A 6630: Enacts the expanded in-home services funding act to increase funding for expanded in-home services for the elderly; makes an appropriation therefor.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6630 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY March 6, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Aging AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to expanded in-home services for the elderly; and making an appropriation therefor The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "expanded 2 in-home services funding act". 3 § 2. The elder law is amended by adding a new section 214-a to read as 4 follows: 5 § 214-a. Service delivery innovation pilot program. 1. Within the 6 amounts appropriated therefor, the office shall establish guidelines for 7 and administer a five-year service delivery innovation pilot program to 8 develop innovative delivery models, including but not limited to tele- 9 health services, volunteer transportation networks, and community-based 10 respite care. 11 2. Such appropriations shall be used specifically to eliminate the 12 current waitlist for expanded in-home services for the elderly, includ- 13 ing but not limited to meal delivery, housekeeping, personal care, and 14 transportation services. Such appropriations shall also be used to 15 ensure that counties in the state have adequate resources to meet grow- 16 ing demand for expanded in-home services for the elderly. A designated 17 percentage, to be determined by the director, of such appropriations 18 shall be used in rural counties in the state experiencing the highest 19 need for expanded in-home services for the elderly. 20 3. The office shall prepare and submit an annual accountability and 21 impact report to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, 22 and the speaker of the assembly on an annual basis for the duration of 23 the service delivery innovation pilot program. Such report shall 24 include, but shall not be limited to: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09625-01-5 
 A. 6630 2 1 (a) the use of funding appropriated for the service delivery inno- 2 vation pilot program; 3 (b) waitlist reductions for expanded in-home services for the elderly, 4 including but not limited to meal delivery, housekeeping, personal care, 5 and transportation services; and 6 (c) overall improvements in caregiver and senior well-being, as deter- 7 mined by the director. 8 § 3. The sum of forty-two million dollars ($42,000,000), or so much 9 thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the office for 10 the aging out of any moneys in the state treasury in the general fund to 11 the credit of the service delivery innovation pilot program, not other- 12 wise appropriated, and made immediately available, for the purpose of 13 carrying out the provisions of this act. Such moneys shall be payable on 14 the audit and warrant of the comptroller on vouchers certified or 15 approved by the director of the office for the aging in the manner 16 prescribed by law. 17 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.