N.Y. Elder Law § 209

* § 209. Naturally occurring retirement community supportive service\nprogram. 1. As used in this section:\n (a) "Advisory committee" or "committee" shall mean the advisory\ncommittee convened by the director for the purposes specified in this\nsection. Such committee shall be broadly representative of housing and\nsenior citizen groups, and all geographic areas of the state.\n (b) "Older adults" shall mean persons who are sixty years of age or\nolder.\n (c) "Eligible applicant" shall mean a not-for-profit agency\nspecializing in housing, health or other human services which serves or\nwould serve the community within which a naturally occurring retirement\ncommunity is located.\n (d) "Eligible services" shall mean services including, but not limited\nto: case management, care coordination, counseling, health assessment\nand monitoring, transportation, socialization activities, home care\nfacilitation and monitoring, education regarding the signs of elder\nabuse and exploitation and available resources for a senior who is a\nsuspected victim of elder abuse or exploitation, chemical dependence\ncounseling provided by credentialed alcoholism and substance abuse\ncounselors as defined in paragraph three of subdivision (d) of section\n19.07 of the mental hygiene law and referrals to appropriate chemical\ndependence counseling providers, and other services designed to address\nthe needs of residents of naturally occurring retirement communities by\nhelping them extend their independence, improve their quality of life,\nand avoid unnecessary hospital and nursing home stays.\n (e) "Government assistance" shall mean and be broadly interpreted to\nmean any monetary assistance provided by the federal, the state or a\nlocal government, or any agency thereof, or any authority or public\nbenefit corporation, in any form, including loans or loan subsidies, for\nthe construction of an apartment building or housing complex for low and\nmoderate income persons, as such term is defined by the United States\nDepartment of Housing and Urban Development.\n (f) "Naturally occurring retirement community" shall mean an apartment\nbuilding or housing complex which:\n (1) was constructed with government assistance;\n (2) was not originally built for older adults;\n (3) does not restrict admissions solely to older adults;\n (4) at least fifty percent of the units have an occupant who is an\nolder adult or in which at least twenty-five hundred of the residents\nare older adults; and\n (5) a majority of the older adults to be served are low or moderate\nincome, as defined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban\nDevelopment.\n ** (6) Notwithstanding the requirements set forth in subparagraph four\nof this paragraph, in order to prevent the disruption of services\nthrough December thirty-first, two thousand seventeen, programs\nestablished and providing services as of March first, two thousand\nsixteen shall be allowed to have fewer than fifty percent of the units\noccupied by an older adult and/or fewer than twenty-five hundred\nresidents who are older adults.\n ** NB Repealed December 31, 2017\n 2. A naturally occurring retirement community supportive service\nprogram is established as a demonstration program to be administered by\nthe director.\n 3. The director shall be assisted by the advisory committee in the\ndevelopment of appropriate criteria for the selection of grantees of\nfunds provided pursuant to this section and programmatic issues as\ndeemed appropriate by the director.\n 4. The criteria recommended by the committee and adopted by the\ndirector for the award of grants shall be consistent with the provisions\nof this section and shall include, at a minimum:\n (a) the number, size, type and location of the projects to be served;\nprovided, that the committee and director shall make reasonable efforts\nto assure that geographic balance in the distribution of such projects\nis maintained, consistent with the needs to be addressed, funding\navailable, applications for eligible applicants, other requirements of\nthis section, and other criteria developed by the committee and\ndirector;\n (b) the appropriate number and concentration of older adult residents\nto be served by an individual project; provided, that such criteria need\nnot specify, in the case of a project which includes several buildings,\nthe number of older adults to be served in any individual building;\n (c) the demographic characteristics of the residents to be served;\n (d) the financial or in-kind support required to be provided to the\nproject by the owners, managers and residents of the housing\ndevelopment; provided, however, that such criteria need not address\nwhether the funding is public or private, or the source of such support;\n (e) the scope and intensity of the services to be provided, and their\nappropriateness for the residents proposed to be served. The criteria\nshall not require that the applicant agency be the sole provider of such\nservices, but shall require that the applicant at a minimum actively\nmanage the provision of such services;\n (f) the experience and financial stability of the applicant agency,\nprovided that the criteria shall require that priority be given to\nprograms already in operation, including those projects participating in\nthe resident advisor program administered by the office, and enriched\nhousing programs which meet the requirements of this section and which\nhave demonstrated to the satisfaction of the director and the committee\ntheir fiscal and managerial stability and programmatic success in\nserving residents;\n (g) the nature and extent of requirements proposed to be established\nfor active, meaningful participation for residents proposed to be served\nin project design, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and\ngovernance;\n (h) an agreement by the applicant to participate in the data\ncollection and evaluation project necessary to complete the report\nrequired by this section;\n (i) the policy and program roles of the applicant agency and any other\nagencies involved in the provision of services or the management of the\nproject, including the housing development governing body, or other\nowners or managers of the apartment buildings and housing complexes and\nthe residents of such apartment buildings and housing complexes. The\ncriteria shall require a clear delineation of such policy and program\nroles;\n (j) a requirement that each eligible agency document the need for the\nproject and financial commitments to it from such sources as the\ncommittee and the director shall deem appropriate given the character\nand nature of the proposed project, and written evidence of support from\nthe appropriate housing development governing body or other owners or\nmanagers of the apartment buildings and housing complexes. The purpose\nof such documentation shall be to demonstrate the need for the project,\nsupport for it in the areas to be served, and the financial and\nmanagerial ability to sustain the project;\n (k) a requirement that any aid provided pursuant to this section be\nmatched by an equal amount, in-kind support of equal value, or some\ncombination thereof from other sources, provided that such in-kind\nsupport to be utilized only upon approval from the director and only to\nthe extent matching funds are not available, and that at least\ntwenty-five percent of such amount be contributed by the housing\ndevelopment governing body or other owners or managers and residents of\nthe apartment buildings and housing complexes in which the project is\nproposed, or, upon approval by the director, sources in neighborhoods\ncontiguous to the boundaries of the geographic areas served where\nservices may also be provided pursuant to subdivision six of this\nsection; and\n (l) the circumstances under which the director may waive all or part\nof the requirement for provision of an equal amount of funding from\nother sources required pursuant to paragraph (k) of this subdivision,\nprovided that such criteria shall include provision for waiver at the\ndiscretion of the director upon a finding by the director that the\nprogram will serve a low income or hardship community, and that such\nwaiver is required to assure that such community receive a fair share of\nthe funding available. The committee shall develop appropriate criteria\nfor determining whether a community is a low income or hardship\ncommunity.\n 5. Within amounts specifically appropriated therefor and consistent\nwith the criteria developed and required pursuant to this section the\ndirector shall approve grants to eligible applicants in amounts not to\nexceed one hundred fifty thousand dollars for a project in any twelve\nmonth period. The director shall not approve more than ten grants in the\nfirst twelve month period after the effective date of this section.\n 5-a. The director may, in addition recognize neighborhood naturally\noccurring retirement communities, or Neighborhood NORCs, and provide\nprogram support within amounts specifically available by appropriation\ntherefor, which shall be subject to the requirements, rules and\nregulations of this section, provided however that:\n (a) the term Neighborhood NORC as used in this subdivision shall mean\nand refer to a residential dwelling or group of residential dwellings in\na geographically defined neighborhood of a municipality containing not\nmore than two thousand persons who are older adults reside in at least\nforty percent of the units and which is made up of low-rise buildings\nsix stories or less in height and/or single and multi-family homes and\nwhich area was not originally developed for older adults, and which does\nnot restrict admission strictly to older adults;\n (b) grants to an eligible Neighborhood NORC shall be no less than\nsixty thousand dollars for any twelve-month period;\n (c) the director shall be assisted by the advisory committee in the\ndevelopment of criteria for the selection of grants provided pursuant to\nthis section and programmatic issues as deemed appropriate by the\ndirector. The criteria recommended by the committee and adopted by the\ndirector for the award of grants shall be consistent with the provisions\nof this subdivision and shall include, at a minimum, the following\nrequirements or items of information using such criteria as the advisory\ncommittee and the director shall approve:\n (1) the number, size, type and location of residential dwellings or\ngroup of residential dwellings selected as candidates for neighborhood\nNORCs funding. The director shall make reasonable efforts to assure that\ngeographic balance in the distribution of such grants is maintained,\nconsistent with the needs to be addressed, funding available,\napplications from eligible applicants, ability to coordinate services\nand other requirements of this section;\n (2) the appropriate number and concentration of older adult residents\nto be served by an individual Neighborhood NORC. The criteria need not\nspecify the number of older adults to be served in any individual\nbuilding;\n (3) the demographic characteristics of the residents to be served;\n (4) a requirement that the applicant demonstrate the development or\nintent to develop community wide support from residents, neighborhood\nassociations, community groups, nonprofit organizations and others;\n (5) a requirement that the boundaries of the geographic area to be\nserved are clear and coherent and create an identifiable program and\nsupportive community;\n (6) a requirement that the applicant commit to raising matching funds,\nin-kind support, or some combination thereof from non-state sources,\nprovided that such in-kind support be utilized only upon approval from\nthe director and only to the extent matching funds are not available,\nequal to fifteen percent of the state grant in the second year after the\nprogram is approved, twenty-five percent in the third year, forty\npercent in the fourth year, and fifty percent in the fifth year, and\nfurther commit that in each year, twenty-five percent of such required\nmatching funds, in-kind support, or combination thereof be raised within\nthe community served and, upon approval by the director, in\nneighborhoods contiguous to the boundaries of the geographic areas\nserved where services may also be provided pursuant to subdivision six\nof this section. Such local community matching funds, in-kind support,\nor combination thereof shall include but not be limited to: dues, fees\nfor service, individual and community contributions, and such other\nfunds as the advisory committee and the director shall deem appropriate;\n (7) a requirement that the applicant demonstrate experience and\nfinancial stability;\n (8) a requirement that priority in selection be given to programs in\nexistence prior to the effective date of this subdivision which, except\nfor designation and funding requirements established herein, would have\notherwise generally qualified as a Neighborhood NORC;\n (9) a requirement that the applicant conduct or have conducted a needs\nassessment on the basis of which such applicant shall establish the\nnature and extent of services to be provided; and further that such\nservices shall provide a mix of appropriate services that provide active\nand meaningful participation for residents;\n (10) a requirement that residents to be served shall be involved in\ndesign, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and governance of the\nNeighborhood NORC;\n (11) an agreement by the applicant that it will participate in the\ndata collection and evaluation necessary to complete the reporting\nrequirements as established by the director;\n (12) the policy and program roles of the applicant agency and any\nother agencies involved in the provision of services or the management\nof the Neighborhood NORC, provided that the criteria shall require a\nclear delineation of such policy and program roles;\n (13) a requirement that each applicant document the need for the grant\nand financial commitments to it from such sources as the advisory\ncommittee and the director shall deem appropriate given the character\nand nature of the proposed Neighborhood NORC and written evidence of\nsupport from the community;\n (14) the circumstances under which the director may waive all or part\nof the requirement for provision of an equal amount of funding from\nother sources required pursuant to this subdivision, provided that such\ncriteria shall include provision for waiver at the discretion of the\ndirector upon a finding by the director that the Neighborhood NORC will\nserve a low income or hardship community, and that such waiver is\nrequired to assure that such community receive a fair share of the\nfunding available. For purposes of this paragraph, a hardship community\nmay be one that has developed a successful model but which needs\nadditional time to raise matching funds required herein. An applicant\napplying for a hardship exception shall submit a written plan in a form\nand manner determined by the director detailing its plans to meet the\nmatching funds requirement in the succeeding year;\n (15) a requirement that any proposed Neighborhood NORC in a\ngeographically defined neighborhood of a municipality containing more\nthan two thousand older adults shall require the review and\nrecommendation by the advisory committee before being approved by the\ndirector;\n (d) on or before March first, two thousand eight, the director shall\nreport to the governor and the fiscal and aging committees of the senate\nand the assembly concerning the effectiveness of Neighborhood NORCs in\nachieving the objectives set forth by this subdivision. Such report\nshall address each of the items required for Neighborhood NORCs in\nachieving the objectives set forth in this section and such other items\nof information as the director shall deem appropriate, including\nrecommendations concerning continuation or modification of the program,\nand any recommendations from the advisory committee.\n (e) in providing program support for Neighborhood NORCs as authorized\nby this subdivision, the director shall in no event divert or transfer\nfunding for grants or program support from any naturally occurring\nretirement community supportive service programs authorized pursuant to\nother provisions of this section.\n ** (f) Notwithstanding the requirements set forth in paragraph (a) of\nthis subdivision, in order to prevent the disruption of services through\nDecember thirty-first, two thousand seventeen, programs established and\nproviding services as of March first, two thousand sixteen shall be\nallowed to have more than two thousand persons who are older adults\nresiding in the geographically defined area and/or fewer than forty\npercent of units with older adults residing therein.\n ** NB Repealed December 31, 2017\n 6. The director may allow services provided by a naturally occurring\nretirement community supportive service program or by a neighborhood\nnaturally occurring retirement community to also include services to\nresidents who live in neighborhoods contiguous to the boundaries of the\ngeographic area served by such programs if: (a) the persons served are\nolder adults; (b) the services affect the health and welfare of such\npersons; and (c) the services are provided on a one-time basis in the\nyear in which they are provided, and not in a manner which is said or\nintended to be continuous. The director may also consent to the\nprovision of such services by such program if the program has received a\ngrant which requires services to be provided beyond the geographic\nboundaries of the program. The director shall establish procedures under\nwhich a program may request the ability to provide such services. The\nprovision of such services shall not affect the funding provided to the\nprogram by the department pursuant to this section.\n 7. The director shall promulgate rules and regulations as necessary to\ncarry out the provisions of this section.\n 8. On or before March first, two thousand five, the director shall\nreport to the governor and the finance committee of the senate and the\nways and means committee of the assembly concerning the effectiveness of\nthe naturally occurring retirement community supportive services\nprogram, other than Neighborhood NORCs, as defined in subdivision five-a\nof this section, in achieving the objectives set forth by this section,\nwhich include helping to address the needs of residents in such\nnaturally occurring retirement communities, assuring access to a\ncontinuum of necessary services, increasing private, philanthropic and\nother public funding for programs, and preventing unnecessary hospital\nand nursing home stays. The report shall also include recommendations\nconcerning continuation or modification of the program from the director\nand the committee, and shall note any divergence between the\nrecommendations of the director and the committee. The director shall\nprovide the required information and any other information deemed\nappropriate to the report in such form and detail as will be helpful to\nthe legislature and the governor in determining to extend, eliminate or\nmodify the program including, but not limited to, the following:\n (a) the number, size, type and location of the projects developed and\nfunded, including the number, kinds and functions of staff in each\nprogram;\n (b) the number, size, type and location of the projects proposed but\nnot funded, and the reasons for denial of funding for such projects;\n (c) the age, sex, religion and other appropriate demographic\ninformation concerning the residents served;\n (d) the services provided to residents, reported in such manner as to\nallow comparison of services by demographic group and region;\n (e) a listing of the services provided by eligible applicants,\nincluding the number, kind and intensity of such services; and\n (f) a listing of other organizations providing services, the number,\nkind and intensity of such services, the number of referrals to such\norganizations and, to the extent practicable, the outcomes of such\nreferrals.\n * NB Effective until January 1, 2018\n * § 209. Naturally occurring retirement community supportive service\nprogram. 1. As used in this section:\n (a) "Older adults" shall mean persons who are sixty years of age or\nolder.\n (b) "Eligible applicant" shall mean a not-for-profit agency\nspecializing in housing, health or other human services which serves or\nwould serve the community within which a naturally occurring retirement\ncommunity is located.\n (c) "Health indicators/performance improvement" shall mean a survey\ntool, database, and process that provides grantees with performance\noutcomes data.\n (d) "Eligible services" shall mean the following services provided by\na classic or neighborhood NORC program, or in coordination with other\nentities, including, but not limited to: person centered planning, case\nassistance, care coordination, information and assistance, application\nand benefit assistance, health care management and assistance, volunteer\nservices, health promotion and linkages to prevention services and\nscreenings, linkages to in-home services, health indicators/performance\nimprovement, housekeeping/chore, personal care, counseling, shopping\nand/or meal preparation assistance, escort, telephone reassurance,\ntransportation, friendly visiting, support groups, personal emergency\nresponse systems (PERS), meals, recreation, bill paying assistance,\neducation regarding the signs of elder abuse or exploitation and\navailable resources for a senior who is a suspected victim of elder\nabuse or exploitation, chemical dependance counseling provided by\ncredentialed alcoholism and substance abuse counselors as defined in\nparagraph three of subdivision (d) of section 19.07 of the mental\nhygiene law and referrals to appropriate chemical dependence counseling\nproviders, and other services designed to address the needs of residents\nof classic and neighborhood NORCS by helping them extend their\nindependence, improve their quality of life, and maximize their\nwell-being.\n (e) "Naturally occurring retirement community", "classic naturally\noccurring retirement community" or "classic NORC" shall mean an\napartment building or housing complex which:\n (1) was not predominantly built for older adults;\n (2) does not restrict admissions solely to older adults;\n (3) (A) at least forty percent of the units have an occupant who is an\nolder adult; and\n (B) in which at least two hundred fifty of the residents of an\napartment building are older adults or five hundred residents of a\nhousing complex are older adults; and\n (4) a majority of the older adults to be served are low or moderate\nincome, as defined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban\nDevelopment.\n (f) "Neighborhood naturally occurring retirement community" or\n"neighborhood NORC" shall mean a residential dwelling or group of\nresidential dwellings in a geographically defined neighborhood or group\nof contiguous neighborhoods which:\n (1) was not predominantly developed for older adults;\n (2) does not predominantly restrict admission to older adults;\n (3) (A) in a non-rural area, has at least thirty percent of the\nresidents who are older adults or the units have an occupant who is an\nolder adult; (B) in a rural area, has at least twenty percent of the\nresidents who are older adults or the units have an occupant who is an\nolder adult; and\n (4) is made up of low-rise buildings six stories or less and/or single\nand multi-family homes, provided, however, that apartment buildings and\nhousing complexes may be included in rural areas.\n (g) "Rural areas" shall mean counties within the state having a\npopulation of less than two hundred thousand persons including the\nmunicipalities, individuals, institutions, communities, programs, and\nsuch other entities or resources as are found therein; or, in counties\nwith a population of two hundred thousand or more, towns with a\npopulation density of less than one hundred and fifty persons per square\nmile including the villages, individuals, institutions, communities,\nprograms, and such other entities or resources as are found therein.\n (h) "Non-rural areas" shall mean any county, city, or town that has a\npopulation or population density greater than that which defines a rural\narea pursuant to this subdivision.\n 2. A naturally occurring retirement community supportive service\nprogram is established as a program to be administered by the director.\n 3. The director shall develop appropriate criteria for the selection\nof grantees of funds provided pursuant to this section.\n 4. The criteria for the award of grants shall be consistent with the\nprovisions of this section and shall include, at a minimum:\n (a) the number, size, type and location of the projects to be served,\nincluding the number, size, type and location of residential dwellings\nor group of residential dwellings selected as candidates for inclusion\nin a neighborhood naturally occurring retirement community; provided,\nthat the director shall make reasonable efforts to assure that\ngeographic balance in the distribution of such projects is maintained,\nconsistent with the needs to be addressed, funding available,\napplications for eligible applicants, ability to coordinate services,\nother requirements of this section, and other criteria developed by the\ndirector;\n (b) the appropriate number and concentration of older adult residents\nto be served by an individual project; provided, that such criteria need\nnot specify, in the case of a project which includes several buildings,\nthe number of older adults to be served in any individual building;\n (c) the demographic characteristics of the residents to be served;\n (d) a requirement that the applicant demonstrate community wide\nsupport from residents, neighborhood associations, community groups,\nnonprofit organizations and others;\n (e) in the case of neighborhood naturally occurring retirement\ncommunities, a requirement that the boundaries of the geographic area to\nbe served are clear and coherent and create an identifiable program and\nsupportive community;\n (f) the financial or in-kind support required to be provided to the\nproject by the owners, managers and residents of the housing development\nor geographically defined area; provided, however, that such criteria\nneed not address whether the funding is public or private, or the source\nof such support;\n (g) the scope and intensity of the services to be provided, and their\nappropriateness for the residents proposed to be served. The applicant\nshall have conducted a needs assessment on the basis of which such\napplicant shall establish the nature and extent of services to be\nprovided; and further that such services shall provide a mix of\nappropriate services that provide active and meaningful participation\nfor residents. The criteria shall not require that the applicant agency\nbe the sole provider of such services, but shall require that the\napplicant at a minimum actively manage the provision of such services.\nSuch services may be the same as services provided by the local\nmunicipality or other community-based organization provided that those\nservices are not available to or do not entirely meet the needs of the\nresidents of the classic or neighborhood naturally occurring retirement\ncommunity;\n (h) the experience and financial stability of the applicant agency,\nwho shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the director their fiscal\nand managerial stability and programmatic success in serving residents;\n (i) the plan for active, meaningful participation for residents\nproposed to be served in project design, implementation, monitoring,\nevaluation, and governance;\n (j) an agreement by the applicant to participate in data collection\nand evaluation necessary to implement performance measures for health\nindicators/performance improvement and complete the report required by\nthis section;\n (k) the policy and program roles of the applicant agency and any other\nagencies involved in the provision of services or the management of the\nproject, including community-based organizations, the housing\ndevelopment governing body, or other owners or managers of the apartment\nbuildings and housing complexes and the residents of such apartment\nbuildings and housing complexes. The criteria shall require a clear\ndelineation of such policy and program roles;\n (l) a requirement that each eligible agency document the need for the\nproject and financial commitments to it from such sources as the\ndirector shall deem appropriate given the character and nature of the\nproposed project, and written evidence of support from the appropriate\nhousing development governing body or other owners or managers of the\napartment buildings and housing complexes in the case of classic\nnaturally occurring retirement communities, or the geographically\ndefined neighborhood in the case of neighborhood naturally occurring\nretirement communities. The purpose of such documentation shall be to\ndemonstrate the need for the project, support for it in the areas to be\nserved, and the financial and managerial ability to sustain the project;\n (m) a requirement that any aid provided pursuant to this section be\nmatched by an amount equal to one quarter of the aid provided,\nconsisting of monetary support, in-kind support, or some combination\nthereof from other sources, provided that such in-kind support be\nutilized only upon approval from the director and only to the extent\nmatching funds are not available and that at least fifty percent of such\nrequired match be contributed by the housing development governing body\nor other owners or managers and residents of the apartment buildings and\nhousing complexes, or geographically defined area, in which the project\nis proposed, or, upon approval by the director, sources in neighborhoods\ncontiguous to the boundaries of the geographic areas served where\nservices may also be provided pursuant to subdivision six of this\nsection;\n (n) the circumstances under which the director may waive all or part\nof the requirement for provision of an equal amount of funding from\nother sources required pursuant to paragraph (m) of this subdivision,\nprovided that such criteria shall include provision for waiver at the\ndiscretion of the director upon a finding by the director that the\nprogram will serve a low income or hardship community, and that such\nwaiver is required to assure that such community receive a fair share of\nthe funding available. The committee shall develop appropriate criteria\nfor determining whether a community is a low income or hardship\ncommunity;\n (o) the policy and program roles of the applicant agency and any other\nagencies involved in the provision of services or the management of the\nneighborhood naturally occurring retirement community, provided that the\ncriteria shall require a clear delineation of such policy and program\nroles; and\n (p) a plan for coordination with the designated area agency on aging\nto leverage additional services for classic or neighborhood NORC\nparticipants.\n 4-a. The director shall develop a list of priority and optional\nservices from the eligible services listed in paragraph (d) of\nsubdivision one of this section which may be used in the selection of\ngrantees pursuant to this section.\n 4-b. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, priority\nshall be given in any competitive bidding or request for proposals\nprocess conducted for the naturally occurring retirement community\nsupportive services program to applicants that propose to serve a\nbuilding, housing complex, or catchment area that is being served at the\ntime of the competitive bidding or request for proposals process.\n 5. Within amounts specifically appropriated therefor and consistent\nwith the criteria developed and required pursuant to this section the\ndirector shall approve grants to eligible applicants. Individual grants\nawarded for classic NORC programs shall be in amounts not to exceed two\nhundred thousand ($200,000) dollars and for neighborhood NORCs not less\nthan sixty thousand ($60,000) dollars in any twelve month period.\n 6. The director may allow services provided by a naturally occurring\nretirement community supportive service program or by a neighborhood\nnaturally occurring retirement community to also include services to\nresidents who live in neighborhoods contiguous to the boundaries of the\ngeographic area served by such programs if: (a) the persons served are\nolder adults; (b) the services affect the health and welfare of such\npersons; and (c) the services are provided on a one-time basis in the\nyear in which they are provided, and not in a manner which is said or\nintended to be continuous. The director may also consent to the\nprovision of such services by such program if the program has received a\ngrant which requires services to be provided beyond the geographic\nboundaries of the program. The director shall establish procedures under\nwhich a program may request the ability to provide such services. The\nprovision of such services shall not affect the funding provided to the\nprogram by the department pursuant to this section.\n 7. The director shall promulgate rules and regulations as necessary to\ncarry out the provisions of this section.\n 8. On or before March first, two thousand nineteen, and every five\nyears thereafter, the director shall report to the governor and the\nfinance committee of the senate and the ways and means committee of the\nassembly concerning the effectiveness of the naturally occurring\nretirement community supportive services program in achieving the\nobjectives set forth by this section, which include helping to address\nthe needs of residents in such classic and neighborhood naturally\noccurring retirement communities, assuring access to a continuum of\nnecessary services, increasing private, philanthropic and other public\nfunding for programs, and preventing unnecessary hospital and nursing\nhome stays. The report shall also include recommendations concerning\ncontinuation or modification of the program from the director. The\ndirector shall provide the required information and any other\ninformation deemed appropriate to the report in such form and detail as\nwill be helpful to the legislature and the governor in determining to\nextend, eliminate or modify the program including, but not limited to,\nthe following:\n (a) the number, size, type and location of the projects developed and\nfunded, including the number, kinds and functions of staff in each\nprogram;\n (b) the age, sex, religion and other appropriate demographic\ninformation concerning the residents served;\n (c) the services provided to residents, reported in such manner as to\nallow comparison of services by demographic group and region;\n (d) a listing of the services provided by eligible applicants,\nincluding the number, kind and intensity of such services; and\n (e) a listing of partner organizations providing services, the number,\nkind and intensity of such services, and, to the extent practicable, the\noutcomes of such referrals.\n * NB Effective January 1, 2018\n