New York Senate Bill S06504 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6504--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE April 24, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CHU -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee 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. Subdivision 1 of section 207 of the public health law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (r) to read as follows: 3 (r) Alzheimer's disease and other related dementias; including iden- 4 tification of dementia in health care facilities including but not 5 limited to hospitals, nursing homes, clinics and assisted living facili- 6 ties; community support services, including caregiver support groups and 7 services, respite, and care management; and resources and information 8 concerning Alzheimer's disease and any other dementia related matters 9 that the commissioner and director of the office for the aging deem 10 appropriate. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 12 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07669-02-3