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                                   10483
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 27, 2022
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 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Anderson) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
 
 AN  ACT  relating to assessing the staffing and other issues causing the
   continued displacement of individuals with developmental  disabilities
   from various state-operated institutions under the jurisdiction of the
   office for people with developmental disabilities

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative intent. The legislature finds and declares that
 the continued displacement of individuals with  disabilities  caused  by
 the  closure  or suspension of services at various state-operated insti-
 tutions due to staffing and other issues must be assessed and  remedied.
 The  legislature  further  finds  that  in order to assess these ongoing
 staffing issues, the commissioner of the office for people with develop-
 mental disabilities shall submit a report to the governor, the temporary
 president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly  on  or  before
 December  31,  2022  detailing  the  number and nature of state-operated
 residential facilities serving individuals with developmental  disabili-
 ties, a census of staff delivering services at state-operated facilities
 to  individuals  with  developmental  disabilities and the hiring of new
 staff at state-operated residential facilities.
   § 2. Such report shall include, but not be limited to,  the  following
 information:
   1. the total number of full-time equivalent staff by position or title
 for the office for people with developmental disabilities as of April 1,
 2022;
   2.  the  2022-2023  fiscal year full-time equivalent budgeted staffing
 level by position or title for the office for people with  developmental
 disabilities as of April 1, 2022;
   3.  the  number  of  full-time  equivalent  staff  that separated from
 service between April 1, 2022 and December 1, 2022, including  a  break-
 down of each staff member's job title and job location;
   4.  the  number of staff hired from April 1, 2022 to December 1, 2022,
 including a breakdown of each staff member's job title and job location;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   5. the number of unfilled and vacant positions as of December 1,  2022
 at each state-operated facility;
   6. the number of full-time equivalent staff as of December 1, 2022;
   7.  the  steps taken by the office for people with developmental disa-
 bilities to recruit staff for new and vacant positions;
   8. a list of state-operated residential  facilities  operated  by  the
 office for people with developmental disabilities detailing which facil-
 ities  are  owned  or  leased, and the lease end date, if any. Such list
 shall include whether such facilities are  operational,  have  suspended
 services  or have been closed and the proposed date at which any facili-
 ties that have suspended services or have been closed are  projected  to
 be re-opened to serve individuals with developmental disabilities;
   9.  the  number  of  eligible  clients with developmental disabilities
 currently on a waiting list to receive care; and
   10. any other information the commissioner of the  office  for  people
 with  developmental disabilities deems necessary and appropriate for the
 legislature to assess the ability of the office for people with develop-
 mental disabilities to  deliver  needed  services  to  individuals  with
 developmental  disabilities  or to reduce the number of individuals with
 developmental disabilities awaiting placement for services in  a  state-
 operated residential facility.
   §  3.  Such report shall be posted for public inspection on the office
 for people with developmental disabilities' website.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.