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History
- Signed chap.556
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.717
- Substituted for A7791A
- Referred to ways and means
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 63–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1646
- Referred to rules
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Requires the director of the office for the aging to develop materials on aging agency programs and requires hospitals to provide such materials on discharge
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Shelley Mayer
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S5892
Title of bill
An act to amend the elder law, in relation to requiring the director of the office for the aging to develop materials and making available a list of programs and services offered by local area agencies on aging; and to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring hospitals to provide information relating to aging services to certain patients upon discharge
Purpose
This legislation amends elder law to require the NYS Office for the Aging to develop and provide information to hospitals regarding aging agency programs.
Summary of provisions
Section 1: Amends section 203 of the elder law to add a new subdivision 11 which requires the Director of the State office for the Aging to develop materials on local area aging agency and NYConnects programs and make these materials available on the NYSOFA website and to provide such materials to hospital discharge coordinators.
Section 2 amends Title 1 of Article 29-D of the Public Health Law by adding a new section 2997-f which requires hospital discharge coordinators to provide, upon discharge, materials on local area aging agency and NYConnects programs to individuals sixty years or over
Justification
According the New York State Office for the Aging website, Social adult day services (SADS) and other local aging programs are an important component of the community-based service-delivery system that helps to delay or prevent nursing home placement and the need for other costly services. These services often provide vital assistance to individuals with cognitive and/or physical impairments and offer respite for informal caregivers. Research demonstrates that caregivers who experience stress and burden are more likely to "burn out" and, thus, resulting in the placement of their loved ones in an institution, directly impacting Medicaid spending for skilled nursing home care. SADS and other local aging programs can help to ease the burden of caregivers by providing them with time to take care of other needs and address other priorities; the service also allows many caregivers to continue to work. At the same time, it addresses the basic needs of the individual needing care in a safe, nurturing, and stimulating environment.
Currently, when a patient is discharged from a hospital, they or their caregiver may not know that there are social adult day programs available in their area. This bill seeks connect the State Office for the Aging with hospital discharge planners in order to help patients and their caregivers receive current information regarding the myriad of Social Adult Day Care programs throughout the State.
Legislative history
New Bill
Fiscal implications
None. All information is available electronically on the State Office for the Aging website.
Effective date
Immediately
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