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A 8113

Extends provisions of the long term care ombudsman to assisted living facilities

2025 Regular Session Introduced by George Alvarez and 5 co-sponsors

Extends Long Term Care Ombudsman protections to assisted living facilities, giving residents access to advocacy, rights info, and complaint help—aligning oversight across settings.

SIGNED CHAP.237
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Bill Summary · A 8113

Summary of New York A 8113 — Extends Long Term Care Ombudsman Provisions to Assisted Living Facilities

Purpose and Intent

  • Aims to extend the protections and oversight currently provided by New York’s long term care ombudsman program to residents of assisted living facilities.
  • The bill seeks to ensure that individuals living in assisted living settings have access to ombudsman services, including advocacy, information, and assistance with complaints, in line with existing protections for other long-term care settings.

Key Provisions (What the Bill Would Change)

  • Extend the scope of the long term care ombudsman program to include assisted living facilities.
  • Enable ombudsman personnel to engage with residents of assisted living facilities, respond to complaints, provide information about residents’ rights, and advocate on residents’ behalf as part of the program’s mandate.
  • Harmonize resident protections across long-term care settings by applying similar oversight, education, and complaint-resolution functions to assisted living facilities as currently applied to other facilities in the program.
  • The bill would align regulatory or programmatic processes between assisted living facilities and existing long-term care ombudsman activities, including potential coordination with facility staff, residents, and families.

Note: Specific operational details (e.g., exact access rights, data sharing, visit protocols, or funding mechanisms) would be defined in the enacted statute or accompanying regulations. The summary reflects the bill’s stated aim to extend LTC ombudsman provisions to assisted living facilities.

Affected Parties

  • Residents of assisted living facilities and their families or representatives.
  • Operators and administrators of assisted living facilities.
  • The New York Long Term Care Ombudsman Program and its staff/partners.
  • Local aging services networks and state agencies coordinating long-term care oversight.

Legislative Timeline and Status

  • Introduced: April 30, 2025.
  • 2025-05-12: Referred to the Senate Aging Committee; subsequently progressed through the Assembly and Senate steps, including multiple readings and committee referrals.
  • 2025-06-09: Substituted for S7737; passed the Senate (3rd Reading CAL.1551) and was returned to the Assembly.
  • 2025-08-04: Delivered to the Governor.
  • 2025-08-07: Signed into law as Chapter 237 of 2025.
  • Companion bill: S 7737 (Senate).

Sponsors

  • Primary: Rebecca Seawright
  • Cosponsors: Judy Griffin, George Alvarez, Stefani Zinerman, Donna Lupardo, Amy Paulin

Effects and Practical Considerations

  • Expected outcome: stronger resident advocacy and unified oversight across long-term care settings by extending LTC ombudsman protections to assisted living facilities.
  • Potential impacts: increased access to ombudsman services for assisted living residents, possible operational adjustments for facilities to cooperate with ombudsman activities, and alignment of resident rights protections across facility types.
  • Timing: Enactment occurs after signing; implementation details would be set by the statute and administrative rules moving forward.

If you’d like, I can tailor this summary to a specific audience (e.g., policymakers, facility operators, or the general public) or add an at-a-glance comparison with existing LTC ombudsman provisions.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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