What's happening
This bill requires an annual report detailing primary caregivers for older adults, including demographic and economic impact data.
Why it matters
Puts a spotlight on unpaid or family caregivers. , whose contributions are often invisible in public policy—this data could help quantify their role and ensure their needs and challenges are recognized.
Economic impact analysis may drive future funding or support. , as the report will estimate both the personal costs to caregivers and the money their unpaid labor saves the state, possibly influencing budget priorities or caregiver support policies.
Demographic information (like average age of caregivers) could highlight workforce and social trends. , informing planning for aging populations and identifying which groups bear the most caregiving responsibility, potentially revealing disparities or at-risk populations.
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Report on Family Caregivers
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Sponsors
Assembly Member · Assembly District 40
1 Multi-sponsor
History
- Enacting clause stricken
- Referred to aging
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STATE OF NEW YORK
877
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 8, 2025
Introduced by M. of A. KIM, DAVILA, DeSTEFANO, ZINERMAN, RAGA -- Multi- Sponsored by -- M. of A. LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Aging
AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to requiring an annual report on individuals who are the primary caregiver for an older adult
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 213 of the elder law is amended by adding a new paragraph (n) to read as follows:
(n) A report on individuals who are the primary caregiver for an older adult, including the number of individuals who are primary caregivers for an older adult, the average age of a primary caregiver, the cost to an individual to provide care to an older adult, and the economic value and savings to the state of such individual's services.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01861-01-5
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