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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

S.1223 (Rivera)

LeadingAge New York opposes this legislation, which would allow the Commissioner of Health to appoint a temporary operator if a nursing facility experiences serious financial instability or conditions that seriously endanger the life, health or safety of residents or patients.

January 27, 2025

Legislative Position Memos

A.842 (Kim)

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.

January 7, 2025

Legislative Position Memos

A.31 (Paulin)/S.5722 (Skoufis)

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

December 26, 2024

Legislative Position Memos

A.3674-A (Pretlow)/S.5969-A (Harckham)

LeadingAge New York supports this legislation, which would allow medically fragile young adults who reside in pediatric specialized nursing facilities to remain at such facilities after reaching the age of 21 and until they reach the age 36.

June 2, 2024

Legislative Position Memos

A.7460-A (Paulin)/S.4791-A (Rivera)

LeadingAge New York supports this bill, which aims to provide increases in the rates of payment for certified home health agencies and directs the commissioner of health to establish minimum standards and a minimum benchmark for home care service payments by any Medicaid payor.

May 22, 2024

Legislative Position Memos

A.7554 (Paulin)/S.7293 (Ryan)

LeadingAge New York supports this bill which would enable managed long term care (MLTC) plans that also operate a Medicare Advantage Institutional Special Needs Plan (ISNP) or a PACE program, but not a Medicare Advantage Dual Eligible Special Needs Plan (DSNP), to continue to meet MLTC performance standards.

May 25, 2023

Legislative Position Memos

A.6221-B (Paulin)/S.6960-A (Rivera)

LeadingAge New York supports passage of this bill, which ensures that the state implements certain federal conflict of interest requirements in a manner that ensures limited disruption of certain services.

May 22, 2023

Legislative Position Memos

A.6697-B (Fahy)/S.7492-B (Stavisky)

LeadingAge New York supports this legislation, which would allow certain applicants for licensure as a nurse or physician who are currently licensed and in good standing in another state or territory to be granted authorization to practice in this state for a limited period of time pending a determination on their licensure in New York State. 

May 22, 2023

Legislative Position Memos

A.4616 (Gunther)

LeadingAge New York has concerns with this legislation, which would allow a nursing home patient or their representative to install, operate and maintain, at their own expense, an electronic monitoring device in their room.

May 10, 2023

Legislative Position Memos

A.6698 (Weinstein)/S.6636 (Hoylman)

LeadingAge New York writes in opposition to this bill that would amend the estates, powers and trusts law, to expand the damages recoverable in a wrongful death action to include compensation for grief or anguish, loss of love and companionship, loss of services and support, and loss of nurture and guidance.

May 10, 2023
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