New York A 8445: Relates to dementia care navigators and coordinators

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A08445 Summary:

BILL NOA08445A

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SAME ASSAME AS S01782-A

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SPONSORSeawright

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COSPNSRGriffin, Lucas, Kay

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §227, Eld L

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Requires each designated agency to employ a dementia care navigator to provide support for caregivers of individuals with dementia and to assist individuals with dementia in accessing appropriate services; requires the state office for the aging to establish the position of dementia care coordinator.

Go to top A08445 Actions:

BILL NOA08445A

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05/16/2025referred to aging

01/07/2026referred to aging

02/27/2026amend (t) and recommit to aging

02/27/2026print number 8445a

03/04/2026reported referred to ways and means

Go to topA08445 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:AGING Chair:Seawright 
DATE:03/04/2026AYE/NAY:28/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means SeawrightAyeBrook-KrasnyAye

RamosAyeSmithAye

SternAyeGallahanAye

FallAyeBendettAye

RajkumarAyeChangAye

ForrestExcusedNovakhovAye

ZinermanAyeDiPietroAye

GibbsAbsentChludzinskiAye

LucasAyeNorberAye

EachusAye

ZaccaroAye

ShresthaAye

BergerAye

RagaAye

GriffinAye

WrightAye

YegerAye

HooksAye

TorresAye

CashmanAye

MorenoAye

Go to topA08445 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA08445 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8445--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 16, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SEAWRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Aging -- recommitted to the Committee on Aging in accord-
 ance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to dementia care navigators
 and coordinator

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

 1 Section 1. The elder law is amended by adding a new section 227 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 § 227. Dementia care navigators and coordinator. 1. As used in this
 4 section "designated agency" shall mean any agency which is either a unit
 5 of county government, the city of New York, or the governing body or
 6 council of an Indian tribal reservation, or a private not-for-profit
 7 agency organized or existing pursuant to the not-for-profit corporation
 8 law, which has been designated as an area agency on aging by the office
 9 pursuant to the federal older Americans act of 1965, as amended.
 10 2. Each designated agency shall employ a dementia care navigator to
 11 provide support for caregivers of individuals with dementia and to
 12 assist individuals with dementia in accessing appropriate services. A
 13 dementia care navigator shall:
 14 (a) provide information and referrals to individuals with dementia and
 15 their caregivers regarding available community-based services and
 16 programs;
 17 (b) assist caregivers with care planning and navigation of long-term
 18 services and support groups;
 19 (c) facilitate access to cognitive health resources, including infor-
 20 mation regarding available screening services;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD05410-02-6

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 1 (d) coordinate, as appropriate, with health care providers, communi-
 2 ty-based organizations, and other service providers to improve access to
 3 dementia-related services;
 4 (e) provide guidance and resource information to designated agency
 5 staff regarding dementia-related best practices; and
 6 (f) support outreach and education efforts that promote dementia
 7 awareness and dementia-friendly community initiatives.
 8 3. The office shall establish the position of dementia care coordina-
 9 tor. The dementia care coordinator shall manage the work of dementia
 10 care navigators employed pursuant to this section.
 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 12 it shall have become a law.

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