NY State Senate Bill 2017-S4045A

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Jan 03, 2018	referred to aging
Feb 16, 2017	print number 4045a
Feb 16, 2017	amend and recommit to aging
Feb 02, 2017	referred to aging

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2017-S4045 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6752
Current Committee:: Senate Aging
Law Section:: Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:: Add §12-a, Pub Hous L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S2208
2011-2012: S110
2013-2014: S792
2015-2016: S115
2019-2020: A5121
2021-2022: A3574
2023-2024: A10047
2025-2026: A3390

2017-S4045 - Summary

Establishes a senior housing task force for the purposes of conducting a state-wide assessment of senior housing needs taking into consideration the various geographical areas and different needs of the seniors in those areas and resources available in those different areas.

2017-S4045 - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S4045

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to amend the public housing law, in relation
to establishing a senior housing task force

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

To establish a task force that would analyze senior housing options
and develop strategies to improve housing options for seniors citizens
as they age.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section one of this bill would amend the Public Housing Law by adding
a new section 12-A, which would establish a senior housing task force
within the division of housing and community renewal (HCR). The
taskforce would be comprised of 16 members, including representatives
from the following state agencies: HCR, the state office for the aging
(SOFA), the department of health, the office of mental health, the
department of economic development, the office for people with
development disabilities, the division of protective services for
adults of the office of children and family services, and the New York
City department for the aging.

The remaining eight members would be appointed by leaders in the
Assembly and Senate. The bill would require the taskforce to meet no

less than four times a year and conduct an annual statewide assessment
of senior housing needs, to be projected over the next five years, and
would include a review of innovative approaches that have been
successfully implemented in New York State and other states. The
taskforce would be required, every January first, to submit an annual
report of its findings, recommendations, and state plan.

Section two of the bill sets the effective date at 90 days following
enactment.

 JUSTIFICATION :

One of the most pressing needs of seniors in our state is housing.
According to a recent study by the American Association of Retired
Persons (AARP), most seniors would like to age in their own home.
Unfortunately, many of our seniors cannot age in their homes because
their current residence has too many stairs, lacks wheelchair
accessibility, or is too great of a distance from their family and
caregivers. As a result, many seniors are faced with the difficult
decision of whether to enter an elder care facility, such as a nursing
home, assisted living facility or an independent living facility. In
order to appropriately plan for these circumstances, this legislation
creates the senior housing task force to analyze the issue of senior
housing.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New bill.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

To be determined.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on the 90th day following its enactment.

2017-S4045 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4045
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 2, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging
 
 AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation  to  establishing  a
   senior housing task force
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The public housing law is amended by adding a  new  section
 12-a to read as follows:
   §  12-A.  SENIOR  HOUSING  TASK  FORCE. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED
 WITHIN THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL  A  SENIOR  HOUSING
 TASK  FORCE.  IT SHALL MEET AS OFTEN AS NECESSARY, BUT NO LESS THAN FOUR
 TIMES PER YEAR. ALL MEMBERS SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH NOTICE REASONABLY  IN
 ADVANCE  OF  EACH  MEETING WITH DATE, TIME AND LOCATION OF SUCH MEETING.
 TASK FORCE MEMBERS MAY USE VIDEOCONFERENCING FOR ATTENDANCE AND  PARTIC-
 IPATION.    THE  TASK  FORCE  SHALL CONSIST OF SIXTEEN MEMBERS AND SHALL
 INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FOLLOWING STATE AGENCIES: THE  DIVISION
 OF  HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL, THE OFFICE FOR THE AGING, THE DEPART-
 MENT OF HEALTH, THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, THE DEPARTMENT OF  ECONOMIC
 DEVELOPMENT,  THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, THE
 DIVISION OF PROTECTIVE SERVICES FOR ADULTS OF THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND
 FAMILY SERVICES, AND THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT FOR THE AGING. OF  THE
 EIGHT  REMAINING MEMBERS, THREE SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE SPEAKER OF THE
 ASSEMBLY, THREE SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE  TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT  OF  THE
 SENATE,  ONE  SHALL  BE APPOINTED BY THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE ASSEMBLY
 AND ONE SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE MINORITY LEADER  OF  THE  SENATE,  AND
 SHALL  BROADLY  REPRESENT  HOUSING  AND  SENIOR  CITIZEN GROUPS FROM ALL
 GEOGRAPHIC AREAS OF THE STATE INCLUDING SERVICE PROVIDERS, ASSOCIATIONS,
 ADVOCATES, PROPRIETORS, AND CONSUMERS OF FOR-PROFIT  AND  NOT-FOR-PROFIT
 SENIOR  HOUSING  OPTIONS  INCLUDING  BUT NOT LIMITED TO: ASSISTED LIVING
 FACILITIES, ADULT HOMES, SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES, INDEPENDENT  LIVING
 FACILITIES,  NATURALLY  OCCURRING  RETIREMENT  COMMUNITIES, NEIGHBORHOOD
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD06632-04-7

 S. 4045                             2
 
 NATURALLY OCCURRING RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES, AND CONTINUING CARE  RETIRE-
 MENT  COMMUNITIES.    MEMBERS  SHALL  RECEIVE  NO COMPENSATION FOR THEIR
 SERVICES BUT SHALL BE REIMBURSED FOR TRAVEL AND OTHER EXPENSES  ACTUALLY
 AND  NECESSARILY  INCURRED  IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES. THE TASK
 FORCE SHALL BE CO-CHAIRED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DIVISION OF HOUSING
 AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE FOR THE AGING.  THE
 TASK FORCE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CONDUCTING AN ANNUAL STATE-WIDE ASSESSMENT
 OF  SENIOR HOUSING NEEDS TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE VARIOUS GEOGRAPH-
 ICAL AREAS AND DIFFERENT  NEEDS  OF  THE  SENIORS  IN  THOSE  AREAS  AND
 RESOURCES  AVAILABLE  IN  THOSE  DIFFERENT AREAS AND PROJECT THOSE NEEDS
 OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS;  OTHER  FACTORS  WHICH  SHALL  BE  TAKEN  INTO
 CONSIDERATION  ARE:  HEALTH  CARE  NEEDS  OF SENIORS, THE LONG TERM CARE
 NEEDS OF SENIORS, FINANCIAL RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO SENIORS, OR NEEDED BY
 SENIORS, AND TRANSPORTATION  NEEDS  OF  SENIORS.  THE  ASSESSMENT  SHALL
 INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO,  A  REVIEW OF INNOVATIVE APPROACHES
 SUCCESSFULLY BEING IMPLEMENTED IN NEW YORK STATE AND IN OTHER STATES AND
 THEIR POTENTIAL FOR IMPLEMENTATION OR EXPANSION IN  THIS  STATE.    SUCH
 ASSESSMENT  SHALL ALSO DEVELOP A PLAN FOR PROVIDING QUALITY SENIOR HOUS-
 ING TO  MEET  THE  PROJECTED  NEEDS  OF  SENIORS  LOCATED  IN  DIFFERENT
 GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS OF THE STATE.
   2. THE TASK FORCE SHALL ISSUE A REPORT BY EACH JANUARY FIRST OUTLINING
 ITS  FINDINGS,  RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THE STATE PLAN. THE REPORT SHALL BE
 DELIVERED TO THE GOVERNOR, THE SPEAKER OF THE  ASSEMBLY,  THE  TEMPORARY
 PRESIDENT  OF  THE  SENATE,  THE  CHAIRPERSONS OF THE HOUSING, AGING AND
 HEALTH COMMITTEES IN THE ASSEMBLY, AND THE CHAIRPERSONS OF THE  HOUSING,
 CONSTRUCTION  AND  COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AGING AND HEALTH COMMITTEES IN
 THE SENATE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.

co-Sponsors

2017-S4045A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A6752
Current Committee:: Senate Aging
Law Section:: Public Housing Law
Laws Affected:: Add §12-a, Pub Hous L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S2208
2011-2012: S110
2013-2014: S792
2015-2016: S115
2019-2020: A5121
2021-2022: A3574
2023-2024: A10047
2025-2026: A3390

2017-S4045A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S4045A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S4045A

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the public housing law, in relation to establishing a
senior housing task force

 PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL :

To establish a task force that would analyze senior housing options
and develop strategies to improve housing options for seniors citizens
as they age.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section one of this bill would amend the Public Housing Law by adding
a new section 12-A, which would establish a senior housing task force
within the division of housing and community renewal (HCR). The
taskforce would be comprised of 16 members, including representatives
from the following state agencies: HCR, the state office for the aging
(SOFA), the department of health, the office of mental health, the
department of economic development, the office for people with
development disabilities, the division of protective services for
adults of the office of children and family services, and the New York
City department for the aging.

The remaining eight members would be appointed by leaders in the
Assembly and Senate. The bill would require the taskforce to meet
annually and conduct an annual statewide assessment of senior housing
needs, to be projected over the next five years, and would include a
review of innovative approaches that have been successfully
implemented in New York State and other states. The taskforce would be
required, every January first, to submit an annual report of its
findings, recommendations, and state plan.

Section two of the bill sets the effective date at 90 days following
enactment.

 JUSTIFICATION :

One of the most pressing needs of seniors in our state is housing.
According to a recent study by the American Association of Retired
Persons (AARP), most seniors would like to age in their own home.
Unfortunately, many of our seniors cannot age in their homes because
their current residence has too many stairs, lacks wheelchair
accessibility, or is too great of a distance from their family and
caregivers. As a result, many seniors are faced with the difficult
decision of whether to enter an elder care facility, such as a nursing
home, assisted living facility or an independent living facility. In
order to appropriately plan for these circumstances, this legislation
creates the senior housing task force to analyze the issue of senior
housing.

 PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New bill.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

To be determined.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on the 90th day following its enactment.

2017-S4045A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4045--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 2, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- 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 public housing law, in relation to establishing a
   senior housing task force

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The public housing law is amended by adding a new section
 12-a to read as follows:
   § 12-A. SENIOR HOUSING TASK FORCE.  1.  THERE  IS  HEREBY  ESTABLISHED
 WITHIN  THE  DIVISION  OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL A SENIOR HOUSING
 TASK FORCE  WHICH  SHALL  MEET  AT  LEAST  ONCE  ANNUALLY  IN  DIFFERENT
 GEOGRAPHICAL  AREAS  OF  THE STATE.   ALL MEMBERS SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH
 NOTICE REASONABLY IN  ADVANCE  OF  EACH  MEETING  WITH  DATE,  TIME  AND
 LOCATION  OF  SUCH MEETING. TASK FORCE MEMBERS MAY USE VIDEOCONFERENCING
 FOR ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION.   THE  TASK  FORCE  SHALL  CONSIST  OF
 SIXTEEN  MEMBERS  AND  SHALL  INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FOLLOWING
 STATE AGENCIES: THE DIVISION  OF  HOUSING  AND  COMMUNITY  RENEWAL,  THE
 OFFICE  FOR  THE  AGING,  THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THE OFFICE OF MENTAL
 HEALTH, THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE  OFFICE  FOR  PEOPLE
 WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, THE DIVISION OF PROTECTIVE SERVICES FOR
 ADULTS  OF  THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, AND THE NEW YORK
 CITY DEPARTMENT FOR THE AGING. OF THE  EIGHT  REMAINING  MEMBERS,  THREE
 SHALL  BE  APPOINTED  BY  THE  SPEAKER  OF  THE ASSEMBLY, THREE SHALL BE
 APPOINTED BY THE  TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  SENATE,  ONE  SHALL  BE
 APPOINTED  BY  THE  MINORITY  LEADER  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY AND ONE SHALL BE
 APPOINTED BY THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE SENATE, AND SHALL BROADLY REPRE-
 SENT HOUSING AND SENIOR CITIZEN GROUPS FROM ALL GEOGRAPHIC AREAS OF  THE
 STATE INCLUDING SERVICE PROVIDERS, ASSOCIATIONS, ADVOCATES, PROPRIETORS,
 AND  CONSUMERS  OF  FOR-PROFIT AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT SENIOR HOUSING OPTIONS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD06632-05-7

 S. 4045--A                          2
 
 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES,  ADULT  HOMES,
 SKILLED  NURSING  FACILITIES,  INDEPENDENT  LIVING FACILITIES, NATURALLY
 OCCURRING  RETIREMENT  COMMUNITIES,  NEIGHBORHOOD  NATURALLY   OCCURRING
 RETIREMENT  COMMUNITIES,  AND  CONTINUING  CARE  RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES.
 MEMBERS SHALL RECEIVE NO COMPENSATION FOR THEIR SERVICES  BUT  SHALL  BE
 REIMBURSED  FOR  TRAVEL  AND  OTHER  EXPENSES  ACTUALLY  AND NECESSARILY
 INCURRED IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES. THE  TASK  FORCE  SHALL  BE
 CO-CHAIRED  BY THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
 RENEWAL AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE FOR THE AGING. THE TASK FORCE  IS
 RESPONSIBLE  FOR  CONDUCTING  AN  ANNUAL STATE-WIDE ASSESSMENT OF SENIOR
 HOUSING NEEDS TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE VARIOUS  GEOGRAPHICAL  AREAS
 AND  DIFFERENT  NEEDS OF THE SENIORS IN THOSE AREAS AND RESOURCES AVAIL-
 ABLE IN THOSE DIFFERENT AREAS AND PROJECT THOSE NEEDS OVER THE NEXT FIVE
 YEARS; OTHER FACTORS WHICH SHALL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION ARE: HEALTH
 CARE NEEDS OF SENIORS, THE LONG TERM CARE NEEDS  OF  SENIORS,  FINANCIAL
 RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO SENIORS, OR NEEDED BY SENIORS, AND TRANSPORTATION
 NEEDS OF SENIORS. THE ASSESSMENT SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, A
 REVIEW  OF  INNOVATIVE  APPROACHES SUCCESSFULLY BEING IMPLEMENTED IN NEW
 YORK STATE AND IN OTHER STATES AND THEIR POTENTIAL FOR IMPLEMENTATION OR
 EXPANSION IN THIS STATE.  SUCH ASSESSMENT SHALL ALSO DEVELOP A PLAN  FOR
 PROVIDING  QUALITY SENIOR HOUSING TO MEET THE PROJECTED NEEDS OF SENIORS
 LOCATED IN DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS OF THE STATE.
   2. THE TASK FORCE SHALL ISSUE A REPORT BY EACH JANUARY FIRST OUTLINING
 ITS FINDINGS, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THE STATE PLAN. THE REPORT  SHALL  BE
 DELIVERED  TO  THE  GOVERNOR, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE TEMPORARY
 PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE CHAIRPERSONS  OF  THE  HOUSING,  AGING  AND
 HEALTH  COMMITTEES IN THE ASSEMBLY, AND THE CHAIRPERSONS OF THE HOUSING,
 CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AGING AND HEALTH  COMMITTEES  IN
 THE SENATE.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

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Senate Bill S4045A

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Aging Committee

Bill Amendments

2017-S4045 - Details

2017-S4045 - Summary

2017-S4045 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4045 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

2017-S4045A (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S4045A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S4045A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4045A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Sponsored By

Martin J. Golden

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Aging Committee

Bill Amendments

2017-S4045 - Details

2017-S4045 - Summary

2017-S4045 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4045 - Bill Text download pdf

co-Sponsors

Luis R. Sepúlveda

2017-S4045A (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S4045A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S4045A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4045A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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