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, UNMET
 NEED SHALL BE DEFINED AS THE  NUMBER  OF  ELIGIBLE  INDIVIDUALS  SEEKING
 PARTICIPATION  IN  A  PROGRAM  OR SERVICE AND WHO ARE NOT RECEIVING SUCH
 PROGRAM OR SERVICE DUE TO INSUFFICIENT RESOURCES OR CAPACITY. THE OFFICE
 SHALL PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON THE UNMET NEED FOR EACH  PROGRAM
 OR  SERVICE  THROUGHOUT  THE  STATE  TO  THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY AND
 TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE NO LATER THAN DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST OF
 EACH YEAR.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 

 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01602-01-5

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