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History
- Signed chap.56
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Message of necessity - 3 day message
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.31
- Substituted for A9695
- Referred to ways and means
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
- Message of necessity - 3 day message
- Ordered to third reading cal.523
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- Referred to finance
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Relates to home care worker wage parity
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Carl Heastie
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Title of bill
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to home care worker wage parity
Purpose or general idea of bill
To ensure that all social adult day programs in the state are subject to the same oversight by the State Office for the Aging (SOFA)
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 of this bill would remove the requirement that a social adult day program be the recipient of a grant from SOFA in order to be subject to regulations promulgated therefore. Where there is duplication of regulation because a program is regulated under another state agency, the program would inform SOFA.
Section 2 of this bill would require a report regarding the projected costs and benefits of establishing uniform standards and requirements with regards to social adult day programs to be delivered on or before December 31, 2016
Section 3 of the bill would amend the definition of "social adult day services" and "social adult day care" to prohibit any person or program from using those terms to describe the services they offer if the services do not meet the definitions.
Justification
Currently social adult day programs are regulated by the State Office for the Aging (SOFA) only if they receive a grant through the Office. This means that anyone can start a program and be free from any oversight as long as they never approach the Office for funding. There has been concern across the state that there are abuses taking place in programs that do not operate with sufficient staffing and do not provide adequate services. Families are paying out of pocket for these programs that are not subject to any oversight. This legislation would ensure that all programs must comply with regulations promulgated by SOFA and be overseen as the Office sees fit.
Prior legislative history
2015: P-Senate and Assembly; vetoed (#230). 2014: P-Assembly; died in Senate Aging. 2013: P-Assembly; died on 3rd Rdg. in Senate.
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
Immediately.
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