Relates to the notification of certain relatives prior to the placement of children. / Sponsor: GOLDEN Committee:

Eliminates the requirement that persons 65 years of age or older, who are eligible for a real property tax exemption, annually reapply for such exemption. / Sponsor: HANNON Committee:

Establishes the New York state compact for long term care; requires federal financial participation; requires that the state provide assurance of quality of services in designing the waiver; outlines participation in such compact and pledge amounts; authorizes the waiver of all or part of the participation fee and the requirement that a beneficiary pay the difference between the compact rate and the compact subsidy if the beneficiary's countable income, after deductions of these items is less than certain protected income amounts; describes fraudulent practices. / Sponsor: GOLDEN Committee:

Increases maximum income eligibility levels for real property tax exemptions for seniors. / Sponsor: GOLDEN Committee:

Establishes a veterans' gerontological advisory committee. / Sponsor: RANZENHOFER Committee:

Authorizes municipalities to adopt a local law authorizing the assessor of such municipality to accept applications for the basic STAR exemption and the enhanced STAR exemption for senior citizens after the taxable status date for such municipality and before January tenth of the following year. / Sponsor: LAVALLE Committee:

Allows a city of one million or more to provide tax and rent relief to senior citizens based on the metered use of water in a dwelling unit. / Sponsor: SAVINO Committee:

Establishes the mandatory reporting by certain professional or official persons who come into contact with mentally or physically incapacitated persons who were abused including residents of assisted living and adult care facilities who may be abused, mistreated or neglected; provides reporting procedures and grants immunity for such reporting; provides criminal and civil penalties. / Sponsor: ALESI Committee:

Exempts veteran disability payments from inclusion as income of persons sixty-five years of age or over to determine eligibility for a real property tax exemption. / Sponsor: KENNEDY Committee:

Establishes a farm-to-senior program to facilitate and promote the purchase of New York farm products by senior centers and other institutions for the aging. / Sponsor: VALESKY Committee: