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A03390 Summary:

BILL NOA03390 

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Establishes a senior housing task force for the purposes of conducting a state-wide assessment of senior housing needs taking into consideration the various geographical areas and different needs of the seniors in those areas and resources available in those different areas.

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BILL NOA03390 

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01/27/2025referred to aging

01/07/2026referred to aging

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3390

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 27, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to establishing a
 senior housing task force

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The public housing law is amended by adding a new section
 2 12-a to read as follows:
 3 § 12-a. Senior housing task force. 1. There is hereby established
 4 within the division of housing and community renewal a senior housing
 5 task force which shall meet at least once annually in different
 6 geographical areas of the state. All members shall be provided with
 7 notice reasonably in advance of each meeting with date, time and
 8 location of such meeting. Task force members may use videoconferencing
 9 for attendance and participation. The task force shall consist of
 10 sixteen members and shall include representatives from the following
 11 state agencies: the division of housing and community renewal, the
 12 office for the aging, the department of health, the office of mental
 13 health, the department of economic development, the office for people
 14 with developmental disabilities, the division of protective services for
 15 adults of the office of children and family services, and the New York
 16 city department for the aging. Of the eight remaining members, three
 17 shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly, three shall be
 18 appointed by the temporary president of the senate, one shall be
 19 appointed by the minority leader of the assembly and one shall be
 20 appointed by the minority leader of the senate, and shall broadly repre-
 21 sent housing and senior citizen groups from all geographic areas of the
 22 state including service providers, associations, advocates, proprietors,
 23 and consumers of for-profit and not-for-profit senior housing options
 24 including but not limited to: assisted living facilities, adult homes,
 25 skilled nursing facilities, independent living facilities, naturally

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06616-01-5

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 1 occurring retirement communities, neighborhood naturally occurring
 2 retirement communities, and continuing care retirement communities.
 3 Members shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be
 4 reimbursed for travel and other expenses actually and necessarily
 5 incurred in the performance of their duties. The task force shall be
 6 co-chaired by the commissioner of the division of housing and community
 7 renewal and the director of the office for the aging. The task force is
 8 responsible for conducting an annual state-wide assessment of senior
 9 housing needs taking into consideration the various geographical areas
 10 and different needs of the seniors in those areas and resources avail-
 11 able in those different areas and project those needs over the next five
 12 years; other factors which shall be taken into consideration are: health
 13 care needs of seniors, the long term care needs of seniors, financial
 14 resources available to seniors, or needed by seniors, and transportation
 15 needs of seniors. The assessment shall include, but not be limited to, a
 16 review of innovative approaches successfully being implemented in New
 17 York state and in other states and their potential for implementation or
 18 expansion in th