S5077-2011 Actions

• Jun 12, 2012: referred to aging
• Jun 12, 2012: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 12, 2012: PASSED SENATE
• Jun 11, 2012: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Jun 6, 2012: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Jun 5, 2012: 1ST REPORT CAL.1057
• Feb 13, 2012: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
• Jan 25, 2012: PRINT NUMBER 5077B
• Jan 25, 2012: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO AGING
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO AGING
• Jan 4, 2012: returned to senate
• Jan 4, 2012: died in assembly
• Jun 16, 2011: referred to aging
• Jun 16, 2011: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 16, 2011: PASSED SENATE
• Jun 16, 2011: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1320
• Jun 16, 2011: COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
• Jun 3, 2011: PRINT NUMBER 5077A
• Jun 3, 2011: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE
• May 23, 2011: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
• May 3, 2011: REFERRED TO AGING

S5077-2011 Meetings

S5077-2011 Votes

S5077-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S5077

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the elder law, in relation to authoriz-
ing certain county operated NY Connects: Choices for Long Term Care
programs to participate in a universal assessment demonstration program

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:  Creates a universal assessment demon-
stration program within the state office for the aging.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:  Adds a new subdivision to the Elder
law, which requires the director of the state office for the aging to
select one or more county operators of the NY Connect Program to develop
a universal assessment system for determining the appropriate level of
care for older new Yorkers seeking long term care. The director must
establish criteria for good standing for program participants, based on
the ability of participants to assist in this demonstration program and
complete the assessment process.  Specifically, the assessment should
target individuals who are identified by NY Connects Programs as needing
respite care, home delivered meals, and in-home services provided by the
aging network, as well as licensed home and community services and nurs-
ing home level of care.

JUSTIFICATION:  New York's long term care system has a wide range of
inter-connected services and programs. A uniform assessment system is
necessary to provide appropriate long term care to New Yorkers. The
state's home and community-based programs lack standardization and
common language. Thus, the demonstration program created by this legis-
lation seeks to provide an assessment of the functional needs of
patients seeking long term care. For individuals in need of long term
care services, navigating New York State's long term care system can be
challenging and a universal assessment system will help create standard-
ization in determining the appropriate level of long term care.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:  This is a new bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:  No additional cost to the state. Funding provided
in this year's budget as part of the universal assessment program shall
be sub-allocated by the Department of Health to support the program's
administration.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  90 days after the bill becomes law.

S5077-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         5077
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 May 3, 2011
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging
 

AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to authorizing certain county
 operated NY Connects: Choices for Long Term Care programs  to  partic
 ipate in a universal assessment demonstration program
 

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

 

Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 203 of the elder law, as added  by
 section  18  of  part B of chapter 58 of the laws of 2007, is renumbered
 subdivision 9 and a new subdivision 10 is added to read as follows:

 10. THE  DIRECTOR,  SHALL  SELECT  ONE  OR  MORE  COUNTY  OPERATED  NY
 CONNECTS:  CHOICES  FOR  LONG  TERM CARE THAT ARE DETERMINED ELIGIBLE TO
 PARTICIPATE IN THE UNIVERSAL ASSESSMENT DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.  PROGRAMS
 ELIGIBLE  TO  PARTICIPATE MUST BE IN GOOD STANDING ACCORDING TO CRITERIA
 ESTABLISHED BY THE DIRECTOR WHICH IS BASED ON ITS CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO
 ASSIST IN THIS DEMONSTRATION AND COMPLETE THE ASSESSMENT  PROCESS  USING
 THE TOOLS ESTABLISHED AS PART OF THE UNIVERSAL ASSESSMENT PROGRAM FUNDED
 PURSUANT TO CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN. THIS
 DEMONSTRATION SHALL TARGET THE ASSESSMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IDENTI
 FIED  BY  NY  CONNECTS AS POTENTIALLY IN NEED OF RESPITE, HOME DELIVERED
 MEALS, AND IN-HOME SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE AGING NETWORK  AND  LICENSED
 HOME  AND  COMMUNITY  SERVICES  AND  NURSING HOME LEVEL OF CARE. FUNDING
 SHALL BE SUB-ALLOCATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO THE STATE FOR  THE
 PURPOSE  OF  SUPPORTING  THE  ADMINISTRATION  OF  THE  ASSESSMENT  BY NY
 CONNECTS AND IMPLEMENTATION  OF  MODIFICATIONS  NEEDED  TO  IMPROVE  THE
 DESIGN AND FUNCTION OF THIS ASSESSMENT TOOL.
 

S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary  for  the  implementation  of
 this  act  on  its effective date are authorized and directed to be made
 and completed on or before such effective date.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11339-01-1

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