New York S 6042: Establishes the aging in place task force, and provides for its powers and duties

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S06042 Summary:

BILL NOS06042 

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SAME ASSAME AS A03604

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SPONSORCLEARE

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Establishes the aging in place task force to study how the state can encourage aging in place; provides for its powers and duties.

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03/05/2025REFERRED TO AGING

01/07/2026REFERRED TO AGING

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6042

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 5, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging

 AN ACT relating to establishing the aging in place task force, and
 providing for its powers and duties

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

 1 Section 1. Aging in place task force. There is hereby established
 2 within the office for the aging an aging in place task force. The
 3 purpose of the task force shall be to study how the state can encourage
 4 aging in place including, but not limited to, an examination of:
 5 (a) infrastructure and transportation improvements;
 6 (b) zoning changes to facilitate home care;
 7 (c) enhanced nutrition programs and delivery options;
 8 (d) improved fraud and abuse protections;
 9 (e) expansion of home medical care options;
 10 (f) tax incentives; and
 11 (g) incentives for private insurance.
 12 § 2. The aging in place task force shall consist of a total of four-
 13 teen members and shall include: the commissioner of the state office of
 14 temporary and disability assistance or the commissioner's designee; the
 15 director of the office for the aging or the director's designee; the
 16 chairperson and ranking member of the standing senate and assembly
 17 committees of aging or their designees; two people appointed by the
 18 governor; two people appointed by the temporary president of the senate;
 19 one person appointed by the minority leader of the senate; two people
 20 appointed by the speaker of the assembly; and one person appointed by
 21 the minority leader of the assembly. The chairperson and ranking members
 22 of the standing senate and assembly committees of aging and the appoint-
 23 ees of the temporary president of the senate, minority leader of the
 24 senate, speaker of the assembly and minority leader of the assembly may
 25 be members of the legislature. All appointments to the aging in place

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01877-01-5

 S. 6042 2

 1 task force shall be made no later than thirty days after the effective
 2 date of this act. Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authori-
 3 ty.
 4 § 3. There shall be two chairpersons selected from among the members
 5 of the aging in place task force. One chairperson shall be selected by
 6 the temporary president of the senate and one chairperson shall be
 7 selected by the speaker of the assembly. Such chairperson shall schedule
 8 the first meeting of the task force, which shall be held no later than
 9 sixty days after the effective date of this act.
 10 § 4. The members of the aging in place task force shall serve without
 11 compensation, except that members shall be allowed their necessary and
 12 actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties under this
 13 act.
 14 § 5. The office for the aging shall provide the aging in place task
 15 force with such facilities, assistance, and data as will enable such
 16 task force to carry out its powers and duties. Additionally, all other
 17 departments or agencies of the state or subdivisions thereof shall, at
 18 the request of the chairpersons, provide such task force with such
 19 facilities, assistance, and data as will enable such task force to carry
 20 out its powers and duties.
 21 § 6. The aging in place task force shall issue a report of its find-
 22 ings and recommendations to the governor, the temporary president of the
 23 senate and the speaker of the assembly no later than January 1, 2028.
 24 § 7. The aging in place