Assembly Bill A4343

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes the study of the number of senior citizens in New York state who have filed for bankruptcy in the past ten years

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  • 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-A4343 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2507
Current Committee:
Assembly Aging
Law Section:
Elder
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A11364
2019-2020: A1043, S5354
2021-2022: A5595, S5590
2025-2026: A4535, S3861

2023-A4343 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the study of the number of senior citizens in New York state who have filed for bankruptcy in the past ten years; provides that the director of the office for the aging shall deliver a copy of the findings of the study conducted and any legislative recommendations to the governor and the legislature.

2023-A4343 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4343
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 14, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Aging
 
 AN ACT authorizing the study of the number of  senior  citizens  in  New
   York  state  who  have filed for bankruptcy in the past ten years; and
   providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration there-
   of

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  office  for  the aging is authorized and directed to
 conduct a study on the number of senior citizens residing  in  New  York
 state who have filed for bankruptcy in the past ten years and the under-
 lying causes which resulted in such bankruptcy filings.
   §  2.  On or before one year after the effective date of this act, the
 director of the office for the aging shall deliver a copy of  the  find-
 ings  of the study conducted pursuant to section one of this act and any
 legislative recommendations he or she deem to be necessary to the gover-
 nor, the temporary president of the  senate,  and  the  speaker  of  the
 assembly.
   §  3.  The  director  of  the office for the aging may request, and is
 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
 office  for  the  aging  shall  be  subject to the same requirements for
 confidentiality and limitations on use, if any, as is 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 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 that the commission may maintain

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04315-01-3

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