Senate Bill S6586

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to reporting unmet need for programs and services for the aging

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Aging Committee

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

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2019-S6586 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7504
Current Committee:
Senate Aging
Law Section:
Elder Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §203, Eld L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S8467, A2590
2023-2024: S7425, A241

2019-S6586 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to reporting unmet need, which is the number of eligible individuals seeking participation in a program or service who are not receiving such program or service due to insufficient resources or capacity.

2019-S6586 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6586 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6586
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 17, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to reporting unmet  need  for
   programs and services for the aging
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 203 of the elder law is amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A.  EACH  AREA AGENCY ON AGING AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS
 SECTION SHALL COLLECT AND REPORT TO THE OFFICE THE UNMET NEED  FOR  EACH
 PROGRAM OR SERVICE OFFERED. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, UNMET NEED
 SHALL  BE  DEFINED AS THE NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS SEEKING PARTIC-
 IPATION IN A PROGRAM OR SERVICE AND WHO ARE NOT RECEIVING  SUCH  PROGRAM
 OR  SERVICE  DUE TO INSUFFICIENT RESOURCES OR CAPACITY. THE OFFICE SHALL
 PROVIDE A REPORT DETAILING THE UNMET NEED FOR EACH PROGRAM OR SERVICE TO
 THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY AND TEMPORARY PRESIDENT  OF  THE  SENATE  NO
 LATER THAN DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST OF EACH YEAR.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11493-02-9

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