Requires 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.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A3602
SPONSOR: Seawright TITLE OF BILL:
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
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To require the State Office for the Aging (SOFA) to include in their
annual report to the Governor and Legislature a report on individuals
who are the primary caregiver for an older adult
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section one amends subdivision 3 of section 213 of the elder law by
requiring SOFA to report on: the number of individuals who are primary
caregivers, the average age of a primary caregiver, the estimated cost
to provide care and the savings to the state for such services.
Section two provides the effective date.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE):
JUSTIFICATION:
According to AARP, in 2017, about 2.5 million family caregivers provided
an estimated 2.1 billion hours of unpaid care - worth a staggering $31
billion - to their parents, spouses, partners, and friends. Family care-
givers spend/ on average, nearly 20% of their income on caregiving
activities - this number is closer to 34% for families of color. The
Challenges of older adult family caregiving continue to arise with the
pandemic as cost of services increase. This bill would require the state
to review and obtain data on caregivers in an effort to combat the older
adult caregiving crisis in the state.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2024: A.8338 - Reported Referred to Ways and Means
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3602
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 29, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. SEAWRIGHT -- 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 Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 213 of the elder law is amended by
2 adding a new paragraph (n) to read as follows:
3 (n) A report on individuals who are the primary caregiver for an older
4 adult, including the number of individuals who are primary caregivers
5 for an older adult, the average age of a primary caregiver, the cost to
6 an individual to provide care to an older adult, and the economic value
7 and savings to the state of such individual's services.
8 § 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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