The following action alert is from The Long Term Care Community Coalition:
50,000 seniors and people with disabilities live in New York’s adult care facilities (ACFs). One in four of them receive SSI and/or the state supplement (SSP). These numbers are expected to grow as New York expands Medicaid-funded assisted living programs in new and existing ACFs. As more New Yorkers move into these facilities, it is important to improve the transparency and accountability these facilities are held to. We support A.4416C / S.3460A because it provides important consumer protections to residents and their families and because it deters the worst abuses in facilities that put residents’ health and safety at risk.
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