NY State Senate Bill 2019-S3066

Senate Bill S3066

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes and directs the department of health and the office for the aging to conduct a study of fees and charges assessed to residents of assisted living facilities

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Delivered to Governor
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Feb 01, 2019	referred to aging

2019-S3066 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4275
Current Committee:: Senate Aging
Law Section:: Elder
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S4684, A6769
2015-2016: S3854, A4252
2017-2018: S7707, A3061

2019-S3066 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes and directs the department of health and the office for the aging to conduct a study of fees and charges assessed to residents of assisted living facilities and to make recommendations to the legislature.

2019-S3066 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S3066

SPONSOR: LANZA
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act authorizing the study of fees and charges assessed to residents
of assisted living facilities

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this bill is to authorize a study that will review the
rate of the fees and charges being assessed to residents of assisted
living facilities.

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

This bill would direct the Department of Health and the Office of the
Aging to study the fees and charges being assessed to residents of
assisted living facilities. This study would be delivered on or before
April 1, 2019.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Residents of these assisted living facilities should not have to worry
about affording their stay in these facilities as a result of fees and
charges, such as their rent, increasing a substantial amount over time.
Most of the people that move into these homes are single and they budget
their expenditures according to a particular amount of rent for a
certain amount of years. When these residents find that the increases
have changed their financial plans to the point where they can no longer
afford their stay, they are left with few to no options. This new legis-
lation will provide much needed information to help those residents
better plan for financial security.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2018: S.7707A - Third Reading Calendar / A.3061 - Passed Assembly
2017: A.3061 - Passed Assembly
2016: S.3854B - Referred to Aging / A.42528 - Passed Assembly
2015:  S.3854 - Referred to Aging / A.4252 - Referred to Aging
2014: S.4684B - Referred to Aging/ A.6769 - Referred to Aging
2013: S.4684A - Referred to Aging/ A.6769 - Referred to Aging

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

2019-S3066 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3066
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 1, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging
 
 AN ACT authorizing the study of fees and charges assessed  to  residents
   of assisted living facilities
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The department of health in conjunction with the office for
 the aging is authorized and directed to study the fees and charges being
 assessed to residents of assisted living facilities. Specifically,  such
 study  shall  review  the rate of increase of the fees and charges being
 assessed to residents of assisted living facilities.
   § 2. On or before April 1, 2021, the commissioner of the department of
 health and the director of the office for the aging shall deliver a copy
 of the findings of the study conducted pursuant to section one  of  this
 act and any legislative recommendations they deem to be necessary to the
 governor,  the temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of the
 assembly.
   § 3. The commissioner of the department of health and the director  of
 the office for the aging may request, and are authorized to receive, any
 information  from  any state agencies or assisted living facilities that
 is relevant and material to the completion of  this  study  and  report.
 Such information received by the department of health and the office for
 the  aging shall be subject to the same requirements for confidentiality
 and limitations on use, if any, as are applicable  to  each  such  state
 agency's use of such information.
   §  4.  This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately and shall be deemed
 repealed thirty days after the delivery of the report  to  the  governor
 and the legislature as provided for in section two of this act; provided
 that  the  department of health or the office for the aging shall notify
 the legislative bill drafting commission  upon  the  occurrence  of  the
 delivery  of the report provided for in section two of this act in order

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

                                                            LBD07812-01-9

 S. 3066                             2
 
 that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely  effective  data
 base of the official text of the laws of the state of New York in furth-
 erance  of  effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the legislative
 law and section 70-b of the public officers law.

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