Requires adult protective services to consult with the local area agency on aging when the individual requiring services is sixty years of age or older.

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S7345-2011 Actions

• May 23, 2012: PRINT NUMBER 7345A
• May 23, 2012: AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE
• May 14, 2012: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
• May 2, 2012: REFERRED TO AGING

S7345-2011 Meetings

Aging: May 14, 2012

S7345-2011 Votes

S7345-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S7345

TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring
adult protective services to consult with the local area agency on
aging when the individual requiring services is sixty-two years of age
or older

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To improve access to local services for seniors in need of adult
protective services by requiring adult protective services, when
serving an individual age sixty-two or older, to consult with the
local area agencies on aging regarding programs and services.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Amends paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 473 of the Social
Services Law to require adult protective services, when serving
individuals age sixty-two or older, to inform and consult with local
area agencies on aging regarding programs and services available to
help these individuals.

JUSTIFICATION:
Effective delivery of adult protective services requires coordination
and cooperation among a network of service providers.  Current law
requires local social services districts to consult with public,
private, and voluntary agencies regarding health, mental health,
aging, and legal services. This bill would ensure that seniors seeking
adult protective services are made aware of all the appropriate, local
services that are available to them by requiring adult protective
services to consult with local area agencies on aging.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
None.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S7345-2011 Text

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

                                    7345

                              I N  SENATE

                                 May 2, 2012
                                 ___________

  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 social services law, in relation to requiring  adult
    protective  services  to  consult  with the local area agency on aging
    when the individual requiring services is sixty-two years  of  age  or
    older

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


    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 473 of the social
  services law, as added by chapter 446 of  the  laws  of  1979  and  such
  section  as renumbered by chapter 991 of the laws of 1981, is amended to
  read as follows:

    (a) (1) In that the effective  delivery  of  protective  services  for
  adults  requires  a  network  of  professional  consultants and services
  providers, local social services districts shall plan with other public,
  private and voluntary agencies including  but  not  limited  to  health,
  mental  health,  aging,  legal  and  law  enforcement  agencies, for the
  purpose of assuring maximum local understanding, coordination and  coop-
  erative action in the provision of appropriate services.
    (2)  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH SUBPARAGRAPH ONE OF THIS PARAGRAPH, WHEN THE
  INDIVIDUAL TO BE SERVED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IS SIXTY-TWO  YEARS  OF
  AGE  OR  OLDER,  THE  LOCAL  AREA  AGENCY ON AGING SHALL BE INFORMED AND
  CONSULTED ON PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AVAILABLE TO HELP SERVE THE  INDIVID-
  UAL.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD15347-02-2