NY State Senate Bill 2015-S5892

Senate Bill S5892

Signed By Governor

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires the director of the office for the aging to develop materials on aging agency programs and requires hospitals to provide such materials on discharge

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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

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 11, 2015	signed chap.556
Nov 30, 2015	delivered to governor
Jun 19, 2015	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.717 substituted for a7791a
Jun 16, 2015	referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1646
Jun 10, 2015	referred to rules

Votes

- Jun 16, 2015 - Floor Vote
  S5892
  
  63
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 16, 2015
      
      aye (63)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Amedore
      
      Avella
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Croci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Diaz
      
      Dilan
      
      Espaillat
      
      Farley
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hannon
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Latimer
      
      Libous
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Martins
      
      Montgomery
      
      Murphy
      
      Nozzolio
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Panepinto
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Perkins
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sampson
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      Venditto
      
      Young
  Jun 16, 2015 - Rules Committee Vote
  S5892
  
  25
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 16, 2015
      
      aye (25)
      
      Bonacic
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      Dilan
      
      Espaillat
      
      Farley
      
      Flanagan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Hannon
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Larkin
      
      Libous
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Montgomery
      
      Nozzolio
      
      Parker
      
      Perkins
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      Young

co-Sponsors

2015-S5892 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7791
Law Section:: Elder Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §203, Eld L; add Art 29-D Title 1 §2997-f, Pub Health L

2015-S5892 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the director of the office for the aging to develop materials on agency programs and requires hospitals to provide such materials on discharge.

2015-S5892 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S5892

TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the elder law, in relation to requiring the director
of the office for the aging to develop materials and making available
a list of programs and services offered by local area agencies on
aging; and to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring
hospitals to provide information relating to aging services to certain
patients upon discharge

PURPOSE:

This legislation amends elder law to require the NYS Office for the
Aging to develop and provide information to hospitals regarding aging
agency programs.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Amends section 203 of the elder law to add a new
subdivision 11 which requires the Director of the State office for the
Aging to develop materials on local area aging agency and NYConnects
programs and make these materials available on the NYSOFA website and
to provide such materials to hospital discharge coordinators.

Section 2 amends Title 1 of Article 29-D of the Public Health Law by

adding a new section 2997-f which requires hospital discharge
coordinators to provide, upon discharge, materials on local area aging
agency and NYConnects programs to individuals sixty years or over

JUSTIFICATION:

According the New York State Office for the Aging website, Social
adult day services (SADS) and other local aging programs are an
important component of the community-based service-delivery system
that helps to delay or prevent nursing home placement and the need for
other costly services. These services often provide vital assistance
to individuals with cognitive and/or physical impairments and offer
respite for informal caregivers. Research demonstrates that caregivers
who experience stress and burden are more likely to "burn out" and,
thus, resulting in the placement of their loved ones in an
institution, directly impacting Medicaid spending for skilled nursing
home care. SADS and other local aging programs can help to ease the
burden of caregivers by providing them with time to take care of other
needs and address other priorities; the service also allows many
caregivers to continue to work. At the same time, it addresses the
basic needs of the individual needing care in a safe, nurturing, and
stimulating environment.

Currently, when a patient is discharged from a hospital, they or their
caregiver may not know that there are social adult day programs
available in their area. This bill seeks connect the State Office for
the Aging with hospital discharge planners in order to help patients
and their caregivers receive current information regarding the myriad
of Social Adult Day Care programs throughout the State.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:


New Bill

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None. All information is available electronically on the State Office
for the Aging website.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

Immediately

2015-S5892 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5892

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 10, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- 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 requiring the director  of
  the  office  for the aging to develop materials and making available a
  list of programs and services offered by local area agencies on aging;
  and to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring hospitals
  to provide information relating to aging services to certain  patients
  upon discharge

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

  Section 1. Section 203 of the elder law is amended  by  adding  a  new
subdivision 11 to read as follows:
  11.  (A)  THE  DIRECTOR  SHALL DEVELOP A LIST OF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
OFFERED BY LOCAL AREA AGENCIES ON AGING ALONG WITH  CONTACT  INFORMATION
FOR THE LOCAL AREA AGENCIES ON AGING AND NYCONNECTS ORGANIZED BY COUNTY.
  (B) THE INFORMATION DEVELOPED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDI-
VISION  SHALL  BE MADE AVAILABLE ON THE OFFICE'S WEBSITE AND PROVIDED TO
HOSPITAL DISCHARGE COORDINATORS LOCATED IN THE STATE.
  S 2. Title 1 of article 29-D of the public health law  is  amended  by
adding a new section 2997-f to read as follows:
  S  2997-F. PROVISION OF INFORMATION RELATING TO AGING SERVICES.  WHEN-
EVER A HOSPITAL IS DISCHARGING AN INDIVIDUAL AGED SIXTY YEARS OF AGE  OR
OLDER,  THE HOSPITAL'S DISCHARGE COORDINATOR SHALL PROVIDE SUCH INDIVID-
UAL WITH A COPY OF THE INFORMATION PROVIDED TO THEM PURSUANT TO SUBDIVI-
SION ELEVEN OF SECTION TWO HUNDRED THREE OF THE ELDER  LAW  THAT  CORRE-
SPONDS TO THE INDIVIDUAL'S COUNTY OF RESIDENCE.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09858-04-5

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David J. Valesky