Assembly Bill A11225

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires the state office for the aging to review programs addressing the needs of the aging veteran population

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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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2009-A11225 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Elder Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §202, Eld L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A544

2009-A11225 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the state office for the aging to review programs addressing the needs of the aging veteran population.

2009-A11225 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  11225

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 25, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. DINOWITZ, CASTELLI -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Aging

AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to requiring the state office
  for the aging to review programs addressing the  needs  of  the  aging
  veteran population

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

  Section 1. Subdivisions 13 and 14 of section 202  of  the  elder  law,
subdivision 13 as amended and subdivision 14 as added by section 24-d of
part B of chapter 58 of the laws of 2007, are amended and a new subdivi-
sion 15 is added to read as follows:
  13. to conduct a program of education and information on age discrimi-
nation  and the preparation and filing of complaints relating to persons
sixty years of age or older; [and]
  14. to, in cooperation with the department of state:
  (a) prepare or cause to be prepared  and  made  available  to  cities,
towns  and  villages  model  zoning  and planning guidelines that foster
age-integrated communities including mixed-use  age-integrated  communi-
ties; and
  (b) make recommendations, in consultation with the division of housing
and  community  renewal,  to  the governor and legislature for assisting
mixed-use age-integrated housing  development  or  redevelopment  demon-
stration  projects in urban, suburban and rural areas of the state.  The
director of the office for the aging and secretary of state shall estab-
lish an advisory  committee  for  purposes  of  this  subdivision.  Such
committee  shall  include, but not be limited to, top representatives of
local  government,  senior  citizen  organizations,  developers,  senior
service providers and planners[.]; AND
  15. TO PERIODICALLY, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE STATE DIRECTOR OF VETER-
AN'S  AFFAIRS, REVIEW THE PROGRAMS OPERATED BY THE OFFICE TO ENSURE THAT
THE NEEDS OF THE STATE'S AGING VETERAN POPULATION ARE BEING MET  AND  TO
DEVELOP IMPROVEMENTS TO PROGRAMS TO MEET SUCH NEEDS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD17509-01-0

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