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Legislative Position Memos

Browse through LeadingAge New York's memos of support and opposition.

Feel free to download these memos and send them to your lawmakers throughout the course of the legislative session!

For more information on these bills, please contact Sarah Daly or Jeff Diamond.

Legislative Position Memos

A.3703 (Epstein)/S.2984 (Kavanagh)

LeadingAge New York opposes this legislation which would require nursing home operators to notify the State Department of Health 90 days ahead of an anticipated closure.

March 27, 2023

Legislative Position Memos

A.2188 (Dinowitz)/S.3498 (Sanders)

LeadingAge New York opposes this legislation which would require every nursing home facility in the state to prominently post the most recent star ratings for health inspections, staffing, and quality measures pursuant to the inspection rating system of the federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

March 25, 2023

Legislative Position Memos

A.2971 (Jensen)/S.5822 (Gallivan)

Provides for criminal history background checks of supportive maintenance employees in ACFs and assisted living facilities, similar to checks completed on nursing home employees.

 

March 20, 2023

Legislative Position Memos

A.5372 (Paulin)/S.6071 (Cleare)

LeadingAge New York opposes this bill which would raise the maximum penalties for violations of the Public Health Law.   These enhanced penalties would apply to any individual or organization that violates the Public Health Law.  

March 16, 2023

Legislative Position Memos

A.5370 (Paulin)/S.5732 (Skoufis)

LeadingAge New York has concerns with this legislation, which aims to create in statute the Health Emergency Response Data System (HERDS). 

March 12, 2023

Legislative Position Memos

A.8401 (Kim)/S.714 (Cleare)

LeadingAge New York supports this bill, which would clarify that individuals living in senior housing have the right to access and obtain the same services that they would if they were an individual residing in the community.

March 12, 2023

Legislative Position Memos

A.4454 (Hunter)/S.305 (Salazar)

LeadingAge New York opposes this legislation which would prohibit termination of a tenancy by eviction or non-renewal of a lease agreement without first showing “good cause” to the court.

March 7, 2023

Legislative Position Memos

A.5670 (Solages)/S.5471 (Rivera)

LeadingAge NY strongly supports this bill which would allow all ACFs and assisted living providers that employ nurses the option to provide nursing services directly. 

March 6, 2023

Legislative Position Memos

S.5470 (Rivera)

LeadingAge NY Supports this legislation which amends the recently enacted 2020-21 State Budget provisions which establish certain eligibility thresholds for receiving personal care services under managed care and fee-for-service Medicaid programs. 

March 5, 2023

Legislative Position Memos

A.2437 (Jones)/S.496 (Stec)

This bill would establish a demonstration program allowing one or more Managed Long Term Care (MLTC) plans that operate in rural counties and that have demonstrated success in transitioning individuals in need of a nursing home level of care from the nursing home to the community to enroll and manage the care of permanently placed nursing home residents for periods longer than three months. LeadingAge NY supports this legislation.

March 3, 2023
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