NY A03503

Expands the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP) to explicitly allow an eligible individual's parent, adult child, or in-law relative to serve as their paid personal assistant

Removes the previous prohibition on "a person legally responsible for an eligible individual's care and support" from serving as a personal assistant

Maintains existing restrictions that prevent a spouse or designated representative from being the personal assistant

Requires that services provided by relatives must be consistent with the individual's plan of care and cannot exceed the cost of equivalent services from a non-relative personal assistant

Updates gendered language ("his or her") to gender-neutral terminology ("their") throughout the relevant section