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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6035
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
March 5, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging
AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to reporting unmet need for
programs and services for the aging
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 203 of the elder law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
2-A. THE OFFICE SHALL COLLECT FROM EACH AREA AGENCY ON AGING INFORMA-
TION CONCERNING THE UNMET NEED FOR EACH PROGRAM OR SERVICE OFFERED BY
THE AREA AGENCY ON AGING. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, UNMET
NEED SHALL BE DEFINED AS THE NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS SEEKING
PARTICIPATION IN A PROGRAM OR SERVICE AND WHO ARE NOT RECEIVING SUCH
PROGRAM OR SERVICE DUE TO INSUFFICIENT RESOURCES OR CAPACITY. THE OFFICE
SHALL PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON THE UNMET NEED FOR EACH PROGRAM
OR SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE STATE TO THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY AND
TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE NO LATER THAN DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST OF
EACH YEAR.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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