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Assembly Bill A3602

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires an annual report on individuals who are the primary caregiver for an older adult

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2025-A3602 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6043
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Elder Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §213, Eld L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A9806
2023-2024: A8338, S603

2025-A3602 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a report on individuals who are the primary caregiver for an older adult, including the number of individuals who are primary caregivers for an older adult, the average age of a primary caregiver, the cost to an individual to provide care to an older adult, and the economic value and savings to the state of such individual's services.

2025-A3602 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3602
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 29, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SEAWRIGHT  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Aging
 
 AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to requiring an annual report
   on individuals who are the primary caregiver for an older adult
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 213 of the elder law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph (n) to read as follows:
   (N) A REPORT ON INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE THE PRIMARY CAREGIVER FOR AN OLDER
 ADULT,  INCLUDING  THE  NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PRIMARY CAREGIVERS
 FOR AN OLDER ADULT, THE AVERAGE AGE OF A PRIMARY CAREGIVER, THE COST  TO
 AN  INDIVIDUAL TO PROVIDE CARE TO AN OLDER ADULT, AND THE ECONOMIC VALUE
 AND SAVINGS TO THE STATE OF SUCH INDIVIDUAL'S SERVICES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01861-01-5

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