A 11585: Directs the director of the office of the aging to establish a caregiver crisis hotline to provide emotional support resources for informal caregivers of a person in need of assistance.
<p> This bill amends the Elder Law in New York State to establish a new section dedicated to a caregiver crisis hotline. The Director, working with the Commissioner of Mental Health, is required to create this toll-free telephone service that operates twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, and is available statewide. The hotline is designed to provide emotional support resources specifically for informal caregivers, who are defined as family members or natural persons providing daily care or supervision to individuals unable to attend to their own needs due to mental or physical impairments. The definition of an informal caregiver includes those who may or may not reside in the same household as the person they care for. Additionally, the hotline must include a language assistance line to support limited and non-English language speakers. The act includes persons under eighteen yea…
- What is the current status of A 11585?
- As of June 7, 2026, A 11585 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on June 5, 2026, was "referred to aging".
- Did A 11585 pass?
- Not yet. A 11585 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 11585, and where is it now?
- A 11585 was authored by Asm. Steve Stern. Its committee of record is Assembly Aging.
| Jun. 05, 2026 | referred to aging |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 11585 IN ASSEMBLY June 5, 2026 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Stern) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Aging AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to establishing a caregiver crisis hotline The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The elder law is amended by adding a new section 206-a to 2 read as follows: 3 § 206-a. Caregiver crisis hotline. 1. The director, in consultation 4 with the commissioner of mental health, shall establish a caregiver 5 crisis hotline to provide emotional support resources for informal care- 6 givers of a person in need of assistance. 7 2. Such crisis hotline shall be a toll-free telephone number, avail- 8 able statewide, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week and shall 9 provide a language assistance line to assist limited and non-English 10 language speakers. 11 3. For the purposes of this section: (a) "Informal caregiver" shall 12 mean the family member or other natural person who normally provides the 13 daily care or supervision of a person in need of supervision, or any 14 family member or other natural person who contributes to and is involved 15 in the caretaking responsibilities for such person in need of super- 16 vision. Such informal caregiver may, but need not, reside in the same 17 household as the person in need of supervision. 18 (b) "Person in need of supervision" shall mean any person who is 19 unable to attend to their daily needs without the assistance or regular 20 supervision of an informal caregiver due to mental or physical impair- 21 ment. Such definition shall not exclude persons under eighteen years of 22 age who suffer from mental or physical impairment. 23 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 24 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13571-01-5