New York Elder Law Title 1 - STATE OFFICE FOR THE AGING

• 201 - Office for the Aging; Director.
  1. There is hereby created within the executive department an office for the aging. 2. The head of such office shall be a director, who...
• 202 - General Powers and Duties of Office.
  The office shall have the following powers and duties: 1. to advise and assist the governor in developing policies designed to help meet the needs...
• 203 - Programs for the Aging.
  1. The office shall submit to the federal department of health, education and welfare a state plan for purposes of the federal older Americans act...
• 204 - Records of Available Space.
  1. The office shall have the responsibility to compile and maintain an inventory of space available for placing eligible aged citizens in facilities under the...
• 205 - Exclusion From Mandatory Retirement.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an employee of the office or an employee of a local public agency whose position is in whole or...
• 206 - Informal Caregiver Training.
  1. The director is hereby authorized and directed, to the extent appropriations are available therefor, to develop, establish and operate training and technical assistance programs,...
• 207 - Foster Grandparents Program for Vulnerable Infants and Children.
  1. Definitions. For purposes of this section the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) "Qualified area agencies on aging" shall mean those agencies...
• 208 - Respite Program.
  1. The director is hereby authorized to establish and monitor respite projects for the purposes of encouraging the initiation and expansion of respite, evaluating the...
• 209 - Naturally Occurring Retirement Community Supportive Service Program.
  1. As used in this section: (a) "Older adults" shall mean persons who are sixty years of age or older. (b) "Eligible applicant" shall mean...
• 210 - Advisory Committee.
  1. There shall be within the office an advisory committee for the aging, consisting of not more than thirty-five members, appointed by the governor. In...
• 211 - Assistance of Other Agencies.
  To effectuate the purposes of this title, the director may request from any department, division, board, bureau, commission or other agency of the state or...
• 212 - Grants or Gifts.
  The director, with the approval of the governor, may accept as agent of the state any gift, grant, devise or bequest, whether conditional or unconditional...
• 213 - Reports.
  1. The office shall from time to time report to the governor, and shall make an annual report to the governor and legislature. 2. Such...
• 214 - Community Services for the Elderly.
  1. Definitions. As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (a) "Designated agency" shall mean an agency which is designated...
• 215 - Social Model Adult Day Services Programs.
  1. Definitions. As used in this section: (a) "Advisory committee for the aging" shall mean the advisory committee for the aging established pursuant to section...
• 215-a - Senior Vision Services Program.
  1. Definitions. As used in this section: (a) "Senior vision services" shall mean the provision of non-vocational services to elderly persons who have a functional...
• 215-b - Enriched Social Adult Day Services.
  * 1. Legislative intent. Social adult day services programs are resources that can help communities maintain the independence of functionally impaired adults. The level of...
• 216 - Senior Center Council.
  1. Definition. For the purposes of this section, the term "council" shall mean the senior center council convened by the director pursuant to this section....
• 217 - Congregate Services Initiative for the Elderly.
  1. Definitions. As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (a) "Designated agency" shall mean an agency which is designated...
• 217-a - Long Term Care Insurance Education and Outreach Program.
  * 1. For the purposes of this section, the term "long term care insurance resource center" shall mean a project within an area agency on...
• 218 - Long Term Care Ombudsman.
  1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) "Local ombudsman" shall mean an individual who is...
• 219 - Elderly Abuse Education and Outreach Program.
  1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the terms "designated agency" and "elderly person" shall have the same meaning as ascribed to them in...
• 220 - Resident Advisor Program.
  1. Within amounts appropriated therefor, the office may establish or administer as necessary a resident advisor program in locales across the state and in such...
• 222 - Senior Citizen Energy Packaging Pilot Program.
  1. (a) The legislature finds and declares that a significant percentage of the state's senior citizens live at or below the poverty level. In many...
• 223 - Economically Sustainable Transportation Demonstration Program.
  1. Definitions. As used in this section: (a) "Economically sustainable transportation provider" shall mean a non-profit provider of transportation services that submits to the director...

Last modified: February 3, 2019