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NY S00599
Bill
Status
1/7/2015
Primary Sponsor
Ruben Diaz
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AI Summary
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Creates the New York Livable Integrated Elder Friendly Retirement Communities (New York LIFE) program to designate and promote cities, towns, or villages as certified retirement communities attractive to retirees aged 55 and older.
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Establishes a 15-member Retirement Community Advisory Committee including seven ex officio state officials (Secretary of State, SUNY Chancellor, Commissioners of Education, Health, Labor, Children and Family Services, and Taxation and Finance) plus eight gubernatorial appointees to review applications and recommend designations.
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Requires communities to complete an assessment instrument evaluating criteria including local taxes, housing costs and options, healthcare services, transportation, continuing education, recreation, performing arts, personal safety, and work opportunities.
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Designations last five years and are renewable; certified communities must establish a steering committee and four subcommittees focused on community amenities, fundraising, marketing, and ambassador outreach to prospective retirees.
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Director of the Office for the Aging shall provide training, marketing guidance, state advertising promotion, and financial assistance for brochures to certified communities, with annual reporting to the Governor and Legislature on program effectiveness.
Legislative Description
Establishes the New York certified retirement community program within the office for the aging; provides for certification by the director of the office for the aging that a community is advantageous for retirees to live and that such community encourages retirees to reside therein; provides that upon certification, the office for the aging shall provide assistance to the community.
Last Action
REFERRED TO AGING
1/6/2016