S7345A-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

S7345A-2011 Votes

S7345A-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S7345A

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 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.

S7345A-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 7345--A
 I N  SENATE
 May 2, 2012
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  VALESKY, DUANE -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging -- reported
 favorably from said  committee  and  committed  to  the  Committee  on
 Finance  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee
 

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 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 YEARS OF AGE
 OR OLDER, THE LOCAL AREA AGENCY ON AGING, EXCEPT IN A CITY WITH A  POPU
 LATION  OF  ONE  MILLION  OR  MORE,  SHALL  BE INFORMED AND CONSULTED ON
 PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AVAILABLE TO HELP SERVE THE INDIVIDUAL.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15347-04-2

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