Assembly Bill A10246

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to dementia care and establishes a dementia care coordinator in the state office for the aging to manage the work of dementia care navigators

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2023-A10246 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7243
Current Committee:
Assembly Aging
Law Section:
Elder Law
Laws Affected:
Add §226, Eld L

2023-A10246 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to dementia care; establishes a dementia care coordinator in the state office for the aging to manage the work of dementia care navigators; requires each area agency to employ a dementia care navigator; sets forth the duties of the dementia care coordinator and dementia care navigators.

2023-A10246 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10246
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 15, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Wallace) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Aging
 
 AN ACT to amend the elder law, in  relation  to  dementia  care  and  to
   establishing  the  position  of dementia care coordinator in the state
   office for the aging to manage the work of  dementia  care  navigators
   and requiring each area agency to employ a dementia care navigator

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The elder law is amended by adding a  new  section  226  to
 read as follows:
   § 226. DEMENTIA CARE. 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION:
   (A) "AREA AGENCY" MEANS THE LOCAL AGENCY THAT THE STATE OFFICE FOR THE
 AGING  DESIGNATES  IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FEDERAL OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF
 1965 TO ADMINISTER THE DELIVERY OF A COMPREHENSIVE AND COORDINATED  PLAN
 OF  SOCIAL  AND  OTHER SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES FOR SENIORS IN A PLANNING
 AND SERVICE AREA.
   (B) "DEMENTIA CARE NAVIGATOR" MEANS A PROGRAM WHICH  PROVIDES  SUPPORT
 FOR CAREGIVERS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DEMENTIA, INCLUDING PROVIDING ASSIST-
 ANCE WITH CARE PLANNING AND REFERRAL TO SUPPORT GROUPS.
   2.  THE  STATE  OFFICE  FOR  THE AGING SHALL ESTABLISH THE POSITION OF
 DEMENTIA CARE COORDINATOR. THE DEMENTIA CARE  COORDINATOR  SHALL  MANAGE
 THE WORK OF DEMENTIA CARE NAVIGATORS EMPLOYED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   3.  (A)  EACH  AREA  AGENCY SHALL EMPLOY A DEMENTIA CARE NAVIGATOR. AN
 AREA AGENCY MAY DESIGNATE A DEMENTIA CARE NAVIGATOR FROM EXISTING  STAFF
 OR HIRE AN INDIVIDUAL TO BE THE DEMENTIA CARE NAVIGATOR.
   (B) A DEMENTIA CARE NAVIGATOR SHALL:
   (1)  PROVIDE  COGNITIVE SCREENING AND PROGRAMS THAT ENGAGE INDIVIDUALS
 WITH DEMENTIA IN REGULAR EXERCISE AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES;
   (2) PROVIDE SUPPORT  FOR  CAREGIVERS  OF  INDIVIDUALS  WITH  DEMENTIA,
 INCLUDING  PROVIDING  ASSISTANCE  WITH  CARE  PLANNING  AND  REFERRAL TO
 SUPPORT GROUPS;
   (3) PROVIDE COMMUNITY SUPPORT  BY  ASSISTING  IN  THE  DEVELOPMENT  OF
 DEMENTIA-FRIENDLY  COMMUNITIES  IN ORDER TO INCREASE CIVIC AWARENESS AND
 DEMENTIA-CAPABLE EMERGENCY RESPONSE;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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