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                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 12, 2022
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. CRUZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Aging
 
 AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2021 enacting the  "reimagining
   long-term care task force" creating a task force to study the state of
   long-term  care  services  in  this  state, as proposed in legislative
   bills numbers S. 598-B and A. 3922-A, in relation to the membership of
   such task force and the effectiveness of such provisions
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Sections 3, 4 and 5 of a chapter of the laws of 2021 enact-
 ing the "reimagining long-term care task force" creating a task force to
 study the state of long-term care services in this state, as proposed in
 legislative bills numbers S. 598-B and A. 3922-A, are amended to read as
 follows:
   §  3.  Membership.  1. The reimagining long-term care task force shall
 consist of 26 members [as follows] AND SHALL INCLUDE:
   (a) the director of the office for the aging, or [his  or  her]  THEIR
 designee;
   (b) the commissioner of health, or [his or her] THEIR designee;
   (c) the commissioner of labor, or [his or her] THEIR designee; AND
   (d) the commissioner of the office for people with developmental disa-
 bilities, or [his or her] THEIR designee[;
   (e)  two].  THE REMAINING TWENTY-TWO members SHALL BE appointed by the
 governor[;
   (f)], INCLUDING two members [appointed by] ON  THE  RECOMMENDATION  OF
 the temporary president of the senate;
   [(g)]  two members [appointed by] ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF the speaker
 of the assembly;
   [(h)] one member [appointed by] ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF the  minority
 leader of the senate;
   [(i)]  one member [appointed by] ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF the minority
 leader of the assembly;
   [(j)]  one representative of the AARP;
   [(k)] one representative of New York Caring Majority;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   [(l)] one representative of the Home  Care  Association  of  New  York
 State (HCA-NYS);
   [(m)] one representative of the Long Term Care Community Coalition;
   [(n)] one representative of [1199] 1199SEIU;
   [(o)] one representative of the New York State Nurses Association;
   [(p)] one representative of LeadingAge;
   [(q)]  one  representative of Healthcare Association of New York State
 (HANYS);
   [(r)] one representative of the Association on Aging in New York; [and
   (s)] one representative of the Empire State  Association  of  Assisted
 Living;
   [(t)]  one  representative  of  the  New  York State Health Facilities
 Association/New York State Center for Assisted Living;
   [(u)] one representative of the New  York  Medical  Directors  Associ-
 ation;
   [(v)]  one  representative  of  the  New  York Chapter of the American
 College of Physicians Geriatrics Committee; and
   [(w)] one representative of Argentum New York.
   2. Members of the task force shall broadly  represent  long-term  care
 and senior-related interests, including persons with expertise in senior
 or long-term care advocacy, persons with expertise in addressing dispar-
 ities based on race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, and
 disability  in  senior  or  long-term care, home care and facility based
 service  providers,  health  care  workers,  community-based   services,
 consumer-directed  services, associations for seniors, health care asso-
 ciations, elder law representatives, and/or  representatives  of  senior
 housing, including skilled nursing, independent facilities and services,
 assisted living facilities and services, and naturally occurring retire-
 ment communities.
   3. The COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH AND THE director of the STATE office for
 the  aging,  or  [his  or  her designee] THEIR DESIGNEES, shall serve as
 [chairperson] CO-CHAIRS of the task force.
   4. No member of the task force shall be disqualified from holding  any
 other  public  office  or employment, nor shall [he or she] THEY forfeit
 any such office or employment by reason of [his or her]  THEIR  appoint-
 ment  pursuant to this act, notwithstanding the provisions of any gener-
 al, special or local law, ordinance or city charter.
   5. The members of the task force shall  receive  no  compensation  for
 their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
 incurred in the performance of their duties pursuant to this act.
   §  4.  Assistance  from  state and local agencies. All departments and
 agencies of the state or subdivisions thereof, and local governments  of
 this  state  shall,  at the request of the chairperson, provide the task
 force such facilities, assistance and data to enable the task  force  to
 carry out its duties pursuant to this act.  ANY SUCH DATA, WHEN RECEIVED
 BY  THE  TASK FORCE, SHALL BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL AND SHALL BE USED SOLELY
 TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES SET FORTH IN SECTION TWO OF THIS ACT.
   § 5. Reports. 1. The task force shall report the findings of its study
 with respect to the coronavirus pandemic to the governor, the  temporary
 president  of  the senate and the speaker of the assembly[, on or before
 December 1, 2021] WITHIN SIX MONTHS AFTER THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS
 ACT.  Such  report  shall include recommendations for further action and
 legislation.
   2. The task force shall report the findings of its full study  to  the
 governor,  the  temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the
 assembly[, on or before May 1, 2022] WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE
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 DATE OF THIS ACT.  Such report shall include recommendations for further
 action and legislation.
   § 2.  Section 6 of a chapter of the laws of 2021 enacting the "reimag-
 ining  long-term  care  task  force"  creating a task force to study the
 state of long-term care services in this state, as proposed in  legisla-
 tive  bills  numbers  S.  598-B  and  A.  3922-A,  is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 6. This act shall take effect [immediately] 45 DAYS AFTER THE END OF
 THE STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY, DECLARED PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE  ORDER  11,
 ISSUED  ON  NOVEMBER  26,  2021,  IN  RESPONSE  TO THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS
 (COVID-19) PANDEMIC.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that section one
 of this act shall take effect on the same date and the same manner as  a
 chapter  of  the  laws  of 2021 enacting the "reimagining long-term care
 task force" creating a task force to study the state of  long-term  care
 services  in  this  state,  as  proposed in legislative bills numbers S.
 598-B and A. 3922-A, takes effect.