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                                  8072--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Aging  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  elder law, in relation to establishing an elder
   financial exploitation public awareness campaign
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  elder  law is amended by adding a new section 226 to
 read as follows:
   § 226. ELDER FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION  PUBLIC  AWARENESS  CAMPAIGN.  THE
 DIRECTOR,  IN  CONSULTATION WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
 FINANCIAL SERVICES, IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND  DIRECTED  TO  DEVELOP  AND
 CONDUCT  A PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN TO EDUCATE OLDER ADULTS AND PERSONS
 PROVIDING CARE TO OR WHO HAVE A FIDUCIARY  RESPONSIBILITY  TO  AN  OLDER
 ADULT  ON  THE  PREVENTION  AND DETECTION OF FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION. THE
 CAMPAIGN MAY UTILIZE  PUBLIC  FORUMS,  SOCIAL  MEDIA,  AND  MASS  MEDIA,
 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO INTERNET, RADIO, AND PRINT ADVERTISING. THE
 DIRECTOR  SHALL,  AT  A  MINIMUM, INCLUDE INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS ON THE
 OFFICE'S WEBSITE AND DISTRIBUTE SUCH MATERIALS TO EACH  AREA  AGENCY  ON
 AGING IN THE STATE. SUCH MATERIALS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO,
 INFORMATION ON THE FOLLOWING:
   1.  THE  ESTIMATED NUMBER OF OLDER ADULTS WHO ARE VICTIMS OF FINANCIAL
 EXPLOITATION IN NEW YORK STATE AND THE AVERAGE AMOUNT OF MONEY LOST;
   2. FACTORS THAT MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF  FINANCIAL  EXPLOITATION  FOR
 OLDER ADULTS;
   3.  COMMON  TYPES  OF FINANCIAL SCAMS AND FRAUD AND INDICATORS OF SUCH
 TYPES OF FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION;
   4. COMMON INDICATORS THAT AN OLDER ADULT MAY BE A VICTIM OF  FINANCIAL
 EXPLOITATION;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   5. METHODS FOR OLDER ADULTS TO REPORT POTENTIAL OR ACTUAL INSTANCES OF
 FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION;
   6.  STRATEGIES FOR OLDER ADULTS TO PROTECT AGAINST FINANCIAL EXPLOITA-
 TION; AND
   7. RESOURCES FOR VICTIMS  OF  FINANCIAL  EXPLOITATION,  INCLUDING  THE
 SERVICES  PROVIDED  THROUGH  THE  ELDER ABUSE ENHANCED MULTIDISCIPLINARY
 TEAM PROGRAM, AS ESTABLISHED BY SECTION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE OF  THIS
 TITLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.