NY S00598

Creates a 26-member "Reimagining Long-Term Care Task Force" to study long-term care services, options, and challenges for older New Yorkers, with membership including state agency directors, legislative appointees, and representatives from senior advocacy and healthcare organizations.

Task force shall examine the full continuum of care including community-based services, assisted living, skilled nursing facilities, and consumer-directed services, with focus on safety, affordability, and quality of life.

Task force shall study coronavirus pandemic impacts on long-term care facilities including infection control, staffing shortages, visitation bans, and crisis planning, and formulate recommendations for future emergency preparedness.

Requires interim report on pandemic findings by December 1, 2021 and comprehensive report with recommendations by May 1, 2022, submitted to the governor and legislature.

Director of the Office for the Aging serves as chairperson; task force members receive no compensation but are reimbursed for necessary expenses; all state agencies must provide requested assistance and data.