The AARP is urging state lawmakers to pass a bill that would
make it easier and cheaper for New Yorkers to care for elderly
relatives located in another state.
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Sen. Kemp Hannon, R-Nassau County, said during a news conference
Tuesday that the bill would simplify the process for individuals who act as
legal guardians to family members across state lines.![]()
Sen. Kemp Hannon, R-Nassau County, said during a news conference
Tuesday that the bill would simplify the process for individuals who act as
legal guardians to family members across state lines.The Senate passed the bill later in the day.
“Right now, if somebody has a guardianship and goes to another
state, you have to go through the process all over again,” said Hannon, who is
also chairman of the Senate Health Committee. “It’s the same as if you come in
to New York or if you go to another state.”
New York would become the 37th state to adopt the measure.
Current law dictates that state residents comply with other states’ court
systems for elderly care.
Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein, D-Brooklyn, said New Yorkers
often move to another state while their parents remain home, needing help with health-care
management.
“It allows the guardianship to travel with the individual instead of a new procedure having
to be started,” Weinstein said. “It is one of these proposals that makes so
much common sense, you kind of wonder why we haven’t had this in place before.
AARP said it is pushing the measure nationwide in order to
create a uniform standard that allows individuals to file a registration form in other states where their
relatives live.
AARP said the person’s home state would have primary
jurisdiction.
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Bill Would Ease Guardianship of Out of State Elderly Relatives
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Bill Would Ease Guardianship of Out of State Elderly Relatives