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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4195--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 31, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN, SEAWRIGHT, BURDICK, HEVESI, GRIFFIN,
ALVAREZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Aging -- commit-
tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
mitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to the dissemination of
information pertaining to Alzheimer's disease and other forms of
dementia through the NY Connects: Choices for Long Term Care program
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 203 of the elder law, as added by
section 18 of part B of chapter 58 of the laws of 2007, is amended to
read as follows:
8. The director, in consultation with the commissioner of health,
shall establish a program to be known as the NY Connects: Choices for
Long Term Care. The purpose of this initiative is to provide consistent,
comprehensive, locally-based information and assistance on long term
care services to consumers, caregivers and families to help them make
educated choices. This program shall provide individuals, caregivers,
and families with objective information and assistance about home,
community-based and institutional long term care services, INCLUDING
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS SUFFERING FROM ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
OR OTHER FORMS OF DEMENTIA. NY Connects [will] SHALL be available on a
voluntary basis to consumers, caregivers and their families. There shall
be an on-going education and outreach campaign to educate the public
about long term care services AND PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS
SUFFERING FROM ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE OR OTHER FORMS OF DEMENTIA available
in their community and to assist consumers in preparing for their long
term care needs.
§ 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such
effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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