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A01472 Summary:

A01472 Actions:

A01472 Committee Votes:

Committee:RULES   Chair:Glick      
DATE:01/14/2025AYE/NAY:29/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Cook
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Glick
Aye
Ra
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Colton
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Reilly
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Smith
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Jensen
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Davila
Excused
Hyndman
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Bronson
Aye
Hevesi
Aye
Hunter
Aye
Taylor
Aye
Cruz
Aye
Vanel
Aye

Committee:HEALTH   Chair:Paulin      
DATE:01/14/2025AYE/NAY:25/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Paulin
Aye
Jensen
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Gandolfo
Aye
Rosenthal
Aye
Blumencranz
Aye
Hevesi
Aye
Gray
Excused
Steck
Aye
Maher
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Slater
Aye
Solages
Aye
Chludzinski
Aye
Bichotte Hermel
Aye
Norber
Aye
Sayegh
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Reyes
Aye
Gonzalez-Rojas
Aye
Rajkumar
Aye
Forrest
Aye
Kelles
Aye
Lucas
Aye
Meeks
Aye
Lunsford
Aye

A01472 Floor Votes:

A01472 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
 submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)



 
BILL NUMBER: A1472
 
SPONSOR: Sayegh

 
TITLE OF BILL:
 
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing an
Alzheimer's disease outreach and education program
 
 
PURPOSE:
 
To make changes to remove the director of the Office for the Aging from
Alzheimer's disease outreach under the Department of Health's Health
Care and Wellness Education and Outreach program.
 
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
 
This bill amends subdivision 1 of section 207 of the Public Heath law to
remove the reference to the director of the office of aging.
 
 
JUSTIFICATION:
 
According to the New York State Task Force on Alzheimer's disease and
other Dementia's 300,000 older New York State residents have dementia.
With this number projected to continue to grow rapidly. it is important
to acknowledge and include Alzheimer's and dementia through the State's
Health Care and Wellness Education and Outreach program so that we
provide appropriate information and assistance, training, and outreach
and education to providers of services and to the general public.
 
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
 
This is a new bill.
 
 
BUDGET IMPLICATIONS:  None noted.
 
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as a
chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the public health law relating to
establishing an Alzheimer's disease outreach and education program, as
proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 6504-A and A.3122-A, takes
effect

A01472 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1472
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     January 9, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Health
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend the public health law, in relation to establishing an
          Alzheimer's disease outreach and education program
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (r) of subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public
     2  health  law,  as  added  by  a  chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the
     3  public health  law  relating  to  establishing  an  Alzheimer's  disease
     4  outreach and education program, as proposed in legislative bills numbers
     5  S. 6504-A and A. 3122-A, is amended to read as follows:
     6    (r)  Alzheimer's  disease and other related dementias; including iden-
     7  tification of dementia in  health  care  facilities  including  but  not
     8  limited to hospitals, nursing homes, clinics and assisted living facili-
     9  ties; community support services, including caregiver support groups and
    10  services,  respite,  and  care management; and resources and information
    11  concerning Alzheimer's disease and any other  dementia  related  matters
    12  that  the  commissioner  [and director of the office for the aging deem]
    13  deems appropriate.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
    15  manner  as  a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the public health law
    16  relating to establishing an Alzheimer's disease outreach  and  education
    17  program,  as  proposed  in  legislative  bills  numbers S. 6504-A and A.
    18  3122-A, takes effect.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02713-01-5

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