NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A5915REVISED 4/26/23
SPONSOR: Kim PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To expand building and neighborhood eligibility for NORC services and to
clarify procedures for when NORCs are wound down
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 allows for buildings taller than 6 stories to be included in
neighborhood NORCS and instructs the director to provide information to
residents of NORCs that are no longer funded
Section 2 changes the responsibility for granting a waiver for a low
income or hardship community from a committee to the director
Section 3 sets the effective date
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE):
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JUSTIFICATION:
In the current neighborhood NORC definition, there are several buildings
that are not large enough to be considered for NORC definitions but too
large to be included for services in the neighborhood NORC model. This
would allow these buildings to be eligible for inclusion in neighborhood
NORC applications and the residents of these buildings to be eligible
for NORC services for the first time.
When NORCs are chosen not to be funded anymore and wound down, there is
currently no protocol for informing residents of where they can access
services in their neighborhood or building. This would create a protocol
to inform residents where they can get services they previously received
from the NORC. The bill also clarifies the role of issuing low-income
hardship waivers from an unspecified committee to the director.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None. To be determined.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately upon passage. Immediately
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5915
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 24, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. KIM -- read once and referred to the Committee on
Aging
AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to the naturally occurring
retirement community supportive service program
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph 4 of paragraph (f) of subdivision 1 of section
2 209 of the elder law, as added by section 1 of part S of chapter 59 of
3 the laws of 2016, is amended and a new subdivision 9 is added to read as
4 follows:
5 (4) is made up of low-rise buildings six stories or less and/or single
6 and multi-family homes, provided, however, that apartment buildings and
7 housing complexes, including those that exceed six stories, may be
8 included [in rural areas].
9 9. In the event that a classic or neighborhood NORC is no longer fund-
10 ed under this section, the director shall, to the best of the director's
11 ability, provide information about nearby services available to older
12 adults who currently live in such classic or neighborhood NORC.
13 § 2. Paragraph (n) of subdivision 4 of section 209 of the elder law,
14 as amended by section 1 of part S of chapter 59 of the laws of 2016, is
15 amended to read as follows:
16 (n) the circumstances under which the director may waive all or part
17 of the requirement for provision of an equal amount of funding from
18 other sources required pursuant to paragraph (m) of this subdivision,
19 provided that such criteria shall include provision for waiver at the
20 discretion of the director upon a finding by the director that the
21 program will serve a low income or hardship community, and that such
22 waiver is required to assure that such community receive a fair share of
23 the funding available. The [committee] director shall develop appropri-
24 ate criteria for determining whether a community is a low income or
25 hardship community;
26 § 3. 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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