Senate Bill S7889

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  7889

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 20, 2016
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Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Mental Health and Develop-
  mental Disabilities

AN ACT to amend the mental hygiene law, in  relation  to  directing  the
  commissioner  of  mental health to issue a review and report regarding
  certain facilities

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

  Section 1. Section 5.05 of the mental hygiene law is amended by adding
a new subdivision (f) to read as follows:
  (F)  (1)  THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH, THE OFFICE
FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND THE OFFICE OF  ALCOHOLISM
AND  SUBSTANCE  ABUSE  SERVICES SHALL, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMIS-
SIONER OF THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT  OF  HOMELESS  SERVICES  AND  THE
CHAIR  AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE NEW YORK CITY HOUSING AUTHORI-
TY, REVIEW ALL PROPOSALS  BY  AN  AGENCY  REQUESTING  TO  ENTER  INTO  A
CONTRACT OR SIMILAR AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE SERVICES AT A NEW LOCATION AS A
SOCIAL SERVICES FACILITY, TO EXPAND THE SIZE OF A SOCIAL SERVICES FACIL-
ITY,  OR  TO  CHANGE  THE TYPE OF SERVICES PROVIDED AT A SOCIAL SERVICES
FACILITY, WITHIN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE.
  (2) FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, A "SOCIAL SERVICES  FACILITY"
SHALL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
  A.  ACS PLACEMENT FACILITIES. "ACS PLACEMENT FACILITIES" MEANS FACILI-
TIES, CERTIFIED BY THE NEW YORK STATE  OFFICE  OF  CHILDREN  AND  FAMILY
SERVICES, FOR THE CARE OF YOUTH PLACED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS
OF THE FAMILY COURT ACT AND THE REGULATIONS OF THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE
OF  CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, MANAGED DIRECTLY BY THE ADMINISTRATION
FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES OR UNDER CONTRACT OR SIMILAR AGREEMENT WITH  THE
ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES.
  B.  CITY-ADMINISTERED FACILITIES, "CITY-ADMINISTERED FACILITIES" MEANS
HOTELS,  SHELTERS  AND  OTHER  ACCOMMODATIONS  OR  ASSOCIATED  SERVICES,
MANAGED BY OR PROVIDED UNDER CONTRACT OR SIMILAR AGREEMENT WITH ANY CITY
AGENCY, PROVIDED TO INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES WHO NEED TEMPORARY EMERGENCY
HOUSING OR ASSISTANCE FINDING OR MAINTAINING STABLE HOUSING.

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

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  C.  DHS-ADMINISTERED  FACILITIES.  "DHS-ADMINISTERED FACILITIES" MEANS
CITY-ADMINISTERED FACILITIES MANAGED DIRECTLY BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOME-
LESS SERVICES OR BY A PROVIDER UNDER CONTRACT OR SIMILAR AGREEMENT  WITH
THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESS SERVICES.
  D.  DYCD-ADMINISTERED FACILITIES. "DYCD-ADMINISTERED FACILITIES" MEANS
CITY-ADMINISTERED FACILITIES MANAGED DIRECTLY BY THE DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH
AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OR BY A PROVIDER  UNDER  CONTRACT  OR  SIMILAR
AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
  E.  HPD-ADMINISTERED  FACILITIES.  "HPD-ADMINISTERED FACILITIES" MEANS
CITY-ADMINISTERED FACILITIES MANAGED DIRECTLY BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUS-
ING PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OR BY  A  PROVIDER  UNDER  CONTRACT  OR
SIMILAR AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING PRESERVATION AND DEVEL-
OPMENT.
  F.  HRA-ADMINISTERED  FACILITIES.  "HRA-ADMINISTERED FACILITIES" MEANS
CITY-ADMINISTERED FACILITIES MANAGED DIRECTLY  BY  THE  HUMAN  RESOURCES
ADMINISTRATION OR BY A PROVIDER UNDER CONTRACT OR SIMILAR AGREEMENT WITH
THE  HUMAN  RESOURCES  ADMINISTRATION, EXCLUDING SHELTERS FOR VICTIMS OF
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MANAGED DIRECTLY BY THE HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION
OR BY A PROVIDER UNDER CONTRACT OR  SIMILAR  AGREEMENT  WITH  THE  HUMAN
RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION.
  G.  SUPPORTIVE  HOUSING  FACILITIES.  "SUPPORTIVE  HOUSING FACILITIES"
MEANS  AFFORDABLE,  INDEPENDENT,  AND  PERMANENT  HOUSING  WITH  SUPPORT
SERVICES  FOR TENANTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
HOMELESS, HAVE HISTORIES OF SUBSTANCE  ABUSE,  ARE  COPING  WITH  MENTAL
ILLNESS, HAVE CHRONIC ILLNESSES SUCH AS HIV/AIDS, ARE YOUNG ADULTS AGING
OUT  OF  FOSTER  CARE,  ARE  HOMELESS  VETERANS, OR GRANDPARENTS RAISING
GRANDCHILDREN, AND IS UNDER CONTRACT WITH A CITY  AGENCY  INCLUDING  BUT
NOT LIMITED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE AND THE HUMAN
RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION.
  (3)  WITHIN NINETY DAYS OF THE COMPLETION OF A REVIEW CONDUCTED PURSU-
ANT TO PARAGRAPH ONE OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  THE  COMMISSIONERS  OF  THE
OFFICE  OF MENTAL HEALTH, THE OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISA-
BILITIES AND THE OFFICE  OF  ALCOHOLISM  AND  SUBSTANCE  ABUSE  SERVICES
SHALL,  IN  COLLABORATION  WITH  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF THE NEW YORK CITY
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESS SERVICES AND THE CHAIR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE  OFFI-
CER  OF  THE  NEW  YORK  CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY, DELIVER A COPY OF THEIR
FINDINGS, AND ANY LEGISLATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS THEY DEEM TO BE  NECESSARY
TO  THE  GOVERNOR, THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF
THE ASSEMBLY, THE CHAIR OF THE MENTAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILI-
TIES COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE, AND THE CHAIR OF THE MENTAL HEALTH COMMIT-
TEE OF THE ASSEMBLY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.