S 118: Relates to the dissemination of information pertaining to individuals suffering from Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia through the NY Connects: Choices for Long Term Care program.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 118 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. CLEARE, ASHBY, BORRELLO, JACKSON, ROLISON, WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Aging AN ACT to amend the elder law, in relation to establishing a dementia and Alzheimer's disease program database 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 226 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 226. Dementia and Alzheimer's disease program database. 1. Defi- 4 nitions. For the purposes of this section, the terms: 5 (a) "Elderly persons" shall mean individuals aged sixty years of age 6 or older. 7 (b) "Programs" shall mean programs, methodologies, or services that 8 are provided by a public, governmental, non-profit, or for-profit agency 9 to elderly persons in their home or in a community setting. 10 2. The office, in conjunction with the department of health, shall 11 develop and maintain a database of programs that have been shown to be 12 successful in supporting and treating elderly persons suffering from 13 dementia or Alzheimer's disease. 14 (a) The director, in conjunction with the commissioner of health, 15 shall develop criteria to determine if a program shall be considered 16 successful and be included in the database. 17 (b) The director, in conjunction with the commissioner of health, may 18 consult with public, governmental, non-profit, and for-profit agencies 19 to determine which programs are considered successful. 20 3. The database created pursuant to this section shall be made avail- 21 able on the office's website. The information from the database that 22 shall be accessible to the public shall include but not be limited to: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00235-01-5 
 S. 118 2 1 (a) contact information for the person or entity through whom the 2 program is provided; 3 (b) the name of the program, where applicable; 4 (c) a brief description of the program; and 5 (d) the geographic area in which the program is provided or offered. 6 4. The database created pursuant to this section shall be updated by 7 the office, in conjunction with the department of health, at least once 8 annually. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a 10 law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of 11 any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on 12 its effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before 13 such effective date.