Assembly Bill A3390

                             
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                                   3390
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. EACHUS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Aging
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the public housing law, in relation to establishing a
   senior housing task force
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  The public housing law is amended by adding a new section
 12-a to read as follows:
   § 12-A. SENIOR HOUSING TASK FORCE.  1.  THERE  IS  HEREBY  ESTABLISHED
 WITHIN  THE  DIVISION  OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL A SENIOR HOUSING
 TASK FORCE  WHICH  SHALL  MEET  AT  LEAST  ONCE  ANNUALLY  IN  DIFFERENT
 GEOGRAPHICAL  AREAS  OF  THE STATE.   ALL MEMBERS SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH
 NOTICE REASONABLY IN  ADVANCE  OF  EACH  MEETING  WITH  DATE,  TIME  AND
 LOCATION  OF  SUCH MEETING. TASK FORCE MEMBERS MAY USE VIDEOCONFERENCING
 FOR ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION.   THE  TASK  FORCE  SHALL  CONSIST  OF
 SIXTEEN  MEMBERS  AND  SHALL  INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FOLLOWING
 STATE AGENCIES: THE DIVISION  OF  HOUSING  AND  COMMUNITY  RENEWAL,  THE
 OFFICE  FOR  THE  AGING,  THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THE OFFICE OF MENTAL
 HEALTH, THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE  OFFICE  FOR  PEOPLE
 WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, THE DIVISION OF PROTECTIVE SERVICES FOR
 ADULTS  OF  THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, AND THE NEW YORK
 CITY DEPARTMENT FOR THE AGING. OF THE  EIGHT  REMAINING  MEMBERS,  THREE
 SHALL  BE  APPOINTED  BY  THE  SPEAKER  OF  THE ASSEMBLY, THREE SHALL BE
 APPOINTED BY THE  TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  SENATE,  ONE  SHALL  BE
 APPOINTED  BY  THE  MINORITY  LEADER  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY AND ONE SHALL BE
 APPOINTED BY THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE, AND SHALL BROADLY REPRE-
 SENT HOUSING AND SENIOR CITIZEN GROUPS FROM ALL GEOGRAPHIC AREAS OF  THE
 STATE INCLUDING SERVICE PROVIDERS, ASSOCIATIONS, ADVOCATES, PROPRIETORS,
 AND  CONSUMERS  OF  FOR-PROFIT AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT SENIOR HOUSING OPTIONS
 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES,  ADULT  HOMES,
 SKILLED  NURSING  FACILITIES,  INDEPENDENT  LIVING FACILITIES, NATURALLY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06616-01-5
              

 A. 3390                             2
 
 OCCURRING  RETIREMENT  COMMUNITIES,  NEIGHBORHOOD  NATURALLY   OCCURRING
 RETIREMENT  COMMUNITIES,  AND  CONTINUING  CARE  RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES.
 MEMBERS SHALL RECEIVE NO COMPENSATION FOR THEIR SERVICES  BUT  SHALL  BE
 REIMBURSED  FOR  TRAVEL  AND  OTHER  EXPENSES  ACTUALLY  AND NECESSARILY
 INCURRED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES. THE  TASK  FORCE  SHALL  BE
 CO-CHAIRED  BY THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
 RENEWAL AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE FOR THE AGING. THE TASK FORCE  IS
 RESPONSIBLE  FOR  CONDUCTING  AN  ANNUAL STATE-WIDE ASSESSMENT OF SENIOR
 HOUSING NEEDS TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE VARIOUS  GEOGRAPHICAL  AREAS
 AND  DIFFERENT  NEEDS OF THE SENIORS IN THOSE AREAS AND RESOURCES AVAIL-
 ABLE IN THOSE DIFFERENT AREAS AND PROJECT THOSE NEEDS OVER THE NEXT FIVE
 YEARS; OTHER FACTORS WHICH SHALL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION ARE: HEALTH
 CARE NEEDS OF SENIORS, THE LONG TERM CARE NEEDS  OF  SENIORS,  FINANCIAL
 RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO SENIORS, OR NEEDED BY SENIORS, AND TRANSPORTATION
 NEEDS OF SENIORS. THE ASSESSMENT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, A
 REVIEW  OF  INNOVATIVE  APPROACHES SUCCESSFULLY BEING IMPLEMENTED IN NEW
 YORK STATE AND IN OTHER STATES AND THEIR POTENTIAL FOR IMPLEMENTATION OR
 EXPANSION IN THIS STATE.  SUCH ASSESSMENT SHALL ALSO DEVELOP A PLAN  FOR
 PROVIDING  QUALITY SENIOR HOUSING TO MEET THE PROJECTED NEEDS OF SENIORS
 LOCATED IN DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS OF THE STATE.
   2. THE TASK FORCE SHALL ISSUE A REPORT BY EACH JANUARY FIRST OUTLINING
 ITS FINDINGS, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THE STATE PLAN. THE REPORT  SHALL  BE
 DELIVERED  TO  THE  GOVERNOR, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE TEMPORARY
 PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE CHAIRPERSONS  OF  THE  HOUSING,  AGING  AND
 HEALTH  COMMITTEES IN THE ASSEMBLY, AND THE CHAIRPERSONS OF THE HOUSING,
 CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AGING AND HEALTH  COMMITTEES  IN
 THE SENATE.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.