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Senate Bill S4610

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires sponsoring agencies intending to establish residential facilities for the disabled to notify the municipality when it has not selected a specific site

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2009-S4610 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Mental Health And Developmental Disabilities
Law Section:
Mental Hygiene Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §41.34, Ment Hyg L

2009-S4610 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires sponsoring agencies intending to establish residential facilities for the disabled to notify the municipality when it intends to establish a particular facility but has not selected a specific site; provides that the chief executive officer of the municipality in which the facility is proposed may recommend sites therefor.

2009-S4610 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4610 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4610

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 24, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. ONORATO, DILAN, HASSELL-THOMPSON, C. JOHNSON, KLEIN,
  PARKER, SAMPSON, STACHOWSKI, THOMPSON -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health
  and Developmental Disabilities

AN  ACT  to amend the mental hygiene law, in relation to requiring spon-
  soring agencies intending to establish residential facilities for  the
  disabled  to notify the chief executive officer of the municipality in
  certain cases

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.    Subdivision  (b) of section 41.34 of the mental hygiene
law, as amended by chapter 1024 of the laws of 1981, is amended to  read
as follows:
  (b) If a sponsoring agency intends to establish a residential facility
for the disabled within a municipality but does not have a specific site
selected, it [may] SHALL notify the chief executive officer of the muni-
cipality  in  writing  of  its  intentions and include in such notice  a
description of the nature, size and community  support  requirements  of
the  program.  THE  CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF SUCH MUNICIPALITY AND, IN
CITIES HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, IN CONSULTATION  WITH
THE  CHAIRPERSONS OF THE COMMUNITY BOARDS FOR THE AREAS WHERE THE POTEN-
TIAL SITES ARE LOCATED, SHALL REVIEW SUCH  NOTICE  AND  OFFER  POTENTIAL
SITES  WHICH, TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, COMPLY WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF THE
NATURE, SIZE AND  COMMUNITY  SUPPORT  REQUIREMENTS  OF  THE  PROGRAM  AS
DETAILED  BY  THE  SPONSORING AGENCY. Provided, however, nothing in this
subdivision shall preclude the proposed establishment of a site pursuant
to subdivision (c) of this section.
   S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03670-01-9

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