Directs the commissioner of economic development, in consultation with the commissioner of health, labor and OCFS to study, develop, and implement a long-term strategy to support the growth of the caregiving industry in New York state.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A6590B
SPONSOR: Kelles TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the economic development law, in relation to enacting
the "investing in care act"
PURPOSE:
To incorporate the caregiving sector as part of the state's economic
development strategy.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: sets the title of the legislation.
Section 2: Requires the commissioner of economic development to study,
develop and propose how to implement a long-term strategy to support the
growth of the caregiving industry in New York State. This strategy must
be detailed in a report that analyzes the support needed to expand the
caregiving industry; develop, recruit, and retain a skilled workforce;
and innovation and new modes of delivering caregiving.
Section 3: sets the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
Caregiving is in crisis in New York State. New York State is facing an
unprecedented elder boom. The population is aging, and people are living
longer. These trends have accelerated over time. The COVID-19 crisis has
also laid bare the challenges facing the child care industry, as provid-
ers have shuttered and parents have faced unprecedented challenges of
working from home while also juggling child care and remote learning.
Many families also face the challenge of sandwich care, providing care
simultaneously to young children and aging loved ones. There is increas-
ing demand for support for every type in the field of caregiving, but
our extant models are proving inadequate to meet the moment.
This bill proposes a new strategy in caregiving. Our traditional
approach to economic development - incentivizing employers to relocate
or develop a new business in a part of the state through tax credits and
financial incentives - has delivered mixed results. Often, the promised
results made in exchange for generous payments and incentives fail to
deliver on the public's investment. The Invest in Care Act proposes that
we rethink economic development in New York State and place a greater
emphasis on the needs of the moment: supporting good paying jobs in the
caregiving industry that can deliver immediate results for our elders,
children, and people in need of supportive caregiving of all sorts. By
rethinking economic development to emphasize a caring economy and the
needs of New York families, we can make an appropriate investment in
caregiving and yield immediate results in the form of stronger, healthi-
er communities.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6590--B
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 19, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. KELLES, COLTON, SIMON, ZINERMAN, ABBATE, JACKSON
-- read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee
with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
committee
AN ACT to amend the economic development law, in relation to enacting
the "investing in care act"
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "investing
2 in care act".
3 § 2. The economic development law is amended by adding a new section
4 11 to read as follows:
5 § 11. Investing in care. 1. The commissioner shall study, develop, and
6 propose how to implement a long-term strategy to support the growth of
7 the caregiving industry in New York state. Such strategy shall be devel-
8 oped in consultation with the department of health, the department of
9 labor, the office of children and family services and any other state
10 agencies or other such organizations or persons as the commissioner
11 shall deem appropriate. Such strategy shall be based on an analysis of
12 financial support needed for:
13 (a) growth of caregiving industry businesses and non-profits;
14 (b) workforce development, recruitment, and retention needs in the
15 caregiving industry; and
16 (c) innovation and new modes of caregiving delivery in the caregiving
17 industry.
18 2. Within one year of the effective date of this section, the commis-
19 sioner shall submit a report of his or her findings, recommendations,
20 and plan for implementation of such long-term strategy, to the governor,
21 the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 3. For the purposes of this section, "caregiving industry" shall
2 include, but not be limited to: direct care, home care, child care,
3 adult care, private and non-profit nursing homes and residential facili-
4 ties, and other entities that support formal and informal caregiving, as
5 the commissioner shall deem necessary and appropriate.
6 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
