Assembly Bill A1349

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Establishes a moratorium on the site selection of state facilities in N.Y. city

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A1349 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Social Services
Law Section:
Social Services
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5541
2011-2012: A5052
2013-2014: A4286
2017-2018: A4808
2019-2020: A6761

2015-A1349 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a moratorium on the site selection of state facilities (defined) in cities of one million or more until the governor completes a comprehensive review of all existing and proposed state facilities; provides such report shall include an assessment of the oversaturation of state facilities.

2015-A1349 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1349

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 12, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. TITUS, COOK, CYMBROWITZ, BENEDETTO, CLARK, ROBIN-
  SON  --  Multi-Sponsored  by -- M. of A. COLTON, PERRY, RIVERA -- read
  once and referred to the Committee on Social Services

AN ACT establishing a moratorium on the site selection of state  facili-
  ties in cities of one million or more

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

  Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in a city  with
a  population of one million or more, no new site selection or the open-
ing of state facilities shall be commenced or completed from the  effec-
tive  date  of  this  act until there has been completed a comprehensive
review by the governor or his designee  of  all  existing  and  proposed
state  facilities.  Such review shall include, but not be limited to, an
assessment of the oversaturation of communities within a half mile radi-
us within such city with state facilities. The governor shall  establish
a  plan  for  correcting  the oversaturation of state facilities in such
communities. Such review and plan shall be completed by January 1,  2016
and  shall  be  prepared  for submission to the legislature on or before
such date.
  S 2. For the purposes of this act:
  (a) "State facility" shall mean and include a group home as defined in
section 371 of the social services law and  a  residential  facility  as
defined in section 473-d of the social services law.
  (b) "State services" shall mean services provided by the state for the
benefit  of  its  residents,  including  but not limited to, residential
facilities, community residences, services for the aged, blind or  disa-
bled,  community  centers and services for seniors, homeless housing and
assistance programs, child care resources and  referral  programs,  drug
rehabilitation services and youth centers.
  (c)  "Oversaturation"  shall be measured by and be based on the number
of residential beds within a half  mile  radius,  such  number  of  beds

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06615-01-5

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