LeadingAge NY provides a status update on all priority bills passed by the Legislature in 2025.

The MAHA ELEVATE Model will provide approximately $100 million to many types of eligible organizations, including senior living communities, to fund three-year cooperative agreements for up to 30 proposals that promote health and prevention for Original Medicare beneficiaries.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has issued new restrictions on the duration and renewal of employment authorization documents for lawfully present immigrants.

LeadingAge National’s Center for Aging Services Technologies offers cutting-edge resources for members.

Bills signed include legislation to prohibit exploitative training reimbursement agreements and prevent workplace violence, to authorize enhanced withdrawals of equity from certain nursing homes, and to dedicate nursing home staffing fines to recruitment and safety grants. The Governor vetoed a bill banning new and expanded for-profit hospice programs.

Members are invited to register for the member-driven Middle-Income Senior Housing Workgroup and help plan next steps to keep making progress in 2026.