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                                   8046
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2024
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  CLEARE -- 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  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.