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Assembly Bill A9412

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to creating the family essential program

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2025-A9412 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Aging
Law Section:
Elder Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 2 Title 2 §230, Eld L

2025-A9412 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates the family essential program within the office for the aging to provide for advocacy, collaborative and education infrastructure for essential family caregivers within nursing homes and other long term care communities.

2025-A9412 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9412
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 19, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Aging
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the elder law, in relation to implementing the family
   essential program to create an advocacy, collaborative and  an  educa-
   tion  infrastructure  for  essential  family caregivers within nursing
   homes and other long term care communities

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Article 2 of the elder law is amended by adding a new title
 2 to read as follows:
                                   TITLE 2
                         FAMILY ESSENTIAL PROGRAM
 SECTION 230. FAMILY ESSENTIAL PROGRAM.
   § 230. FAMILY ESSENTIAL PROGRAM. 1. THERE IS HEREBY CREATED WITHIN THE
 OFFICE A FAMILY ESSENTIAL PROGRAM WHOSE FUNCTION AND PURPOSE SHALL BE AN
 ADVOCACY, COLLABORATIVE AND EDUCATION INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ESSENTIAL FAMI-
 LY CAREGIVERS IN NURSING HOMES AND OTHER LONG TERM CARE COMMUNITIES.
   2.  THE  FAMILY  ESSENTIAL PROGRAM SHALL SET FORTH STANDARDS AND PRAC-
 TICES DESIGNED TO ASSIST NURSING HOMES  AND  LONG  TERM  CARE  COMMUNITY
 STAKEHOLDERS  AND  PROVIDERS BY IMPLEMENTING VARYING ADVOCACY STRUCTURES
 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: (A) MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH  FAMILY  ESSEN-
 TIAL  CARE VISITORS AND THE RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE IN NURSING HOMES AND
 LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES; (B) MAKING READILY  AVAILABLE  MATERIALS  AND
 CARE  GUIDES  REGARDING  STATEWIDE  LONG  TERM CARE SERVICES AND SUPPORT
 SYSTEMS; AND (C) EDUCATION SESSIONS AND MODULES THAT  WILL  SUPPORT  THE
 ESSENTIAL  FAMILY CARE VISITOR TO ASSIST A RESIDENT IN A NURSING HOME OR
 LONG TERM CARE COMMUNITY TO ACHIEVE PERSON-CENTERED  CARE,  DIGNITY  AND
 COMFORT AND TO MAINTAIN THEM AT THEIR HIGHEST LEVEL OF FUNCTIONING.
   3. THE FAMILY ESSENTIAL PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE FOR:
   (A)  MONTHLY  MEETINGS  WITHIN  EACH  NURSING  HOME AND LONG TERM CARE
 COMMUNITY TO ELICIT FEEDBACK REGARDING CARE IMPROVEMENTS TO IMPACT QUAL-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14096-02-5

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