Assembly Bill A4611A

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to the ability of continuing care retirement communities to offer seniors additional service options

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor


  • 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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

multi-Sponsors

2013-A4611 - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Pub Health L, generally

2013-A4611 - Summary

Relates to the ability of continuing care retirement communities to offer seniors additional service options.

2013-A4611 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4611

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 6, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SCHIMMINGER -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to ability of contin-
  uing care retirement communities to offer seniors  additional  service
  options

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivisions 2-a, 2-b, 3, 8, 9, 10 and 10-a of section 4601
of the public health law, subdivision 2-a as added and subdivisions 3, 8
and 9 as amended by chapter 659 of the laws of 1997, subdivision 2-b  as
amended  by  chapter 523 of the laws of 2011, subdivision 10 as added by
chapter 689 of the laws of 1989, and subdivision 10-a as added by  chap-
ter 401 of the laws of 2003, are amended and three new subdivisions 7-a,
7-b and 7-c are added to read as follows:
  2-a.  "Continuing  care  retirement  contract"  shall  mean  a  single
contract to provide a person the services provided by a continuing  care
retirement community INCLUDING LIFE CARE OR LIFE CARE AT HOME.
  2-b.  "Continuing care retirement community" or "community" shall mean
a facility or facilities established to provide a  comprehensive,  cohe-
sive  living arrangement for the elderly, oriented to the enhancement of
the quality of life and which, pursuant to the terms of  the  continuing
care RETIREMENT contract OFFERED BY THE COMMUNITY, at a minimum:
  a. provides, OR SUPPORTS THROUGH LIFE CARE AT HOME, independent living
units,  and [provides a] meal plan OPTIONS.  The independent living unit
can be made available either through a non-equity arrangement or through
an equity arrangement including, but not limited  to  a  cooperative  or
condominium.  For  purposes  of  this  article, the purchase price of an
independent living unit in an equity arrangement, regardless of the form
of the purchase agreement, shall not be  considered  an  entry  fee  for
purposes  of calculating reserve liabilities, but shall be considered an
entry fee for escrow purposes;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05244-01-3
              

co-Sponsors

multi-Sponsors

2013-A4611A - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Pub Health L, generally

2013-A4611A - Summary

Relates to the ability of continuing care retirement communities to offer seniors additional service options.

2013-A4611A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 4611--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 6, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. SCHIMMINGER, ABINANTI, PAULIN, BENEDETTO, GALEF,
  COOK, BOYLAND, SKOUFIS, ROBERTS, HOOPER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
  A. BRENNAN, GABRYSZAK, JAFFEE, MAGEE,  McDONALD,  WEISENBERG  --  read
  once  and referred to the Committee on Health -- committee discharged,
  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
  committee

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to ability of contin-
  uing  care  retirement communities to offer seniors additional service
  options

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivisions 2-a, 2-b, 3, 8, 10 and 10-a of section 4601 of
the public health law, subdivision 2-a as added and subdivisions 3 and 8
as  amended  by  chapter  659  of  the  laws of 1997, subdivision 2-b as
amended by chapter 523 of the laws of 2011, subdivision 10 as  added  by
chapter  689 of the laws of 1989, and subdivision 10-a as added by chap-
ter 401 of the laws of 2003, are amended and three new subdivisions 7-a,
7-b and 7-c are added to read as follows:
  2-a. "Continuing care retirement  COMMUNITY  contract"  shall  mean  a
single  contract to provide a person the services provided by a continu-
ing care retirement community.
  2-b. "Continuing care retirement community" or "community" shall  mean
a  facility  or facilities established to provide a comprehensive, cohe-
sive living arrangement for the elderly, oriented to the enhancement  of
the  quality  of life and which, pursuant to the terms of the continuing
care RETIREMENT COMMUNITY contract, at a minimum:
  a. provides, OR SUPPORTS THROUGH CONTINUING CARE AT HOME,  independent
living  units,  and  [provides  a]  meal plan OPTIONS.   The independent
living unit can be made available either through a  non-equity  arrange-
ment  or  through  an equity arrangement including, but not limited to a
cooperative or condominium. For purposes of this article,  the  purchase

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05244-02-3
              

co-Sponsors

multi-Sponsors

2013-A4611B (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Pub Health L, generally

2013-A4611B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the ability of continuing care retirement communities to offer seniors additional service options.

2013-A4611B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 4611--B

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 6, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. SCHIMMINGER, ABINANTI, PAULIN, BENEDETTO, GALEF,
  COOK, BOYLAND, SKOUFIS, ROBERTS, HOOPER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
  A. BRENNAN, JAFFEE, MAGEE,  McDONALD,  WEISENBERG  --  read  once  and
  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Health -- committee discharged, bill
  amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
  tee  --  recommitted  to  the  Committee  on Health in accordance with
  Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to ability of contin-
  uing care retirement communities to offer seniors  additional  service
  options

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivisions 2-a, 2-b, 3, 8, 10 and 10-a of section 4601 of
the public health law, subdivision 2-a as added and subdivisions 3 and 8
as amended by chapter 659 of  the  laws  of  1997,  subdivision  2-b  as
amended  by  chapter 523 of the laws of 2011, subdivision 10 as added by
chapter 689 of the laws of 1989, and subdivision 10-a as added by  chap-
ter 401 of the laws of 2003, are amended and three new subdivisions 7-a,
7-b and 7-c are added to read as follows:
  2-a.  "Continuing  care  retirement  COMMUNITY  contract" shall mean a
single contract to provide a person the services provided by a  continu-
ing care retirement community.
  2-b.  "Continuing care retirement community" or "community" shall mean
a facility or facilities established to provide a  comprehensive,  cohe-
sive  living arrangement for the elderly, oriented to the enhancement of
the quality of life and which, pursuant to the terms of  the  continuing
care RETIREMENT COMMUNITY contract, at a minimum:
  a.  provides, OR SUPPORTS THROUGH CONTINUING CARE AT HOME, independent
living units, and [provides a]  meal  plan  OPTIONS.    The  independent
living  unit  can be made available either through a non-equity arrange-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05244-09-4
              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.