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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee&nbspVotes Floor&nbspVotes Memo Text LFIN Chamber&nbspVideo/Transcript S08635 Summary: BILL NO S08635B &nbsp SAME AS SAME AS A09418-A

&nbsp SPONSOR FERNANDEZ &nbsp COSPNSR CLEARE, SKOUFIS &nbsp MLTSPNSR &nbsp Amd §461-l, Soc Serv L; amd §3614, Pub Health L &nbsp Establishes a special needs assisted living demonstration program to authorize up to three assisted living programs throughout the state to serve individuals with special needs, including, but not limited to, individuals with dementia or cognitive impairments.

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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________

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IN SENATE

January 7, 2026 ___________

Introduced by Sens. FERNANDEZ, CLEARE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- commit- tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom- mitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the social services law and the public health law, in relation to a special needs assisted living demonstration program

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:

1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 461-l of the social services law 2 is amended by adding a new paragraph (o) to read as follows: 3 (o) Notwithstanding paragraphs (m) and (n) of this subdivision, as 4 well as article forty-six-B of the public health law, the commissioner 5 shall establish a special needs assisted living demonstration program to 6 authorize up to three assisted living programs throughout the state to 7 serve individuals with special needs, including, but not limited to, 8 individuals with dementia or cognitive impairments. Each participating 9 assisted living program shall submit information as determined by the 10 commissioner to analyze the feasibility, efficiency and the potential 11 for cost savings associated with providing care to the population under 12 the demonstration program. No later than two years after the effective 13 date of this paragraph, the commissioner shall submit a report to the 14 governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the 15 assembly analyzing the cost and efficiency of the special needs assisted 16 living demonstration program. 17 § 2. Subdivision 6 of section 3614 of the public health law is amended 18 by adding a new paragraph (d) to read as follows: 19 (d) The commissioner shall adjust medical assistance rates of payment 20 for services provided by assisted living programs participating in a 21 demonstration program pursuant to paragraph (o) of subdivision three of 22 section four hundred sixty-one-l of the social services law to serve 23 individuals with special needs, including, but not limited to, individ- 24 uals with dementia or cognitive impairments. Such rates shall be suffi- 25 cient to cover the provision of specialized services, staffing levels,

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14024-05-6

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1 staff education and training, work experience, professional affiliations 2 or special characteristics relevant to serving persons with special 3 needs, and any environmental modifications that have been made or will 4 be made to protect the health, safety and welfare of such persons. 5 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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