In the final days of December, Governor Hochul acted upon nine long term care-related bills that were passed by the Legislature in 2023. LeadingAge NY provides a review of these bills, along with related writings and outcomes.

The Assembly Standing Committees on Health, Mental Health, People with Disabilities, Higher Education, and Labor held a joint legislative hearing on the status of the state’s health care workforce on Tues., Dec. 19^th at Hunter College in NYC. The hearing was invitation only, but fortunately LeadingAge NY was offered the opportunity to weigh in.

LeadingAge NY has created digital letter-writing campaigns, written from the perspective of different nursing home stakeholders. Please take a moment to send a letter to the Governor TODAY! 

With five weeks left until the release of the 2024-25 Executive Budget Proposal, NOW is a critical time to get the Governor’s attention! Members are strongly encouraged to use these simple advocacy tools TODAY and as much as possible over the coming weeks.

Members are encouraged to contact their Assemblymembers and ask them to sign on to A.8299 (Clark)!

LeadingAge NY will be hosting our November Public Affairs Council meeting this Thursday at 3 p.m. This will be the last Public Affairs Council meeting of 2023. We will resume meetings on Jan. 11, 2024.

Last week, Governor Hochul acted upon seven bills that were passed by the Legislature and that LeadingAge NY has been tracking. Here, LeadingAge NY provides a report of the actions that were taken on priority bills.

LeadingAge New York, along with a coalition of associations representing New York’s nursing homes, write to urge the Governor to include comprehensive reform of New York State’s nursing home reimbursement methodology in the State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2024-25 Executive Budget Proposal.