What's happening
This bill authorizes a study of the fees and charges, including their rate of increase, assessed to residents of assisted living facilities in New York.
Why it matters
Shining a light on affordability. By mandating a formal study of fees and their rate of increase, the bill aims to identify whether costs for assisted living residents are rising too quickly, potentially impacting affordability for seniors and their families.
Potential for policy change. The findings and any legislative recommendations could lead to reforms or new regulations intended to control or better justify fee increases, affecting how facilities set prices in the future.
Data-driven oversight. The bill empowers state agencies to request and receive detailed information from both public agencies and private assisted living facilities, which could expose hidden or inconsistent fee practices.
Time-limited, focused action. With a set deadline and a requirement that the act be repealed after the report is delivered, the bill is designed for prompt investigation and response, not ongoing bureaucracy.
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- Referred to aging
- Referred to aging
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Study Assisted Living Fees
In Senate Committee · Aging · Sponsor Michael DenDekker
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3066
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 1, 2019
Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging
AN ACT authorizing the study of fees and charges assessed to residents of assisted living facilities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The department of health in conjunction with the office for the aging is authorized and directed to study the fees and charges being assessed to residents of assisted living facilities. Specifically, such study shall review the rate of increase of the fees and charges being assessed to residents of assisted living facilities.
§ 2. On or before April 1, 2021, the commissioner of the department of health and the director of the office for the aging shall deliver a copy of the findings of the study conducted pursuant to section one of this act and any legislative recommendations they deem to be necessary to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly.
§ 3. The commissioner of the department of health and the director of the office for the aging may request, and are authorized to receive, any information from any state agencies or assisted living facilities that is relevant and material to the completion of this study and report. Such information received by the department of health and the office for the aging shall be subject to the same requirements for confidentiality and limitations on use, if any, as are applicable to each such state agency's use of such information.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed repealed thirty days after the delivery of the report to the governor and the legislature as provided for in section two of this act; provided that the department of health or the office for the aging shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon the occurrence of the delivery of the report provided for in section two of this act in order
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely effective data base of the official text of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the public officers law.
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act authorizing the study of fees and charges assessed to residents of assisted living facilities
Purpose
The purpose of this bill is to authorize a study that will review the rate of the fees and charges being assessed to residents of assisted living facilities.
Summary of specific provisions
This bill would direct the Department of Health and the Office of the Aging to study the fees and charges being assessed to residents of assisted living facilities. This study would be delivered on or before April 1, 2019.
Justification
Residents of these assisted living facilities should not have to worry about affording their stay in these facilities as a result of fees and charges, such as their rent, increasing a substantial amount over time. Most of the people that move into these homes are single and they budget their expenditures according to a particular amount of rent for a certain amount of years. When these residents find that the increases have changed their financial plans to the point where they can no longer afford their stay, they are left with few to no options. This new legis- lation will provide much needed information to help those residents better plan for financial security.
Legislative history
2018: S.7707A - Third Reading Calendar / A.3061 - Passed Assembly 2017: A.3061 - Passed Assembly 2016: S.3854B - Referred to Aging / A.42528 - Passed Assembly 2015: S.3854 - Referred to Aging / A.4252 - Referred to Aging 2014: S.4684B - Referred to Aging/ A.6769 - Referred to Aging 2013: S.4684A - Referred to Aging/ A.6769 - Referred to Aging
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
Immediately.
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