S 1782 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Relates to dementia care navigators and coordinators

Summary

Requires each designated agency to employ a dementia care navigator to provide support for caregivers of individuals with dementia and to assist individuals with dementia in accessing appropriate services; requires the state office for the aging to establish the position of dementia care coordinator.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 13, 2025 Last action Apr 22, 2026

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S1782 → S1782A · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was updated to reflect its legislative journey through the Senate, including a favorable committee report and a recommitment to the Finance Committee. Substantively, the act was renamed to focus on 'dementia care navigators and coordinator' rather than just the coordinator position, and the effective date was changed from immediate to 180 days after enactment.

Scope change

The bill's scope was slightly broadened by renaming the section to explicitly include 'dementia care navigators' alongside the coordinator, and the definition of the agency responsible was expanded to include private not-for-profit organizations and tribal reservations in addition to county and city governments.

TIMELINE

The effective date was changed from 'immediately' to 'the one hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law'.

DEFINITION

The term 'area agency' was replaced with 'designated agency,' and the definition was expanded to include private not-for-profit agencies and Indian tribal reservations alongside existing county and city entities.

REQUIREMENT

The duties of the dementia care navigator were updated to emphasize information and referrals, care planning, and coordination with healthcare providers, replacing previous duties focused on cognitive screening and community development.

SCOPE

The title and section name were updated to explicitly include 'dementia care navigators' alongside the 'coordinator'.

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Committee

Amendments

Apr 22, 2026

Upper · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 1782A

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Apr 22, 2026

Upper · Passed

AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE

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Apr 21, 2026

Committee

REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

upper

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO AGING

upper

May 13, 2025

Committee

REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

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Jan 13, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO AGING

upper

1 primary · 1 co-sponsor