New York S 5746: Creates the district long-term care ombudsperson council program

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S05746 Summary:

BILL NOS05746A

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SAME ASSAME AS A05006-A

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SPONSORCLEARE

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §218, Eld L

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Creates the district long-term care ombudsperson council program to coordinate volunteer ombudsperson's in each assembly district.

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BILL NOS05746A

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02/28/2025REFERRED TO AGING

01/07/2026REFERRED TO AGING

03/23/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO AGING

03/23/2026PRINT NUMBER 5746A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5746--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 28, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging -- recommitted to
 the Committee on Aging in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to creating the district
 long-term care ombudsperson council program

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

 1 Section 1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of section
 2 218 of the elder law, as added by chapter 259 of the laws of 2018, is
 3 amended, and a new paragraph (i) is added to read as follows:
 4 (1) is an employee or volunteer of the state office for the aging or
 5 of a designated local [ombudsman] ombudsperson entity, or a member of a
 6 district long-term care ombudsperson council program and represents the
 7 state long-term care [ombudsman] ombudsperson program;
 8 (i) "District council" or "district council program" shall mean the
 9 district long-term care ombudsperson council program established in
 10 subdivision four of this section.
 11 § 2. The opening paragraph and subparagraph 7 of paragraph (d) of
 12 subdivision 3 of section 218 of the elder law, the opening paragraph as
 13 amended by chapter 259 of the laws of 2018 and subparagraph 7 as amended
 14 by chapter 770 of the laws of 2023, are amended to read as follows:
 15 The state [ombudsman] ombudsperson, personally or through [authorized
 16 representatives] the district long-term care ombudsperson council
 17 program established in subdivision four of this section, shall:
 18 (7) develop a certification training program and continuing education
 19 for [ombudsmen] ombudsperson which at a minimum shall specify the mini-
 20 mum hours of training, the annual number of hours of in-service train-
 21 ing, and the content of the training, including, but not limited to,
 22 training relating to cultural competency and diversity, federal, state,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08874-03-6

 S. 5746--A 2

 1 and local laws, regulations, and policies with respect to long-term care
 2 facilities in the state, investigative and resolution techniques, and
 3 such other training-related matters as the state [ombudsman] ombudsper-
 4 son determines to be appropriate, for the purposes of training members
 5 of the district long-term care ombudsperson council program described in
 6 subdivision four of this section, such training shall also include an
 7 overview of such program;
 8 § 3. Subdivision 4 of section 218 of the elder law, as amended by
 9 chapter 259 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
 10 4. Local long-term care [ombudsman] ombudsperson program and district
 11 long-term ombudsperson council program. (a) The state [ombudsman]
 12 ombudsperson, in accordance with applicable state contracting proce-
 13 dures, [may] shall designate an entity to operate a local long-term care
 14 [ombudsman] ombudsperson program for [one or more counties] each assem-
 15 bly district, and shall monitor the performance of each such entity. If
 16 the state office for the aging is aware or becomes aware of any evidence
 17 that the designation of an entity to operate a long-term care [ombuds-
 18 man] ombudsperson program by the state long-term care [ombudsman] ombud-
 19 sperson would result in legal concer