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Senate Bill S8875

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Directs the director of the office of the aging to establish a caregiver crisis hotline

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2025-S8875 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Aging
Law Section:
Elder Law
Laws Affected:
Add §206-a, Eld L

2025-S8875 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the director of the office of the aging to establish a caregiver crisis hotline to provide emotional support resources for informal caregivers of a person in need of assistance.

2025-S8875 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8875 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8875
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RHOADS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging
 
 AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to establishing  a  caregiver
   crisis hotline
 
   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  206-a  to
 read as follows:
   §  206-A.  CAREGIVER  CRISIS HOTLINE. 1. THE DIRECTOR, IN CONSULTATION
 WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF MENTAL  HEALTH,  SHALL  ESTABLISH  A  CAREGIVER
 CRISIS HOTLINE TO PROVIDE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT RESOURCES FOR INFORMAL CARE-
 GIVERS OF A PERSON IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE.
   2.  SUCH  CRISIS HOTLINE SHALL BE A TOLL-FREE TELEPHONE NUMBER, AVAIL-
 ABLE STATEWIDE, TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS  A  WEEK  AND  SHALL
 PROVIDE  A  LANGUAGE  ASSISTANCE  LINE TO ASSIST LIMITED AND NON-ENGLISH
 LANGUAGE SPEAKERS.
   3. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION: (A)  "INFORMAL  CAREGIVER"  SHALL
 MEAN THE FAMILY MEMBER OR OTHER NATURAL PERSON WHO NORMALLY PROVIDES THE
 DAILY  CARE  OR  SUPERVISION  OF A PERSON IN NEED OF SUPERVISION, OR ANY
 FAMILY MEMBER OR OTHER NATURAL PERSON WHO CONTRIBUTES TO AND IS INVOLVED
 IN THE CARETAKING RESPONSIBILITIES FOR SUCH PERSON  IN  NEED  OF  SUPER-
 VISION.  SUCH  INFORMAL  CAREGIVER MAY, BUT NEED NOT, RESIDE IN THE SAME
 HOUSEHOLD AS THE PERSON IN NEED OF SUPERVISION.
   (B) "PERSON IN NEED OF SUPERVISION"  SHALL  MEAN  ANY  PERSON  WHO  IS
 UNABLE  TO ATTEND TO THEIR DAILY NEEDS WITHOUT THE ASSISTANCE OR REGULAR
 SUPERVISION OF AN INFORMAL CAREGIVER DUE TO MENTAL OR  PHYSICAL  IMPAIR-
 MENT.  SUCH DEFINITION SHALL NOT EXCLUDE PERSONS UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF
 AGE WHO SUFFER FROM MENTAL OR PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13571-01-5

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