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Assembly Bill A2937
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ENGLEBRIGHT
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Peter Abbate
Jose Rivera
Margaret Markey
Sandy Galef
multi-Sponsors
Jeffrion Aubry
Michael Benedetto
Donna Lupardo
2015-A2937 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-A2937 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2937 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 20, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, ABBATE, RIVERA, MARKEY, GALEF -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. AUBRY, BENEDETTO, LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to long term care counseling THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby finds that understanding and planning for one's own long term care needs is crit- ically important and will continue to be important given demographic changes, medical technology which prolongs life, the cost of long term care and Medicaid's stake in its financing. Given these factors, the workplace can play a significant educational and counseling role. Fami- lies will continue to face long term care issues and it is incumbent upon the state to aid state, municipal and other public employees to understand long term care and its impact on an individual's health and wellness as well as help those workers by providing information on where to go to find assistance and support should a family member require long term care services. The workplace can be instrumental in counseling at the time of hiring, during employment and prior to retirement in provid- ing educational resources to enable employees to understand their options and encourage their own planning for long term care. This strat- egy will help the individual and their family prepare for and understand their risk should long term care services be required. This strategy will also have a positive impact on state and local governments' Medi- caid spending if individuals prepare for their long term care with tools such as long term care insurance or reverse mortgages. These tools will enable individuals to pay up front for their long-term care expenses and delay application to receive such financing under the Medicaid program. S 2. The civil service law is amended by adding a new section 172-a to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07258-01-5
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