Details Meeting Name: Committee on General Welfare Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 6/17/2015 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Committee Room - City Hall Jointly with the Committee on Aging Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Not available   Attachments: Attachments for Oversight, Attachments - Int. No. 89, Attachments - Int. No. 802, Attachments - Int. No. 830, Attachments - Res. No. 748, Attachments - Res. No. 656 Meeting Items (14) 14 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: All agenda items Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Prime Sponsor Agenda # Agenda Note Name Type Summary Action Result Action Details Multimedia                     Roll call Not available T2015-3104 *       Oversight - Reforming Adult Protective Services in New York City Oversight   Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available T2015-3104 *       Oversight - Reforming Adult Protective Services in New York City Oversight   Filed, by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0089-2014 * Stephen T. Levin     Requiring the department of social services to provide semiannual reports to the council regarding referrals to adult protective services. Introduction This bill would require the Human Resources Administration to provide semiannual reports to the Council regarding adult protective services. The bill would require the reports to include the total number of referrals received, the number of referred individuals who were determined ineligible for services, disaggregated by the reason such individuals were determined ineligible, a general description of the source of the referrals, and the council district, community board, and zip code of the referred individuals. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0089-2014 * Stephen T. Levin     Requiring the department of social services to provide semiannual reports to the council regarding referrals to adult protective services. Introduction This bill would require the Human Resources Administration to provide semiannual reports to the Council regarding adult protective services. The bill would require the reports to include the total number of referrals received, the number of referred individuals who were determined ineligible for services, disaggregated by the reason such individuals were determined ineligible, a general description of the source of the referrals, and the council district, community board, and zip code of the referred individuals. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0802-2015 * Paul A. Vallone     Senior emergency information card. Introduction This bill would require the New York City Department for the Aging (DFTA) to establish, produce, and issue to qualified applicants (any resident of New York City sixty years of age or older) a senior emergency information card containing emergency contact information. DFTA would also be required to provide each applicant, along with the card, with a larger placard on which the individual would be able to fill in emergency contact and important medical information to display for easy accessibility within their home. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0802-2015 * Paul A. Vallone     Senior emergency information card. Introduction This bill would require the New York City Department for the Aging (DFTA) to establish, produce, and issue to qualified applicants (any resident of New York City sixty years of age or older) a senior emergency information card containing emergency contact information. DFTA would also be required to provide each applicant, along with the card, with a larger placard on which the individual would be able to fill in emergency contact and important medical information to display for easy accessibility within their home. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0830-2015 * Paul A. Vallone     Adult protective services training for certain employees of the city of New York. Introduction This bill would require the Human Resources Administration to conduct biannual trainings on best practices in identifying persons who may be eligible for adult protective services (APS) and on how to refer individuals to APS. This training will be made available to appropriate employees of several agencies, and will also be made available to employees of New York City’s civil and criminal courts and the New York City Housing Authority. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0830-2015 * Paul A. Vallone     Adult protective services training for certain employees of the city of New York. Introduction This bill would require the Human Resources Administration to conduct biannual trainings on best practices in identifying persons who may be eligible for adult protective services (APS) and on how to refer individuals to APS. This training will be made available to appropriate employees of several agencies, and will also be made available to employees of New York City’s civil and criminal courts and the New York City Housing Authority. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Res 0656-2015 * Stephen T. Levin     Amend the Social Services law in order to raise the income eligibility for child care subsidies, so more children of working families have access to early childhood education services. Resolution   Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Res 0656-2015 * Stephen T. Levin     Amend the Social Services law in order to raise the income eligibility for child care subsidies, so more children of working families have access to early childhood education services. Resolution   Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Res 0748-2015 * Paul A. Vallone     Requiring banking organizations to provide, at a minimum, the immediately preceding six months of financial documents following a request for such financial documents to help fight financial exploitation of older adults. Resolution   Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Res 0748-2015 * Paul A. Vallone     Requiring banking organizations to provide, at a minimum, the immediately preceding six months of financial documents following a request for such financial documents to help fight financial exploitation of older adults. Resolution   Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available                     Not available