Assembly Bill A4062

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes and directs the office for the aging to study the feasibility of creating a state-wide program to track certain elderly individuals

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A4062 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Aging
Law Section:
Aged
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A4067

2009-A4062 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes and directs the office for the aging to study the feasibility of creating a state-wide program to track certain elderly individuals; requires the office for the aging to prepare a report on their findings.

2009-A4062 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4062

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 29, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. RAIA, CONTE, CROUCH, ERRIGO, KOLB, TOWNSEND --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.  ALFANO,  BACALLES,  BARCLAY,  BURLING,
  FINCH, FITZPATRICK, McDONOUGH, MILLER, O'MARA, RABBITT, SAYWARD, SCOZ-
  ZAFAVA,  TEDISCO, WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on
  Aging

AN ACT in relation to authorizing and directing the office for the aging
  to study the feasibility of creating a  state-wide  program  to  track
  certain elderly individuals

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The office for the aging, in conjunction with  the  depart-
ment of health, the state police and any other law enforcement agency or
senior  advocacy group the office for the aging chooses to consult with,
is hereby authorized and directed to study the feasibility of creating a
statewide program to track elderly individuals afflicted with,  but  not
limited  to, Alzheimer's disease or dementia, who have wandered off from
their residences. An individual or his or her family would have to  opt-
in  to  such  program  and  it would be limited to individuals living in
private residences, not in nursing homes or assisted living facilities.
  S 2. In completing such study, the office for the aging shall  contact
and  confer  with  Project Lifesaver and any other similar organizations
providing global positioning system tracking  for  elderly  individuals.
Additionally,  such  office  shall  study  the global positioning system
tracking of elderly individuals programs currently in place in the coun-
ties of Livingston and Ontario to determine if such  programs  would  be
appropriate for state wide application.
  S 3. One year after the effective date of this act, the office for the
aging  shall prepare a report that shall include, but not be limited to:
recommendations for implementing such a  program;  guidelines  for  such
implementation;  and a fiscal note concerning the cost of implementing a
program. Such report shall be disseminated to the governor,  the  tempo-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06588-01-9

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