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                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 5, 2024
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 Introduced by M. of A. KIM -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Aging
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the elder law, in relation to the naturally occurring
   retirement community supportive service program
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  1  of a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the
 elder law relating  to  the  naturally  occurring  retirement  community
 supportive  service program, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.
 5907 and A. 5520, is amended to read as follows:
   Section 1. The state office for the aging is authorized  and  directed
 to  conduct  a study on the number of older adults residing in naturally
 occurring retirement communities  or  neighborhood  naturally  occurring
 retirement communities who are suffering from social isolation and lone-
 liness.  Such  study  shall include, but not be limited to the number of
 members of such communities suffering from social isolation  or  loneli-
 ness  BASED  ON  DATA  COLLECTED  FROM  THOSE RESIDENTS PARTICIPATING IN
 PROGRAMS OR SERVICES PROVIDED  UNDER  SECTION  209  OF  THE  ELDER  LAW,
 current  programs or services seeking to alleviate these conditions, and
 additional programs or services that could be implemented.
   § 2. Subdivision 8 of section 209 of the elder law, as  amended  by  a
 chapter  of  the  laws  of  2023  amending the elder law relating to the
 naturally occurring retirement community supportive service program,  as
 proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 5907 and A. 5520, is amended to
 read as follows:
   8.  On  or  before  March first, two thousand nineteen, and every five
 years thereafter, the director shall report  to  the  governor  and  the
 finance  committee of the senate and the ways and means committee of the
 assembly concerning the effectiveness of the naturally occurring retire-
 ment community supportive services program in achieving  the  objectives
 set forth by this section, which include helping to address the needs of
 residents  in  such classic and neighborhood naturally occurring retire-
 ment communities, assuring access to a continuum of necessary  services,
 increasing private, philanthropic and other public funding for programs,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 and  preventing unnecessary hospital and nursing home stays.  The report
 shall also include recommendations concerning continuation or  modifica-
 tion  of  the  program from the director. The director shall provide the
 required information and any other information deemed appropriate to the
 report in such form and detail as will be helpful to the legislature and
 the  governor  in determining to extend, eliminate or modify the program
 including, but not limited to, the following:
   (a) the number, size, type and location of the projects developed  and
 funded,  including  the  number,  kinds  and  functions of staff in each
 program;
   (b) the age, sex, religion and other appropriate demographic  informa-
 tion concerning the residents served;
   (c)  the services provided to residents, reported in such manner as to
 allow comparison of services by demographic group and region;
   (d) a listing of the services provided by eligible applicants, includ-
 ing the number, kind and intensity of such services;
   (e) a listing of partner organizations providing services, the number,
 kind and intensity of such services, and, to the extent practicable, the
 outcomes of such referrals; and
   (f) the number of residents  PARTICIPATING  IN  PROGRAMS  OR  SERVICES
 PROVIDED  UNDER  THIS  SECTION  who  [are]  REPORT suffering from social
 isolation and loneliness and the services provided to residents.
   § 3. Section 4 of a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the elder law
 relating to the  naturally  occurring  retirement  community  supportive
 service program, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 5907 and A.
 5520, is amended to read as follows:
   §  4.  This  act  shall  take  effect [immediately] SEPTEMBER 1, 2024;
 provided, however, that the provisions of sections one and two  of  this
 act  shall  expire and be deemed repealed on the thirtieth day after the
 delivery of the report to the governor and the legislature  as  provided
 for in section two of this act; provided, further, that the state office
 for the aging shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon
 the  delivery  of  the report provided for in section two of this act in
 order 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
 furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the legisla-
 tive law and section 70-b of the public officers law.
   § 4. This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately;  provided,  however,
 sections  one and two of this act shall take effect on the same date and
 in the same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending  the  elder
 law  relating to the naturally occurring retirement community supportive
 service program, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 5907 and A.
 5520, takes effect.